A Guide to Systems Research: Philosophy, Processes and Practice

✍ Scribed by Mary C. Edson, Pamela Buckle Henning, Shankar Sankaran (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Singapore
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 255
• Series: Translational Systems Sciences 10
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This guide is designed for systems researchers – emerging and seasoned – searching for holistic approaches of inquiry into complexity, which the Systems Sciences provide. The authors share insight into the foundations of research that are not only systematic in terms of rigor, but systemic in perspective, analysis, design, development, implementation, reporting, and evaluation. This guide also explores researcher competencies necessary to conduct sound systems research. Researchers using this guide will gain understanding of what distinguishes systems research from other types of research and why it is important in research today.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Philosophical Foundations of Systems Research....Pages 1-19
Systems Research Framework....Pages 21-57
Problem Structuring and Research Design in Systemic Inquiry....Pages 59-80
Modeling and Simulation....Pages 81-109
Taking Action Using Systems Research....Pages 111-142
Systems Research Reporting....Pages 143-175
Competencies Necessary for Systems Research....Pages 177-198
Evaluating the Impact of Systems Research....Pages 199-234
Back Matter....Pages 235-244

✦ Subjects

Organization;Operation Research/Decision Theory;Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology;Complexity;Project Management