From the father of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), Peter Checkland, comes a new, accessible text which clearly and concisely looks at SSM. The book leaves out all of the development detail and historical/intellectual material which can be found in Checkland’s other classic works, but contains the practical essentials that will allow teachers to teach SSM accurately and students to learn it with real understanding.

Features: Short and definitive account of SSM containing the practical essentials. Written with great clarity and presented in a reader-friendly way. Contains examples of SSM in action. Includes cases.

19 hours ago. Download Soft Systems Methodology in Action Ebook. Download Soft Systems Methodology in Action Ebook; 2. Book details Author: Peter Checkland Pages: 338 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons 1990-09-26 Language: English ISBN-10: ISBN-13: 686; 3. Thirty years ago Peter Checkland set out to test whether the Systems Engineering (SE) approach, successful in technical problems, could be used by managers to cope with the unfolding complexities of everyday life. His findings were revealed in Systems Thinking, Systems Practice. In this paperback reissue of his second. Using Soft Systems Methodology at a purchasing department to conduct a study of financial reporting needs. In this chapter a basic foundation will be laid for the reader to be able to better understand the. Connections between action research and SSM is quite natural, even though Peter Checkland.

Peter Checkland is the recipient of the 'Most Distinguished and Outstanding Contributor' Award of the British Computer Society Methodologies Group, 1994 Recipient of the Gold Medal of the UK Systems Society for 'Outstanding Contribution to Systems Thinking' and 1997 Recipient of a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship. Now retired from full time university work, Peter Checkland continues his research and writing. John Poulter is a practitioner of SSM.

He first used SSM formally when working with Peter Checkland in the UK's National Health Service in 1993. A founder member of the Soft Systems Research Group, he has presented papers and other publications on the use of SSM.

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His findings were revealed in Systems Thinking, Systems Practice. In this paperback reissue of his second classic of systems literature, again featuring the excerpted new section, Checkland develops his ideas to show how the principles have been extended by use in industry. Case studies are used to show how SSM can be applied and what lessons can be learned from its application in different areas.