Critical Systems Thinking: A Creative Approach to Organizational Change

Kogetsidis, Harry

doi:10.1080/15475778.2012.706704

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“…Paradigms are the superior tier of theoretical hierarchies. They co-evolve with metatheory, comprised of the general theories of social systems, which, most notably for this discussion, include evolutionary and institutional economics ( Edwards, 2014 ; Kogetsidis, 2012 ; Overton, 2007 ). The core concepts and principles of metatheory, and their epistemological influences, are built upon and tested, through the development of hypotheses, by mid-range theories such as GT and systems theories.…”

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Conceptualising the foundations of sustainability focused innovation policy: From constructivism to holism

Veldhuizen

2021

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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Highlights Systems theory contributes insights into sustainability focused innovation which enrich the conceptual foundations of policy. Theories that integrate systems concepts and ideas concerning sustainability must be distinguished from systems theory. The geography of transitions research field creates valuable knowledge regarding the stabilisation of vital societal systems. The political dimensions of paradigms define the interface between theory and the requirement for transformational change. Systems theory informs holistic depictions of sustainability focused innovation and provides a basis for metatheoretical syntheses.

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Conceptualising the foundations of sustainability focused innovation policy: From constructivism to holism

Veldhuizen

2021

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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“…In line with the notion of some studies, we assume that organisations are unique systems and thus, the changes are implemented constantly and as the separate projects, are implemented immediately or are continuous. Hence, the scale of changes ranges from the corrections of local departments to a large-scale transformation of organisation (Smith 2011;Kogetsidis 2012).…”

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Factors Impacting and Restricting Success of Organisational Changes

Korsakienė¹,

Juodeikė²

2017

Proceedings of 5th International Scientific Conference Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017

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Social, economic and technological changes constantly change business landscape and raise an array of challenges to organisations. Organizations have to adapt to the environmental changes and maintain competitiveness and flexibility. Thus, changes aim to transform current state of organisations, to increase productivity and competitive advantage in the market. On the other hand, a number of investigations confirm that majority of organisational changes fail and do not produce an expected performance. Scientific literature suggests various management methods and links these methods to the desirable outcomes. Considering the fact that organisations are unique systems, some change management models do not capture such aspects as exceptional experience, culture, intuition of managers, etc. These issues lead to the restricted application of majority of models or methods. The opinions of scholars about definition and measurement of success diverge. The paper aims to investigate the factors impacting and restricting organisational changes. Particular emphasis is put on the success as the desirable outcome of all initiatives. The investigation is based on analysis and synthesis of scientific literature. A case of service providing company is presented. The paper integrates the main researches in the field and provides insights and recommendations into future investigations.

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“…It is not surprising that metatheorizing, whether it appears under that term or in other guises, should have a significant presence in systems research. Systems science has been described as a ‘meta‐discipline’ (Kogetsidis, , p. 185), a ‘transdiscipline’ (Jackson, , p. 133) and as a ‘metascience’ (Flood and Carson, ). There are many varieties of systems theories, systems thinking and systems practice that exhibit metatheoretical and meta‐methodological qualities and which are used to perform metatheoretical research.…”

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“…There are many varieties of systems theories, systems thinking and systems practice that exhibit metatheoretical and meta‐methodological qualities and which are used to perform metatheoretical research. Examples include critical systems theory/practice (CST) (Jackson, ; Kogetsidis, ), evolutionary systems design (Laszlo, ), creative holism (Jackson, ), chaordic systems thinking (van Eijnatten, ; Putnik and van Eijnatten, ) and general systems theory (von Bertalanffy, ; Skyttner, ).…”

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Misunderstanding Metatheorizing

Edwards

2013

Syst. Res.

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Metatheorizing is an important but generally poorly understood genre of social science inquiry that has particular relevance to systems research. In this paper, I define and present the major characteristics of metatheoretical research, discuss why it is neglected as a form of research and how it is often misunderstood and inadequately represented in the systems and management science literature. I illustrate the discussion with some examples of misunderstanding of metatheorizing from the systems science literature. I also make some recommendations for how researchers can improve their own metatheorizing and so, hopefully, help this important form of research become more widely acknowledged and critically appreciated.

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Critical Systems Thinking: A Creative Approach to Organizational Change

Cited by 13 publications

References 46 publications

Conceptualising the foundations of sustainability focused innovation policy: From constructivism to holism

Conceptualising the foundations of sustainability focused innovation policy: From constructivism to holism

Factors Impacting and Restricting Success of Organisational Changes

Misunderstanding Metatheorizing

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