| Soft Systems Methodology in Action | 
 enlarge | Author: Peter Checkland
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
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Pages: 418
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 0471986054
Dewey Decimal Number: 003
EAN: 9780471986058
ASIN: 0471986054
Publication Date: May 30, 1999
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 Academic treatise - not for the new Business Analyst April 27, 2004
7 out of 16 found this review helpful
This is not a text book for newcomers to Soft Systems Modelling. Checklanduses a large amount of text to explain the history of the development ofSSM and to explain how other academics have misunderstood some of SSM'sbasic thinking. You will learn little that is not already in Soft SystemsMethodology in Action.
Leave this book to the academics that enjoy thecut and thrust of debate and the 'meaning of words'
 Soft Systems Methodology a must for management consultants January 11, 2001
11 out of 18 found this review helpful
An excellent book. detailing must have skills for all strategy consultants. If you dont know soft systems you can't be a very good strategic consultant. SSM promotes the handling of complex non linear chaotic and confused situations SSM gives consultants a tool box which enables them to handle the hardest and most inpenetrable of problems and promotes shared learning and real vision building. Buy it Read it Live it Coin it!!
 The founding work for SSM May 2, 1999
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book is the primary publication for Soft Systems Methodology. In it, Peter Checkland desrines the rise of systems thinking, and argues the case for the soft systems approach. The methodology is explained, and various considerations which arose through it's use explored. SSM, which has been continuously evolving over the last 25 years, is as relevant to problems in social research, management studies and intervention in social systems as it ever was. I also liked the sequel Soft Systems Methodology in Action.
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