A Systemic Exploration of Lesotho’s Basic Education through Interactive Management

Nthunya, Masechaba; Tuan, Nien-Tsu; Shaw, Corrinne; Jay, Ian

doi:10.1007/s11213-016-9396-1

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“…The birth of IM is for dealing with complex problems. The versatile nature of IM has been demonstrated in dealing with various issues, e.g., the analysis of critical success factors of supply chain (Yadav and Barve, 2015), structuring the supply chain risks for apparel in retail chains (Venkatesh et al , 2015), the exploration of basic education problems in Lesotho (Nthunya et al , 2017) and a probe into AIDS epidemic in South Africa (Tuan, 2018). These studies show how IM can reconcile relevant stakeholders’ perceptions to generate systemic models.…”

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“…People’s major concern about the committee is whether its delegates are representative and knowledgeable. The IM workshop mainly includes four phases as follows (Nthunya et al , 2017; Warfield and Cardenas, 2002): Idea generation phase: this phase is to elicit the system elements from the participants. Warfield and Cardenas (2002) define idea generation as a process of producing various ideas to an issue from group participants.…”

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A systemic inquiry into the delay factors in South African electrical distribution projects

Ntshangase

Tuan

2019

IJMPB

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the delay factors in South African electrical distribution projects and demonstrate the interlaced relationship between the identified project delay factors. Design/methodology/approach This research employs interactive management (IM) methodology to construct a model achieving the research purpose. The IM methodology is anchored in the soft systems thinking. Its inquiry process mainly comprises four phases: idea generation, idea clarification, idea structuring and interpretation of the structured ideas. The IM methodology allows the relevant stakeholders to collaboratively develop a digraph displaying the interrelationship among the system elements. Findings The participants of the IM session structured a systemic model showing that a loop comprising three factors is the driver leading to the delays in the electrical distribution projects. The three delay factors in the loop are “poor communication”, “poor planning” and “project scheduling not properly done”. Originality/value The findings show that a loop comprising three delay factors is the driver leading to the project delays. This result is different from the outputs of the commonly used approaches. The three identified root causes serve as the starting point for eradicating delays in the electrical distribution projects.

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Section: Interactive Management Methodologymentioning

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Section: Interactive Management Methodologymentioning

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A systemic inquiry into the delay factors in South African electrical distribution projects

Ntshangase

Tuan

2019

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“…IM has been used to study various problems. For example, Nthunya et al [17] used IM to explore the major factors causing basic education problems in Lesotho. Tuan [18] applied IM to explore the aggravating relationship between the factors leading to the AIDS epidemic in South Africa.…”

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Identifying Critical Success Factors through Interactive Management

Tuan

2020

MATEC Web Conf.

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Since its inception, the Critical Success Factor (CSF) concept has been increasingly adopted by industries to achieve business goals. However, the conventional approaches used for identifying critical success factors are underpinned by the mechanism paradigm. The mechanism paradigm doesn't take the interlaced relationships between system elements into account. Neither does it promote interaction between the relevant stakeholders. This paper proposes a systemic approach called Interactive Management (IM) to complement conventional ideas in determining the critical success factors. The Interactive Management process embraces the relevant stakeholders to collectively identify the critical success factors through four phases: generating critical success factors, clarifying the generated critical success factors, structuring a systemic digraph showing the interlaced relationships between the critical success factors, and identifying the real critical success factors in the systemic digraph. An example is provided to demonstrate how the Interactive Management methodology can be used to identify the real critical success factors.

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A Systemic Inquiry into the AIDS Epidemic in the Western Cape of South Africa through Interactive Management

Tuan

2017

Syst Pract Action Res

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A Systemic Exploration of Lesotho’s Basic Education through Interactive Management

Cited by 5 publications

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A systemic inquiry into the delay factors in South African electrical distribution projects

A systemic inquiry into the delay factors in South African electrical distribution projects

Identifying Critical Success Factors through Interactive Management

A Systemic Inquiry into the AIDS Epidemic in the Western Cape of South Africa through Interactive Management

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