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Moving beyond value conflicts : systemic problem structuring in action (2016)
Working Paper
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., …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)
Working Paper
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)
Working Paper
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)
Working Paper
Midgley, G., & Córdoba-Pachon, J. (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.