| Description |
viii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Contemporary systems thinking |
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Contemporary systems thinking.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. An Introduction to Community Operational Research; Gerald Midgley and Alejandro E. Ochoa-Arias. -- Section 1: Early Contributions and Later Reflections on Theory, Methodology and Practice. -- 2. Community Operational Research: Its Context and Its Future; Richard Parry and John Mingers. -- 3. Community Operational Research: Purposes, Theory And Practice; Michael C. Jackson. -- 4: Visions of Community for Community OR; Gerald Midgley and Alejandro E. Ochoa-Arias. -- Section 2: Local Action for Community Development. -- 5: A Black Ghetto's Research On A University; Russell L. Ackoff. -- 6. Housing in the Dearne Valley: Doing Community OR with the Thurnscoe Tenants Housing Co-operative; Charles Ritchie. -- 7. Looking forward with a Council for Voluntary Service; Andy Marlow and Jim Bryant. -- 8. Facilitation as Fair Intervention; Wendy J Gregory1 and Norma Romm. -- 9. Perspectives of Engagement in Community Operational Research; John Friend. -- 10. Systemic Intervention for Community OR: Developing Services with Young People (Under 16) Living on the Streets; Alan Boyd and Mandy Brown. -- 11. Playing with PANDA: the CybOrg and the Rhizome; Ann Taket and Leroy White. -- Section 3: Dealing Locally with Global Issues. -- 12. An Interpretive Systemic Exploration of Community Action in Venezuela; Alejandro E. Ochoa-Arias. -- 13. Community and Environmental OR: Towards a New Agenda; Gerald Midgley and Martin Reynolds. -- 14. Adaptive Methodology for Ecosystem Sustainability and Health (AMESH): -- An Introduction; David Waltner-Toews, James Kay, Tamsyn P. Murray and Cynthia Neudoerffer |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Community development.
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Operations research.
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System analysis.
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System theory.
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| Author |
Midgley, Gerald.
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Ochoa-Arias, Alejandro.
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| LC no. |
2003070329 |
| ISBN |
0306483351 |
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