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Emerging Trends and New Frontiers in Community Operational Research (2017)
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Johnson, M. P., Midgley, G., & Chichirau, G. Emerging Trends and New Frontiers in Community Operational Research

Community operational research (COR), and its disciplinary relation, community-based operations research, have an increasingly high profile within multiple domains that benefit from empirical and analytic approaches to problem solving. Many of these... Read More about Emerging Trends and New Frontiers in Community Operational Research.

What is Systemic Innovation? (2017)
Preprint / Working Paper
Midgley, G., & Lindhult, E. What is Systemic Innovation?

The term ‘systemic innovation’ is increasing in use. However, there is no consensus on its meaning: four different ways of using the term can be identified in the literature. Most people simply define it as a type of innovation where value can only b... Read More about What is Systemic Innovation?.

The evolution of the radial gradient of oxygen abundance in spiral galaxies (2016)
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Mollá, M., Díaz, Á., Ascasibar, Y., Gibson, B., Cavichia, O., Costa, R. D. D. D., & Maciel, W. J. The evolution of the radial gradient of oxygen abundance in spiral galaxies

The aim of this work is to present our new series of chemical evolution models computed for spiral and low mass galaxies of different total masses and star formation efficiencies. We analyze the results of models, in particular the evolution of the r... Read More about The evolution of the radial gradient of oxygen abundance in spiral galaxies.

Systemic lean intervention: enhancing lean with community operational research (2016)
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Ufua, D. E., Papadopoulos, T., & Midgley, G. Systemic lean intervention: enhancing lean with community operational research

This paper discusses how the theory and methodology of Community OR can enhance Lean initiatives. We argue that Lean practice can benefit from going beyond just the involvement of organizational stakeholders: local communities can be swept into the p... Read More about Systemic lean intervention: enhancing lean with community operational research.

Systemic evaluation of a community environmental management programme (2016)
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Foote, J., Ahuriri-Driscoll, A., Hepi, M., Midgley, G., & Earl-Goulet, J. Systemic evaluation of a community environmental management programme

Community environmental management (CEM) involves achieving environmental objectives through the facilitation of community partnerships, local dialogues, consultations and participative decision making. This is increasingly seen as a solution to some... Read More about Systemic evaluation of a community environmental management programme.

Moving beyond value conflicts : systemic problem structuring in action (2016)
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Midgley, G. Moving beyond value conflicts : systemic problem structuring in action

Value conflicts can become entrenched in a destructive pattern of mutual stigmatization, which inhibits the emergence of new understandings of the situation and actions for improvement. In extreme cases, such patterns can even lead to violence. This... Read More about Moving beyond value conflicts : systemic problem structuring in action.

A systematic review of interventions for the secondary prevention of skin cancer by self-examination (protocol) (2015)
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Ersser, S., Dyson, J., Kellar, I., Effah, A., Caperon, L., Thomas, S., McNichol, E., Thomas, P., & Newton-Bishop, J. A systematic review of interventions for the secondary prevention of skin cancer by self-examination (protocol)

Review question:

What factors determine the effectiveness of interventions (directed towards secondary prevention of skin cancer programme achieved through self-examination of the skin by adults in the community?

What interventions facilitate... Read More about A systematic review of interventions for the secondary prevention of skin cancer by self-examination (protocol).

Systemic Intervention (2015)
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Midgley, G. (2015). Systemic Intervention

This paper describes the practice of systemic intervention, emphasizing (1) the need to explore stakeholder values and boundaries for analysis; (2) responses to the challenges of marginalization processes; and (3) a wide, pluralistic range of methods... Read More about Systemic Intervention.

Creating business value from Big Data and business analytics : organizational, managerial and human resource implications (2014)
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Vidgen, R. T. Creating business value from Big Data and business analytics : organizational, managerial and human resource implications

This paper reports on a research project, funded by the EPSRC’s NEMODE (New Economic Models in the Digital Economy, Network+) programme, explores how organizations create value from their increasingly Big Data and the challenges they face in doing so... Read More about Creating business value from Big Data and business analytics : organizational, managerial and human resource implications.

Developing a Systemic Problem Structuring Method for Use in a Problem- Avoiding Culture (2014)
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Shen, C. Y., & Midgley, G. (2014). Developing a Systemic Problem Structuring Method for Use in a Problem- Avoiding Culture

This paper presents a Buddhist systems methodology (BSM) designed for use in Taiwanese Buddhist organisations. The authors argue that the BSM has advantages in Taiwanese contexts compared with Western systemic problem structuring methods, which mostl... Read More about Developing a Systemic Problem Structuring Method for Use in a Problem- Avoiding Culture.

Addressing organisational and societal concerns : an application of critical systems thinking to information systems planning in Colombia (2003)
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Midgley, G., & Córdoba-Pachon, J.-R. (2003). Addressing organisational and societal concerns : an application of critical systems thinking to information systems planning in Colombia

Most current information system s (IS) planning methodologies are focused on achieving ‘successful’ plans, i.e. plans that provide competitive advantage, can be implemented in a given period of time, and that solve the problems of information needs b... Read More about Addressing organisational and societal concerns : an application of critical systems thinking to information systems planning in Colombia.

Discreteness and the Welfare Cost of Labour Supply Tax Distortions (2002)
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Bhattarai, K., & Whalley, J. Discreteness and the Welfare Cost of Labour Supply Tax Distortions

We compare the welfare costs of tax distortions of labour supply in one and two member household discrete and continuous labour supply (leisure consumption) choice models calibrated to the same aggregate uncompensated labour supply elasticities. In t... Read More about Discreteness and the Welfare Cost of Labour Supply Tax Distortions.

Towards sketch-based exploration of terrain : a feasibility study (2000)
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Lesage, P. L., & Visvalingam, M. Towards sketch-based exploration of terrain : a feasibility study

First paragraph:
The Cartographic Information Systems Research Group (CISRG) of the University of Hull is keen to revive interest in the dying art of landscape sketching and re-stage it on today's reactive and
dynamic computer technology (Visvaling... Read More about Towards sketch-based exploration of terrain : a feasibility study.

Sources of variability in cartographers' deconstruction of fractals : paper presented at the 18 November 1998 meeting of the British Cartographic Society's Design Group at the University of Glasgow (1998)
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Visvalingam, M. Sources of variability in cartographers' deconstruction of fractals : paper presented at the 18 November 1998 meeting of the British Cartographic Society's Design Group at the University of Glasgow

Opening paragraph:
This research was designed for two reasons: firstly, to involve anyone with an interest in cartographic visualisation to participate in eliciting cartographic knowledge and to provide them with the opportunity to contribute their... Read More about Sources of variability in cartographers' deconstruction of fractals : paper presented at the 18 November 1998 meeting of the British Cartographic Society's Design Group at the University of Glasgow.