Systems Theory

Friedman, Bruce D.; Allen, Karen Neuman

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“…Is it used to force interacting stakeholders to conform in their thinking and doing, to problems defined by others in others place. Perhaps we could say it is used to help engineered farm equipment in the bio-socio-physical environmentto be complementary in a process, and stakeholders adapt their thought to take the most appropriate decision and apply the "goodness of fit" [9].…”

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Bridging the engineering gap: integrated systems thinking

Weintré

Delfi

2017

IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.

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Abstract. On visits to rural Indonesia it is apparent that the advances made possible by technical engineered solutions, are rarely at the same pace as the human captivation of technical development. This uneven pace has limited the application of labour-saving equipment and efficiency. It is suggested to be of primary importance to advance technical application skills among communities as part of the continuous advancement cycle in our human environment. A creative approach to inclusive technology and internal transfer of equipment knowledge in society, reduces barriers and could diminish structural or societal undesired situations. Earlier theoretical concepts provide us a lens for describing the practices of habitus, conceptualization of social capital and integrated systems thinking. The interrelationship and complexities in technical and social systems requires to be investigated. This paper aims to describe those, combined with technological applications in an empirical ethnographic approach. The study analyses the negotiations of community members with the available technology. It intends to foster a better understanding of the various cultural-economic values by exploring the systems thinking theory, with a focus on rice cultivation in Indonesia, Japan and Australia. This research suggests that cultural, economic and technical advances vary considerably and human expectations are strongly influenced by local culture.

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Section: Integrated Systems Thinkingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bridging the engineering gap: integrated systems thinking

Weintré

Delfi

2017

IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.

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“…The end results or outcomes of the system processes and activities are referred to as outputs. Feedback—either negative or positive—occurs when information is relayed from output to input (Friedman and Allen ; Kast and Rosenweig ; Niehof and Price ). The system boundary delineates the aspects of a system from those of its environment and other systems, and gives it identity and definition (Friedman and Allen ; Laszlo and Krippner ).…”

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“…Feedback—either negative or positive—occurs when information is relayed from output to input (Friedman and Allen ; Kast and Rosenweig ; Niehof and Price ). The system boundary delineates the aspects of a system from those of its environment and other systems, and gives it identity and definition (Friedman and Allen ; Laszlo and Krippner ). The boundary tends to blur as the unit of observation moves from natural and designed physical systems to human or social systems because of the imbedded artificiality, vagueness, or ambiguity.…”

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Socioeconomic System of the Oil Boom and Rural Community Development in Western North Dakota

Fernando

Cooley

2016

Rural Sociology

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An oil boom is a complex social and economic phenomenon. The socioeconomic system presented in this article represents a novel effort to explicate boom impacts and changes, within a systems framework, at the community level to enhance community planning and development efforts. Most boomtown studies focus on longitudinal changes of a boom-bustrecovery cycle or social-disruption-based approaches. This article is an effort to demonstrate that longitudinal changes or social disruptions of a boom manifest through the interactions and interrelationships between social entities and stakeholders acting within the boom conditions and surrounding conditions. The socioeconomic system approach in this article analyzes the boom as a system, which provides a useful lens for many other rural communities currently experiencing unconventional oil and gas development in the United States. The socioeconomic system highlights five main challenges or factors that need to be addressed through community development strategies: develop affordable housing, invest in community infrastructure, expand public services, attract new businesses to the area, and develop better community integration strategies to build trust and unity within the community. This article is qualitative and exploratory in nature. As a result, it explicates the functions, structure, and relationships between system entities to provide a broader understanding of coherence, conflicts, and synergies within a system.

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“…This speaks to the relevance of assessing and intervening from a systems perspective and considering the biopsychosocial development of families and individuals within their cultural, historical and societal contexts (Germain ). The systems perspective also ‘examines transactional relationships between systems…relationships are no longer linear but are circular, each system in the interaction affecting the others.’ (Friedman & Allen , p.10). Because each family is unique, this perspective further enables analysis and understanding of the behaviour of individuals in relation to the ongoing operations of their family group.…”

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The plight of international child support enforcement

Levine

2016

Child & Family Social Work

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Arising from the landscape of global development and fueled by the demographics of increasing rates of mobility and divorce, the international enforcement of child support is a challenging and growing problem. Current initiatives to rectify this critical problem cut across geopolitical divides and have resulted in the creation of uniform procedures for child support enforcement that are awaiting ratification in the USA: the 2007

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Systems Theory

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Bridging the engineering gap: integrated systems thinking

Bridging the engineering gap: integrated systems thinking

Socioeconomic System of the Oil Boom and Rural Community Development in Western North Dakota

The plight of international child support enforcement

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