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Saara-Maria posted a new activity comment: 6 months ago
Thank you for your answer Gary. You might have sensed my mood of frustration from the post, but I have to correct that I am still optimistic about systems thinking. Academic writing as such is not the problem, but it was this particular article that got me upset – it might have been just too abstract for a beginner. In fact I listened one of…[Read more]
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Saara-Maria posted an update: 6 months ago
My 2nd post: http://sassublog.wordpress.com/
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First, yes, you are absolutely right, this article “incubates different terms, quotes to different articles and ideas that some one else has pointed out.” Basically, you are stepping into the middle of an academic argument, trying to weave different strains of ideas together in new ways. You might note first that the article references a book…[Read more]
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Thank you for your answer Gary. You might have sensed my mood of frustration from the post, but I have to correct that I am still optimistic about systems thinking. Academic writing as such is not the problem, but it was this particular article that got me upset – it might have been just too abstract for a beginner. In fact I listened one of…[Read more]
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Great video, Saara-Maria. I had not gotten to it, so I appreciate your bringing it to my attention. As for your frustration, you will find ideas and authors that fit what you need at different times. Russ Ackoff had a particularly direct way of getting to the root of issues. The article by Leleur was written to an academic audience for the…[Read more]
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Saara-Maria posted an update: 6 months, 2 weeks ago
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@sassu In your blog post on Systems Thinking – Reflections, you seemed to emphasize subsystems. I find that people often overlook the supersystems — the multiple containing systems — of which systems are a part. Of course, both supersystems and subsystems are present simultaneously.
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