2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.07.044
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Understanding behaviour in problem structuring methods interventions with activity theory

Abstract: 1Highlights  Paper presents a conceptual framework and methodological guide for researching and understanding OR interventions. The paper outlines the main theoretical and methodological concerns that need to be appreciated in studying PSM interventions. The paper explores activity theory as an approach to study them. A case study describing the use of this approach is provided. AbstractThis article argues that OR interventions, particularly problem structuring methods (PSM), are complex events that canno… Show more

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“…In particular, the use of software to support propagation of evidence is relegated to the supporting role as a device to check for model consistency (Yearworth, Lowe, Schien and Walworth, 2015) and documentation. In practice, group model building with HPM, including evidence expressed in Italian Flag notation, is perfectly feasible without software support, for example see the analysis contained within White, Burger and Yearworth (2015).…”
Section: Hierarchical Process Modellingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In particular, the use of software to support propagation of evidence is relegated to the supporting role as a device to check for model consistency (Yearworth, Lowe, Schien and Walworth, 2015) and documentation. In practice, group model building with HPM, including evidence expressed in Italian Flag notation, is perfectly feasible without software support, for example see the analysis contained within White, Burger and Yearworth (2015).…”
Section: Hierarchical Process Modellingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The authors' work offers an alternative view to the normative perspective on OR intervention design that has important implications for OR academics and OR practitioners alike. The second study of OR praxis, by White, Burger and Yearworth (2015), introduces activity theory as a means to characterise problem structuring interventions as a dynamic and complex array of people, objects, artefacts and instruments. They then use activity theory to guide their analysis of a case study drawn from an intervention that explored the use of system thinking for energy efficient planning in a UK city.…”
Section: Introduction To the Articles In The Special Issuementioning
confidence: 99%
“…One of the most notable and intriguing recent developments in understanding OR processes is the increased interest in the detailed understanding of how real-time practices are carried out and the relation between OR practices and the organizing process (Franco, 2013;White, 2009;White, Burger, & Yearworth, 2016). While there has always been an interest in the process of OR (Keys, 1989(Keys, , 1998Keys & Midgley, 2002), there is renewed interest in practice that can thus be interpreted as an attempt to re-ground what is actually done by the OR practitioner in the doing of OR, and how those doing it make sense of it in practice.…”
Section: Theorymentioning
confidence: 99%