Applicable systems thinking

TL;DR: An overall assessment of a research programme aimed theoretically at explaining the relationship between different operational research and systems-based methodologies, and practically at discovering the efficacy of particular approaches in various problem contexts is presented.

TL;DR: The holistic approach has enabled the development of an ITPM conceptual model, which provides a method to evaluate the critical success factors of a given project, and their alignment with each other.

TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-modelling framework that automates the very labor-intensive and therefore time-heavy and therefore expensive process of decision making in the context of social and economic goals and behaviours.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the characteristics of charities that have generated substantive increases in their fundraising income and identify that fundraising leaders in these exceptional nonprofits focus particularly on matters connected to their team, organizational structures that support that team, and the development of an organization-wide learning culture.

TL;DR: The contention of the General Systems Theorists is that this optimum degree of generality in theory is not always reached by the particular sciences as discussed by the authors, which is the contention of many of the authors of this paper.

TL;DR: This paper reflects on the history, nature and present status of the V.S.M., without seeking once again to expound the model in detail or to demonstrate its validity, but does provide a synopsis, present the methodology and confront some highly contentious issues about both the managerial and scientific paradigms.