Peter Checkland
The book, Systems Thinking, Systems Practice contains a number of key concepts that have been integrated into this set of websites. These concepts, methods and models are:
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Link to System Classifications.
The links above point to places where the concepts, methods and models have been integrated.
The concept of Human Activity System (HAS) used in this set of system descriptions is in adapted from Fritjof Capra and his definition of Social System where at least one organism is a human being (a person). When the roles in the Root Definition are used to identify the People, the two definitions become similar definitions for Human Activity System (HAS)s. The social system includes system elements such as Culture, Social Structures and a network of communication which are all fundamental in all Human Activity Systems.
Systems Thinking, Systems Practice
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This book also has a good glossary of terms.
Information, Systems, and Information Systems.
Other books on Action Research
This Author relates to the following books and Enterprise as a System of Systems (SoS) elements.
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