...Frank Stowell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between Husserl’s phenomenology and soft systems. An important idea arising from the action research programme at the University of Lancaster is the notion of soft systems. The concept of soft systems...

... As indicated above – the difficulty is finding early journal publications where the ideas and their relationship to the action research programme emerged. Checkland himself, with whom the author has always enjoyed a close relationship, has, at the age of 90, withdrawn from academic activity; the early papers...

... at Universidad de Ibagué (UNIBAGUE), Colombia, where the methodology of teaching systems thinking as a foreign language has been on trial for one year. Design/methodology/approach Starting with a simple model of teaching systems thinking, and using an action-research methodology, the teaching model...

..., transversal competencies entrepreneurship, creativity, teamwork and communication, as well as their interdependence, were requisitely holistic selected. In the selection of diverse contemporary learning methods, the authors started from an action research approach that implies learning by doing, i.e...

... of the effective management and rational allocation of the airspace resources. The study is of great significance for the efficient use of airspace resources, controller resources. Behaviour Action research Mathematical modelling Statistical analysis The rapid development of the air transport...

... Action research Sustainability Self-organization Complexity management Current economic and biophysical global changes have created new challenges for organisations and societies aiming to become more sustainable. Globally, businesses and governments have become more environmentally aware (e.g...

... at: mulberry@swu.edu.cn © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Vision Action research Navigation Biology Insects Auditory perception Fly and jump Olfactory sensation Chemical synthesis Exquisite structure Bionics High-tech products As well known, the twenty-first century...

.... Design/methodology/approach This study, designed as systemic action research, was a final project towards an Open University Masters in Systems Thinking in Practice. Initially managers were introduced to the personal VSM and invited to design their own VSM as systemic action learning. This was followed...

...‐reaction loop. A. Pina can be contacted at: pina@unavarra.es © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Behaviour Modelling Genetic engineering Fuzzy logic Action research Cybernetics The development of behaviour modelling techniques can be applied to different fields like...

... of their boundaries and/or as a transformation of the structure of the system. Richard Jung can be contacted at: richard.jung@post.harvard.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Experience Action research Cybernetics Constraint handling Much of Felix Geyer's intellectual...