Search for dissertations about: "systems thinking"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 186 swedish dissertations containing the words systems thinking.
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1. On systems thinking in logistics management - A critical perspective
University dissertation from Linköping : Linköping University Electronic PressAbstract : Systems thinking. Systems theory. The systems approach. All these concepts have in various guises been claimed as central to logistics management, since its dawning in the mid twentieth century. READ MORE
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2. Applications of Systems Thinking within the Sustainability Domain Product Design, Product Systems and Stakeholder Perspectives
University dissertation from Stockholm : KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyAbstract : Many of the sustainability challenges our society currently face have arisen as unanticipated side effects of our own modern developments. This thesis investigates if unintended consequences and perspectives are fully addressed by traditional methods for providing decision-making support within the sustainability domain. READ MORE
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3. Hierarchical Concurrent Systems from a Model-Oriented perspective
University dissertation from Department of Computer Science, Lund UniversityAbstract : Real world systems are normally considered as hierarchically organized, for example, we see those as hierarchies of systems including subsystems. Examples on this can be seen in organizations where people act in environments and carry within themselves their own internal subsystem of thinking processes. READ MORE
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4. A Systemic Approach Framework for Operational Risk – SAFOR –
University dissertation from Kista : Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap (tills m KTH)Abstract : This thesis attempts to describe the essential systems features of a complex real-world domain of operational risk (OR) in banking, by employing general systems theory (GST) as the guiding method. An implementational framework (SAFOR) is presented for operational risk management (ORM), the target of which is to manage and mitigate the risk-around-loss causes. READ MORE
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5. Complex methods of inquiry: structuring uncertainty
University dissertation from Lund University PressAbstract : Organizational problem spaces can be viewed as complex, uncertain and ambiguous. They can also be understood as open problem spaces. As such, any engagement with them, and any effort to intervene in order to pursue desirable change, cannot be assumed to be just a matter of ‘complicatedness’. READ MORE
