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White, Leroy, Burger, Katharina and Yearworth, Mike (2016) Understanding behaviour in problem structuring methods interventions with activity theory. European journal of operational research, 249 (3). pp. 983-1004. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2015.07.044 ISSN 0377-2217.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2015.07.044
Abstract
This article argues that OR interventions, particularly problem structuring methods (PSM), are complex events that cannot be understood by conventional methods alone. In this paper an alternative approach is introduced, where the units of analysis are the activity systems constituted by and constitutive of PSM interventions. The paper outlines the main theoretical and methodological concerns that need to be appreciated in studying PSM interventions. The paper then explores activity theory as an approach to study them. A case study describing the use of this approach is provided.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > T Technology (General) | ||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Operational Research & Management Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Operations research , Problem solving | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | European journal of operational research | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0377-2217 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | 16 March 2016 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 249 | ||||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 983-1004 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.07.044 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 30 December 2015 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 30 December 2015 |
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