Peter Checkland — (1930 Birmingham, UK) is a British management scientist and professor of Systems at Lancaster University. He is the developer of soft systems methodology (SSM): a methodology based on a way of systems thinking. Biography Peter Checkland was born… … Wikipedia
Peter Checkland — (né en 1930) est le développeur de la Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), en français « méthode douce des systèmes ». Ayant commencé par constater les problèmes rencontrés par la cybernétique dans son application aux systèmes sociaux, il… … Wikipédia en Français
P. Checkland — Peter Checkland Peter Checkland (né en 1930) est le développeur de la Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), en français méthodologie douce des systèmes. Ayant commencé par constater les problèmes rencontrés par la cybernétique dans son application aux… … Wikipédia en Français
Geoffrey Vickers — Sir Charles Geoffrey Vickers Geoffrey Vickers in 1973 Born 13 October 1894 N … Wikipedia
Soft systems methodology — (SSM) is an approach to organisational process modelling and it can be used both for general problem solving and in the management of change. It was developed in England by academics at the University of Lancaster Systems Department through a ten … Wikipedia
Charles Geoffrey Vickers — (13 October 1894 16 March 1982) was an English lawyer, administrator, writer and pioneering systems scientist. He had varied interests with roles at different times with the London Passenger Transport Board, Law Society, Medical Research Council… … Wikipedia
Systems thinking — is a unique approach to problem solving in that it views certain problems as parts of an overall system, rather than focusing on individual outcomes and contributing to further development of the undesired element or problem. [O Connor, J.… … Wikipedia
Systems theory — is an interdisciplinary field of science and the study of the nature of complex systems in nature, society, and science. More specificially, it is a framework by which one can analyze and/or describe any group of objects that work in concert to… … Wikipedia
System — (from Latin systēma , in turn from Greek polytonic|σύστημα systēma) is a set of interacting or interdependent entities, real or abstract, forming an integrated whole. The concept of an integrated whole can also be stated in terms of a system… … Wikipedia
International Journal of General Systems — Infobox Journal abbreviation = Int J Gen Syst discipline = Systems sciences editor = George J. Klir publisher = Taylor and Francis Ltd. country = United States frequency = 6 Issues per year history = 1974 present website =… … Wikipedia
