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| The soft systems thinking proposed by Ackoff and by Checkland could minister to problems set in systemic-pluralist problem-contexts. For example, Ackoff's 'interactive planning' exhibited, through the participative principle, a method to cope with pluralism and, through the proposed design for a 'responsive decision system', an attempt to come to terms with systemicity. | | The soft systems thinking proposed by Ackoff and by Checkland could minister to problems set in systemic-pluralist problem-contexts. For example, Ackoff's 'interactive planning' exhibited, through the participative principle, a method to cope with pluralism and, through the proposed design for a 'responsive decision system', an attempt to come to terms with systemicity. | ||
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The above analysis is: | |||
* Of practical importance because it can assist problem solvers to choose an appropriate methodology for the particular circumstances they faced. | |||
* Its theoretical message is that OR and the other systems-based methodologies, far from being in competition with one another, could be used in an informed way, as a set of complementary tools, to tackle a much greater range of problem types. | |||