Knowing as Intervention

dc.contributor.author	Romm, Norma R.A.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-12-17T07:02:00Z
dc.date.available	2013-12-17T07:02:00Z
dc.date.issued	1995
dc.identifier.citation	Romm, N.R.A. (1995). Reflections on the Application of Systems Ideas. Systems Practice, 8, 2: 137-167	en
dc.identifier.issn	ISSN: 1094-429X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13052
dc.description.abstract	The relation between theory and practice is explored in this paper with respect to an examination of various systems approaches. It is argued that the moment of "knowing" already contains practical implications in that "comprehension" gears practice in certain directions. Practice/application can fulfill the demands of theory through the operation of a self-fulfilling prophecy effect. The way in which theoretical conceptions of systems researchers may constrain practice is explored with reference to the work of Beer, Checkland and Scholes, and Ulrich. In the course of this exploration, alternative views of the way in which viable systems diagnosis, soft systems methodology, and critical systems heuristics may be utilised, are offered.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Springer	en
dc.subject	theory; practice; viable systems diagnosis; soft systems methodology; critical systems heuristics; narrative construction; opposition/confrontation; choice-making.	en
dc.title	Knowing as Intervention	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.description.department	ABET and Youth Development	en