Is total systems intervention (TSI) no better than common sense and not necessarily related to critical systems thinking (CST)?

1994 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 569-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph K. K. Ho
Keyword(s):  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Critical Systems Thinking ◽  
Critical Systems ◽  
Total Systems Intervention ◽  
Systems Intervention ◽  
Better Than

scholarly journals Teorias de Sistemas Críticos para diagnóstico de grupos sociais no âmbito do Design

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-133
Author(s):  
Mariana Schmitz Gonçalves ◽  
Camilla Dandara Pereira Leite ◽  
Bruna Villas Bôas da Silva Pontara ◽  
Claudio Pereira De Sampaio ◽  
Aguinaldo Dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Critical Systems ◽  
Critical Systems Heuristics ◽  
Total Systems Intervention ◽  
Systems Intervention

Este artigo tem como premissa principal investigar como designers podem aplicar as abordagens críticas do pensamento de sistemas (systems thinking) para o diagnóstico de grupos sociais. Para isso, faz-se primeiramente uma abordagem teórica sobre assuntos pertinentes como Design, Artesanato e teorias de sistemas interpretativistas e críticos como Total Systems Intervention (TSI) e a Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH). Depois, apresenta-se uma descrição do caso de projeto social investigado neste trabalho, o Rede de Mulheres, oferecido pela secretaria da Mulher e Assuntos da Família de Apucarana, no estado do Paraná. Então, caracteriza-se a coleta de dados no projeto e a relação das informações com as teorias de sistemas críticos. Ao final da aplicação da CSH, foram identificados três pontos para intervenção de design: (I) capacitação das artesãs para repassarem os conhecimentos a fim expandir e perpetuar o grupo; (II) rever os preços dos produtos e a estratégia de divulgação de procedência deles; e (III) intervenção do Design de Serviço no sistema a fim de mitigar desigualdades de poder.

Critical Systems Perspective of Strategic Decision Making

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-80
Author(s):  
Jelena Nikolić ◽  
Dejana Zlatanović
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Critical Systems Thinking ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Strategic Decision Making ◽  
Critical Systems ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Systems Methodology ◽  
Soft Systems ◽  
Factors Affecting

Growing complexity and diversity of strategic decisions indicate the need for applying the appropriate holistic tools in strategic decision making. Thus, the chapter deals with the process of strategic decision making from the viewpoint of critical systems thinking, with emphasis on the role of values and context in strategic decision making. The main purpose is to show how systems thinking generally and critical systems thinking particularly can help decision makers involve different perceptions and values in the process of strategic decision making, as well as take into account context in which the strategic decisions are made. Considering the key internal and external factors affecting strategic decision making, the authors have selected three systems methodologies stemming from different paradigms: soft systems methodology as interpretive, team syntegrity as emancipatory, and organizational cybernetics as functionalist systems methodology. The way in which they can be combined, aimed at improving effectiveness of strategic decision making, has been presented.

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