The resonance of Mike Jackson's work with the use of systems ideas in community operational research

Abstract

The body of work of Mike Jackson covers several major themes in OR/Systems Thinking and articulates key aspects of Critical Systems Thinking; with an interest throughout in applications to complex social challenges. In this paper, as a direct response to this Festschrift, and acknowledging his contribution to Community OR, five active UK-based researchers have engaged in their own process of community-based learning in order to articulate the ways Jackson's work resonates with their contemporary research and practice. The researchers used a variation of the Delphi method to reflect first on the ways that the body of work of Jackson resonated with their practice and research agendas. This produced a framework of ideas. Examples from the UK and overseas are then provided to illustrate these points. Ultimately, the researchers used these experiences and reflections to produce a series of statements for developing Community OR practice (and theory)—reflecting and extending Jackson's work.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.3100
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Operations & Information Management
College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School
Aston University (General)
Additional Information: Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Systems Research and Behavioral Science published by International Federation for Systems Research and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Community OR,Jackson,OR/Systems,Systems Thinking,General Social Sciences,Strategy and Management,Information Systems and Management
Publication ISSN: 1099-1743
Last Modified: 01 Apr 2025 17:02
Date Deposited: 13 Jan 2025 10:34
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2024-12-22
Published Online Date: 2024-12-22
Accepted Date: 2024-10-14
Authors: Herron, Rebecca J.M.
Mendiwelso Bendek, Zoraida
Salinas Navarro, David E.
Vilalta-Perdomo, Eliseo (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-4551-8327)
Weaver, Miles W.

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