A conceptual framework to combine Maturana’s theory of autopoiesis and Checkland’s soft systems methodology to explore human activity systems

2018 ◽  
pp. 75-77
Author(s):  
Alberto Paucar-Caceres ◽  
Bruno Jerardino-Wiesenborn
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Soft Systems Methodology ◽  
Activity Systems ◽  
Systems Methodology ◽  
Soft Systems

ENGAGING WITH AND ENRICHING HUMANIST THOUGHT: THE CASE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

2008 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREW BASDEN
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Soft Systems Methodology ◽  
Activity Systems ◽  
Systems Methodology ◽  
Soft Systems ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
New Learning ◽  
Philosophical Underpinning

Those who believe that explicitly Christian thinking is possible in the scientific disciplines tend to assume that it must be antithetical to the world’s thinking. Based on some of the author’s experience, this article examines a different approach, in which Christian thinking is used to account for and enrich the world’s thinking by transplanting it from its current ground-motive (usually that of nature-freedom) into the arguably more fertile soil of the creation-fall-redemption ground-motive. The article shows how Dooyeweerd’s version of Christian thinking has been employed in two areas of thinking in information systems (selected from five with which the author has been involved): (1) thinking about the nature of computers and information, with the artificial intelligence question of whether computer is like human being (2) soft systems methodology, by which perspectives on ‘human activity systems’ are orchestrated into new learning and plans. In both areas, the original ideas are accounted for, given philosophical underpinning, reinterpreted and enriched. These two show that Dooyeweerd’s philosophy can be equally useful in thinking grounded in both positivist and interpretivist cultures.

scholarly journals DESIGN MEETINGS: TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE STAGES AND ACTIVITIES THAT INFLUENCE SUCCESS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 501-510
Author(s):  
C. S. Bedingfield ◽  
P. J. Clarkson
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Soft Systems Methodology ◽  
Systems Methodology ◽  
Soft Systems

AbstractA central part of the design process is collaboration, harnessing specialist expertise often in meetings. We understand relatively little about how meetings serve teams of designers and their work and this study uses soft systems methodology to attempt to create structures that describe and explain meetings. The results suggest extension of the boundary of interest and suggest a conceptual framework which reveals some under-addressed stages and activities which may help designers improve their meetings.

Customer retention management: A complementary use of data mining and soft systems methodology

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mehrabioun ◽  
Bibi Malihe Mahdizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Customer Retention ◽  
Soft Systems Methodology ◽  
Activity System ◽  
Systems Methodology ◽  
Soft Systems ◽  
Customer Churn ◽  
Activity Modeling ◽  
Purposeful Activity ◽  
Human Activity System

BACKGROUND: Customer retention and management of customer churn are deemed as among the most significant issues for businesses. Given the fact that customer churn is not typically predictable easily, identifying and analyzing customer churn is necessary for businesses. OBJECTIVE: Therefore, the current research was conducted to employ a complementary approach to identify the reasons influencing customer churn. METHODS: To do so, initially, customers’ data were clustered by recruiting the K-means method. Each cluster represented customers who held similar values and the probability of churn behavior. In the next step, stakeholder groups are identified based on the K- means algorithm. Then, Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) was employed to encapsulate each of the identified interested groups’ world-view to better understand logical reasons for churned customers. Purposeful activity modeling (human activity system) was adopted for each interested group utilizing SSM techniques. RESULTS: Using SSM techniques, purposeful activity modeling (human activity system) for each interested group adopted. Utilizing human activity systems for structuring debate sessions about change actions, short-term and long-term plans have been proposed to maintain and improve customer retention programs. CONCLUSIONS: SSM can be considered as an overarching approach that can afford a better understanding of the processes derived from data mining.

scholarly journals THE APPROACH OF SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY FOR SYSTEM ONLINE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT CONSTRUCTION

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-360
Author(s):  
An An Anisarida ◽  
Syapril Janizar ◽  
Gary Raya Prima
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Management System ◽  
Soft Systems Methodology ◽  
Problem Situation ◽  
Systems Methodology ◽  
Soft Systems ◽  
Internal Governance ◽  
Management Consultant ◽  
Verification Problem ◽  
Online Management

Consultant as a service provider konstrukusi in order to realize its goal to ensure public safety and create a comfort environment of the construction need to organize a system of internal governance of the company. Governance is translated into the stages of the stages in the implementation of Construction Services. Soft Systems Methodology is the methodology suitable to assist the consultant planner. This methodology can explain their purpose and then designing the system of human activity to achieve these goals. The stages that exist in the methodology of SSM consists of 7 stages that starts from the verification problem situation that is not structured through the design of the system of human activity which are expected to help improve the situation. Think the system is a field transdisiplin that appears as a response to the limitations of a technical approach in the process of reduction to solve a certain problem which in this case is attempted to be applied through the SSM as a method in the application of the online management system (OMS) consultant planner construction. Using the approach of Soft Systems Methodology, manufacturing management system online (CSO) will more fully describe the problems that occurred previously.

A SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY APPROACH TO IMPROVING THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN GAUTENG PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-99
Author(s):  
Lewis Tsuro ◽  
Stan Hardman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Soft Systems Methodology ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Suitable Model ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Good Tool ◽  
Systems Methodology ◽  
Soft Systems

The Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) was developed as a set of tools for identifying and making incremental steps to improve situations with poorly defined causes or solutions. The supply chain forms a key process of any construction project; however, on any given construction site, supply chain inefficiencies could arise from many different avenues. Opinions vary, though, on which of these avenues is more important for increasing supply chain efficiencies; whether any problem even exist across the different aspects of the supply chain; as well as what steps should be taken to resolve them. It was therefore studied, here, whether SSM could be employed as a useful tool to systematically apply in the supply chains of a construction project in South Africa, for understanding and targeting the problematic situations that arise. Following thorough cyclical open-ended interviews with 17 workers, supervisors, foremen, site clerks, senior managers, and the CEO of the principal contractor at a new office park construction project in Rosebank, Johannesburg, and a thematic analysis of the data, SSM was performed to understand the existing challenges, and develop a suitable model for improvement. The study found that SSM was a good tool for understanding the ‘messy’ circumstances surrounding the chosen construction project supply chain, as well as actions that could be taken to improve the supply chain’s efficiency on site. The findings add weight to the argument that SSM could be a good tool for project managers to systematically introduce into their project planning regimens

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