Search for dissertations about: "systems thinking"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 242 swedish dissertations containing the words systems thinking.
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21. A living systems approach to product design and development
Abstract : Product development is a complex activity that involvespeople with different expertise, financial resources,materials, and machines. Organizations that carry out theseprocesses and their products are in fact living and artificialsystems. READ MORE
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22. Organised Chaos: Water and Sanitation Systems in Housing Areas in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Abstract : This thesis focuses on the provision and management of water supply and sanitation in housing areas in the City of Dar es Salaam. The main objective of the study is to contribute to knowledge and understanding of provision and management of urban water supply and sanitation in Tanzania in the context of sustainable urbanisation. READ MORE
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23. A multi-modal systems extension to soft systems methodology
Abstract : This thesis develops a design method for social systems that do not fit the conventional industrial pattern and that consequently are not apt for regulation through mechanical means. It builds upon Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), one of the most widely used and well regarded of design methodologies. READ MORE
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24. Use of Digital Technologies in Education : The Complexity of Teachers' Everyday Practice
Abstract : In this dissertation the complex, dynamic, contextual and multi-dimensional practice of teachers’ use of digital technologies in their everyday work has been illustrated and presented. The research draws upon the experience of teachers and school leaders from two compulsory schools as well as representatives from the municipal Department of Education and IT-unit within a municipality in the south of Sweden. READ MORE
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25. On business relationships as Darwinian systems : an exploration into how Darwinian systems thinking can supportbusiness relationship research
Abstract : The demarcation between different traditions in contemporary research on business relationships reflects theoretical and methodological difficulties in the conceptualization of the nature of business relationships and how such relationships evolve. To tackle these problems, this thesis explores the fruitfulness of regarding business relationships as Darwinian systems, which accentuates kinship between Darwinism and systems thinking, and elaborates a treatment of business relationship transmutation as an iterative dynamic process that does not take the existence of business relationships – or the sequence of developmental stages – for granted. READ MORE