[article]
Titre : |
How to use a systems diagram to analyse and structure complex problems for policy issue papers |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
van der Lei, T. E., Auteur ; Enserink, B., Auteur ; Thissen, W. A. H., Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2011 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 1391–1402 |
Note générale : |
Recherche opérationnelle |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
OR education Problem structuring Policy issue paper analysis System diagram Complex problems |
Index. décimale : |
001.424 |
Résumé : |
Many policy problems are complex in the sense that natural, technological, social and human elements interact. Problem exploration and structuring are essential as a basis for deliberate and focused approaches towards problem resolution. The results of problem exploration efforts can be laid down in the form of a policy issue paper. We have developed a systemic, stepwise approach, which has been elaborated and taught for over a decade to hundreds of students. This seven-step approach centers on the construction of a system diagram as a means to provide structure to the conceptualisation of a complex problem situation. The approach is based on a conscious combination of existing relatively straightforward analytical methods including objectives hierarchy, means-ends analysis, causal diagramming, stakeholder analysis, and contextual scenarios. The obtained insights are then summed up in a policy issue paper, which is the basis for further planning and research. |
DEWEY : |
001.424 |
ISSN : |
0160-5682 |
En ligne : |
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v62/n7/abs/jors201028a.html |
in Journal of the operational research society (JORS) > Vol. 62 N° 7 (Juillet 2011) . - pp. 1391–1402
[article] How to use a systems diagram to analyse and structure complex problems for policy issue papers [texte imprimé] / van der Lei, T. E., Auteur ; Enserink, B., Auteur ; Thissen, W. A. H., Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 1391–1402. Recherche opérationnelle Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Journal of the operational research society (JORS) > Vol. 62 N° 7 (Juillet 2011) . - pp. 1391–1402
Mots-clés : |
OR education Problem structuring Policy issue paper analysis System diagram Complex problems |
Index. décimale : |
001.424 |
Résumé : |
Many policy problems are complex in the sense that natural, technological, social and human elements interact. Problem exploration and structuring are essential as a basis for deliberate and focused approaches towards problem resolution. The results of problem exploration efforts can be laid down in the form of a policy issue paper. We have developed a systemic, stepwise approach, which has been elaborated and taught for over a decade to hundreds of students. This seven-step approach centers on the construction of a system diagram as a means to provide structure to the conceptualisation of a complex problem situation. The approach is based on a conscious combination of existing relatively straightforward analytical methods including objectives hierarchy, means-ends analysis, causal diagramming, stakeholder analysis, and contextual scenarios. The obtained insights are then summed up in a policy issue paper, which is the basis for further planning and research. |
DEWEY : |
001.424 |
ISSN : |
0160-5682 |
En ligne : |
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v62/n7/abs/jors201028a.html |
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