Community Operational Research: OR and Systems Thinking for Community Development - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1441989129 ISBN 13: 9781441989123

Casa editrice: Springer, 2011

Riassunto

1. An Introduction to Community Operational Research; Gerald Midgley and Alejandro E. Ochoa-Arias. Section 1: Early Contributions and Later Reflections on Theory, Methodology and Practice. 2. Community Operational Research: Its Context and Its Future; Richard Parry and John Mingers. 3. Community Operational Research: Purposes, Theory And Practice; Michael C. Jackson. 4: Visions of Community for Community OR; Gerald Midgley and Alejandro E. Ochoa-Arias. Section 2: Local Action for Community Development. 5: A Black Ghetto's Research On A University; Russell L. Ackoff. 6. Housing in the Dearne Valley: Doing Community OR with the Thurnscoe Tenants Housing Co-operative; Charles Ritchie. 7. Looking forward with a Council for Voluntary Service; Andy Marlow and Jim Bryant. 8. Facilitation as Fair Intervention; Wendy J Gregory1 and Norma Romm. 9. Perspectives of Engagement in Community Operational Research; John Friend. 10. Systemic Intervention for Community OR: Developing Services with Young People (Under 16) Living on the Streets; Alan Boyd and Mandy Brown. 11. Playing with PANDA: the CybOrg and the Rhizome; Ann Taket and Leroy White. Section 3: Dealing Locally with Global Issues. 12. An Interpretive Systemic Exploration of Community Action in Venezuela; Alejandro E. Ochoa-Arias. 13. Community and Environmental OR: Towards a New Agenda; Gerald Midgley and Martin Reynolds. 14. Adaptive Methodology for Ecosystem Sustainability and Health (AMESH): An Introduction; David Waltner-Toews, James Kay, Tamsyn P. Murray and Cynthia Neudoerffer.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1441989129
• ISBN 13: 9781441989123
• Rilegatura: Paperback
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