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Intervening in the Cultural Constitution of Systems—Methodological Complementarism and other Visions for Systems Research
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In this paper, a culture perspective is used to examine the complementarist idea of combining hard, soft and critical methodologies in systems research and the future prospects for complementarism are examined in relation to cultural content and the overall level of receptiveness to culture change in the systems community.Abstract:
This paper uses a culture perspective to examine the complementarist idea of combining hard, soft and critical methodologies in systems research The culture perspective is adopted because it reminds us that all research is underpinned by socially constructed meanings that often severely constrain the range of options that are possible It is particularly appropriate, therefore, in the context of a situation where systems researchers are being urged to develop their research capabilities in distinctive ways The future prospects for complementarism are examined in relation to two major factors—its cultural ‘content’, and the overall level of receptiveness to culture change in the systems communityread more
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Organizational Culture and Leadership
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Metaphors We Live by
TL;DR: Lakoff and Johnson as mentioned in this paper suggest that these basic metaphors not only affect the way we communicate ideas, but actually structure our perceptions and understandings from the beginning, and they offer an intriguing and surprising guide to some of the most common metaphors and what they can tell us about the human mind.
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Systems Thinking, Systems Practice
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