Individual Emergence in Contextual Analysis
(2007) In Systemica 14(1-6). p.23-38- Abstract
- Located within the tradition of Hermeneutic Dialectics (HD) this paper offers an approach which can further an analysis of a fit between information and organizational systems. Drawn upon Information Systems Development projects a relationship between theory and practice is aided through a multi-disciplinary approach to sense making activity. Using a contemporary version of contextual analysis to understand a way in which individuals construct adapt and create meaning from their environment offers a route to improve a systems analysis process. This type of enquiry into contextual dependencies of knowledge creation can help direct a development of systems that have the intention to serve specific organizational actors and their needs.... (More)
- Located within the tradition of Hermeneutic Dialectics (HD) this paper offers an approach which can further an analysis of a fit between information and organizational systems. Drawn upon Information Systems Development projects a relationship between theory and practice is aided through a multi-disciplinary approach to sense making activity. Using a contemporary version of contextual analysis to understand a way in which individuals construct adapt and create meaning from their environment offers a route to improve a systems analysis process. This type of enquiry into contextual dependencies of knowledge creation can help direct a development of systems that have the intention to serve specific organizational actors and their needs. Combining methods outside of a traditional polar divide, sense making research undertaken within a systems thinking arena can enrich understanding by complementing qualitative and / or quantitative analysis with reflective depth. Drawing together interdisciplinary strands through a critical systems thinking approach offers new levels of professionalism for computer- and management-, practitioners or researchers in the 21st Century. (Less)
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- author
- Bednar, Peter LU
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- 2007
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Contextual Dependencies, Sense making, Systems Thinking, Contextual Analysis, Contextual Inquiry, Strategic Systemic Thinking, Critically Informed Systems Analysis.
- in
- Systemica
- volume
- 14
- issue
- 1-6
- pages
- 23 - 38
- publisher
- Dutch Systems Group / Lincoln Research Centre
- ISSN
- 0167-9961
- language
- English
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- yes
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