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Operational Research for, with, and by citizens: An overview
2023, European Journal of Operational ResearchApplying systems thinking models of organizational design and change in community operational research
2018, European Journal of Operational ResearchCitation Excerpt :Numerous authors have discussed the history of Operational Research (OR) and the origins of Community OR (see, for example, Johnson, 2012; Midgley & Ochoa-Arias, 2004). Citing Bajgier, Maragah, Saccucci, Verzilli, and Prybutok (1991) and Taket and White (1994), Johnson and Smilowitz (2012) clarify how “UK-style” Community OR deviates from the “consultant” view of traditional operational research: “successful community-based OR models and applications require substantial stakeholder participation in problem definition, solution, and implementation (p. 104). OR has a long history of community applications (see Ackoff, 1970, for one of the seminal papers).
Spontaneous emergence of Community OR: Self-initiating, self-organising problem structuring mediated by social media
2018, European Journal of Operational ResearchCitation Excerpt :Pioneering work can be seen from Ackoff's work with leaders in the black community in Mantua, USA (Ackoff, 1970), Cook's work in Aston, Birmingham, UK (Cook, 1984), Eden's et al. work with charities (Jones & Eden, 1981), and Beer's work with the Allende government of Chile (Beer, 1974). After an explosion of interest, a number of clusters of applications have sprung up (Jones & Eden, 1981), including work in housing (Johnson, 2007, 2012; Midgley, Munlo, & Brown, 1998; Rosenhead & White, 1996; Thunhurst & Ritchie, 1992; Thunhurst, Ritchie, Friend, & Booker, 1992), health (White, 1999, 2003), poverty (Taket & White, 1994), and sustainability (Waltner-Toews, Neudoerffer, Joshi, & Tamang, 2005). It seems that the extant literature on Community OR involves the application of methods in an enhanced way to problems in which interests of underrepresented or vulnerable populations in communities are the main concern, and for which solutions to these problems are difficult (Midgley & Ochoa-Arias, 1999).
A systems approach to understanding the perspectives in the changing landscape of responsible business in Scotland
2018, European Journal of Operational ResearchCitation Excerpt :These ideas inform desirable and feasible change, through deliberation on the problematic situation, options for transformation, and possible actions to improve the situation (Checkland, 1999). This is important in the context of COR models and their application, as they require substantial stakeholder participation in problem definition, solution and implementation (Bajgier, Maragah, Saccucci, Verzilli, & Prybutok, 1991; Taket & White, 1994; Johnson & Smilowitz, 2007). In this study, we recognised that the problem could not be addressed by the client alone, and we acknowledged Olsson and Sjöstedt's (2004) suggestion that SSM is a powerful tool to invest in social capital – particularly in making the problem area transparent for those who are addressing it.
Understanding behaviour in problem structuring methods interventions with activity theory
2016, European Journal of Operational ResearchCitation Excerpt :There could also be a focus on political representation that seeks to establish whether the system of representation has conferred agency to the represented, i.e. whether the representation process has distributed agency throughout a system. In this way, the political sense of ‘representation’—as the delegation of authority to speak and act on behalf of others (Latour, 1987; Taket & White, 2000b; White & Taket, 2000) is taken to be merged with a semiotic conception of a sign ‘speaking’ on behalf of its object (see Taket & White, 1994). Models as semiotic resources form an increasingly important part of our understanding of the process, reflecting what some have termed the emergence of a problem structuring culture (Ackermann, 2012; Eden & Ackermann, 2013).
Social capital and mental health: An interdisciplinary review of primary evidence
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