The Systems Metaphor in Therapy Discourse: Introducing Systems Intelligence

Martela, Frank; Saarinen, Esa

doi:10.1080/10481885.2013.754281

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“…Systems Intelligence (SI) as a framework draws from Senge's Fifth Discipline and the systems sciences (Hämäläinen & Saarinen, 2006; Saarinen & Hämäläinen, 2004). It has been applied to a number of domains including organizational development (Hämäläinen & Saarinen, 2006, 2008; Luoma et al, 2008, 2011), knowledge management (Sasaki, 2017), personal growth (Hämäläinen et al, 2014; Saarinen & Lehti, 2014; Saarinen 2015), therapy discourse (Martela & Saarinen, 2013), engineering education (Hämäläinen et al, 2018; Lappalainen, 2017; Lappalainen et al, 2020), and design thinking (Harviainen et al, 2021; Jumisko‐Pyykkö et al, 2021). An approach for the improvement of organizational behavior by an agent‐based simulator that uses ideas from SI and positive organizational theory has been suggested by Tiinanen et al (2016), while Hämäläinen et al (2020) discuss practical results from using SI‐based design games as a way to support teams in early childhood education organizations.…”

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On the systems intelligence of a learning organization: Introducing a new measure

Törmänen

Hämäläinen

Saarinen

2021

Human Resource Dev Quarterly

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We introduce and validate the Organizational Systems Intelligence (OSI) scale, a measurement tool for learning organization, and propose the scale as a useful tool for human resource development (HRD) at the individual level. The scale complements the operationalization of Senge's "Five Disciplines" of the learning organization. OSI provides a new perspective that links employees' perceptions of various seemingly mundane everyday practices with the organizationally desirable effects of a learning organization. The model suggests developmental perspectives that highlight micro-level behavioral, informal, interactional, and accessible-to-all aspects of the learning organization as a route to improvement. Operating in the vernacular and focusing on human experience in organizations, the OSI perspective points to improvement possibilities in and among people in contrast to structural manager-level constructs. It contributes to HRD literature that explores developmental outcomes and theoretical understanding from human experience in contrast to rank, status, structure, or hierarchy. With its bottom-up logic as an operationalization of the Sengean learning organization as a form of applied systems thinking, the model introduces an employee-level perspective of systems thinking in action into the field of HRD. It is

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On the systems intelligence of a learning organization: Introducing a new measure

Törmänen

Hämäläinen

Saarinen

2021

Human Resource Dev Quarterly

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“…By observing her own interdependence in the feedback intensive environment, she is able to act intelligently. SI has been suggested as an essential competence needed in positions of leadership Saarinen, 2006, 2007a) and has been applied for various fields such as organizational development (Luoma et al, 2008(Luoma et al, , 2011, knowledge management (Sasaki, 2017), personal growth (Hämäläinen et al, 2014;Saarinen and Lehti, 2014), therapy discourse (Martela and Saarinen, 2013), design thinking (Harviainen et al, 2021;Jumisko-Pyykkö et al, 2021) and engineering disciplines (Hämäläinen et al, 2018). For a history of the SI perspective, see Törmänen (2021).…”

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Perceived systems intelligence and performance in organizations

Törmänen

Hämäläinen

Saarinen

2021

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Purpose This study aims to introduce the perceived systems intelligence (SI) inventory, developed based on the earlier published self-report SI inventory (Törmänen et al., 2016). It can be used together with earlier managerial level tools for building a learning organization and included in general 360-style evaluations in personnel development. Design/methodology/approach The inventory is validated with confirmatory factor analysis with a model based on the self-report SI inventory, using data from full-time used employees and managers in the USA and UK. Perceived SI factor scores are correlated with the perceived study performance of the individual. Findings The perceived SI inventory is found to have good factorial validity, and it correlates strongly with evaluations of perceived study performance. Managers perceived high in performance are also found to score high in perceived SI. Perceived SI does not depend on gender, age, organization size or industry. Originality/value The perceived SI inventory is the first personnel level peer evaluation tool suggested for developing learning organizations. The new inventory makes peer evaluations possible and provides a new grassroots level tool for personnel development programs in learning organizations.

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“…The theoretical contribution of this paper is to combine the two initiatives: the SECI model that has been widely acknowledged in KM literature and the concept of SI, which has been recently developed in the field of systems science and systems thinking. SI has been studied in a wide range of applications, such as organizations and leadership (Hämäläinen and Saarinen, 2008;Luoma et al, 2008;Saarinen, 2008), emergency management (Seppänen et al, 2013) and psychotherapy (Martela and Saarinen, 2013), but this paper is the first to discuss it in the context of KM.…”

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A note on systems intelligence in knowledge management

Sasaki

2017

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Purpose This paper aims to show that systems intelligence (SI) can be a useful perspective in knowledge management, particularly in the context of the socialization, externalization, combination and internalization (SECI) model. SI is a recently developed systemic concept, a certain kind of human intelligence based on a systems thinking perspective. Design/methodology/approach This paper first provides an overview of the related literature, and then conceptually discusses the role of SI in organizational knowledge creations. Findings SI can work as a powerful momentum in each stage as well as the whole process of SECI. Originality/value This paper is the first application of SI to the field of knowledge management. It provides us with a new perspective to touch human factors in knowledge management processes, which are considered to be essential in the SECI model.

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The Systems Metaphor in Therapy Discourse: Introducing Systems Intelligence

Cited by 9 publications

References 79 publications

On the systems intelligence of a learning organization: Introducing a new measure

On the systems intelligence of a learning organization: Introducing a new measure

Perceived systems intelligence and performance in organizations

A note on systems intelligence in knowledge management

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