Management science methodologies in environmental management and sustainability: discourses and applications

Paucar‐Caceres, Alberto; Espinosa, Ángela

doi:10.1057/jors.2010.110

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“…In this process, it became clear that finding a way of classifying and comparing different types of modeling methods employed in figure online) the OR/MS field on the basis of a number of contextual properties would augment the likelihood of success in their application. Like Paucar-Caceres and Espinosa, "we are aware that any categorization carries the risk of placing a methodology in a paradigm that not everybody will accept" [38], but we decided to take this risk.…”

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An Operations Research-Based Morphological Analysis to Support Environmental Management Decision-Making

Teles¹,

Sousa

2016

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

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Abstract. In this paper the authors present a meta-model aiming to support decision-makers that wish to know more about how to use systems models to cope with the integration of environmental concerns into the company strategy. This is made by using a General Morphological Analysis (GMA) to bridge the gap between Operations Research (OR) analysts, decision-makers and stakeholders, making all of them part of the problem structuring and formulation process, particularly in societal issues like the environmental ones. The novelty of this approach is two-fold: (i) there are no examples in literature of a GMA research that address a linkage between environmental practices, strategic objectives, and the integration of stakeholders in the decision-making process at the level of a company; (ii) there is no GMA that had covered all the phases of a decision-making problem (problem definition, problem analysis and problem solving) in such a context.

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“…Our primary sources were Checkland [34] and Schwenk [35]. Since then, several authors used Systems Thinking approaches [28,32,33,[36][37][38] to map the development of management sciences along time or to classify OR/MS methodologies based on different number and type of axes.…”

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An Operations Research-Based Morphological Analysis to Support Environmental Management Decision-Making

Teles¹,

Sousa

2016

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

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“…However, even if there has been an increasing interest from both VSM and CAS approaches to management (Paucar-Caceres & Espinosa, 2011), still to date the only comprehensive and fully developed theory and methodology available for the study and management of complexity in business organizations is the VSM proposed by organizational cybernetics.…”

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Theoretical approaches to managing complexity in organizations: A comparative analysis

Arévalo

Espinosa

2015

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a b s t r a c tThis paper aims to identify the differences and similarities in the way to explain self-organization from the different theories of complex systems used in management, which we have grouped as complex systems theories, complex adaptive systems (CAS) and organizational cybernetics. For this purpose we suggest three parallel and complementary dimensions to delimit the conceptual spaces where these theories can be placed. Using this classification as an analytical lens we summarize the core arguments suggested by each of these complex systems approaches, regarding the ideas of emergence and new order. This analysis helps us to conclude that the three theories coincide in their interest for studying nonlinear complex systems, but diverge in the nature of the complex problems studied. Finally we analyze the consequences that recognizing the similarities and differences between these approaches have, when using them for the study and research of social and business organizations and their management. Enfoques teóricos de manejo de complejidad en las organizaciones: un análisis comparativoCódigos JEL: M10Palabras clave: Auto-organización Complejidad Cibernética organizacional Sistemas adaptativos complejos Ciencias de la complejidad r e s u m e n El propósito del artículo es identificar las diferencias y similitudes en las formas de explicar la autoorganización en las teorías de sistemas complejos, las cuales hemos agrupado en ciencias de la complejidad, cibernética organizacional y sistemas adaptativos complejos (CAS). Para tal fin se proponen tres dimensiones paralelas y complementarias que permiten demarcar el espacio dentro del cual se ubican las distintas teorías. Usando como eje analítico esta herramienta de clasificación, se resumen los planteamientos realizados por cada una de las aproximaciones respecto a la emergencia de nuevo y orden; y se concluye que las tres teorías coinciden en el estudio de los sistemas complejos no lineales, pero se diferencian en la naturaleza de los problemas abordados. Finalmente se analizan las consecuencias que el reconocimiento de las semejanzas y diferencias entre los diferentes enfoques tiene para su utilización en el estudio y gestión de organizaciones sociales. Abordagens teóricas da gestão da complexidade nas organizaç ões: uma análise comparativa Classificaç ões JEL: M10Palavras-chave: Auto-organizaç ão Complexidade Cibernética organizacional Sistemas adaptativos complexos Ciências da complexidade r e s u m o O objectivo do artigo é identificar as diferenç as e semelhanç as nos modos de explicar a auto-organizaç ão nas teorias de sistemas complexos, os quais foram agrupados em ciências da complexidade, cibernética organizacional e sistemas adaptativos complexos (CAS). Para esse fim propõem-se três dimensões paralelas e complementares que permitem demarcar o espaç o dentro do qual estão situados diferentes teorias. Usando como eixo analítico esta ferramenta de classificaç ão, resumem-se as análises realizadas por cada uma das abordagens a respeito do aparecimen...

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“…The literature views sustainability as a wicked problem (see Paucar‐Caceres and Espinosa, , or Batie, , and their respective citations). Wals and Schwarzin (, p. 13) explain that acting sustainably is a series of “challenges to be taken on in the full realization that, as soon as we appear to have met the challenge, things will have changed and the horizon will have shifted once again.” Wals and Schwarzin cite literature to assert that the pursuit of sustainability is characterized by uncertainty (lack of knowledge), indeterminacy (lack of information), controversy (lack of empirical facts), complexity (difficulty in separating entwined parts), and bias (deciding based on beliefs).…”

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Principles for Sustainable Insurance: Risk Management and Value

Scordis¹,

Suzawa²,

Zwick³

et al. 2014

Risk Manage Insurance Review

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Some of the largest global insurers are actively pursuing the recently enacted Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI). While the concept of sustainability is often associated with a governance design that promotes stakeholder value, the PSI do not appear to be a call for stakeholder‐focused insurers. Rather, the PSI appear to be about internalizing tacit claims in the operations of insurers. Conceptual and empirical literature on shareholder value maximization suggests that when an insurer honors its tacit claims the value to shareholders increases. A key insight from practice is that a sincere pursuit of the PSI will expand the scope of corporate risk management.

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Management science methodologies in environmental management and sustainability: discourses and applications

Cited by 36 publications

References 29 publications

An Operations Research-Based Morphological Analysis to Support Environmental Management Decision-Making

An Operations Research-Based Morphological Analysis to Support Environmental Management Decision-Making

Theoretical approaches to managing complexity in organizations: A comparative analysis

Principles for Sustainable Insurance: Risk Management and Value

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