Systems Methodology: Possibilities for Cross-Cultural Learning and Integration

Systems Methodology: Possibilities for Cross-Cultural Learning and Integration Author(s) Gerald Midgley & Jennifer Wilby Publisher University of Hull, Centre for Systems Studies Pages 120 ISBN-13 978-0859588423 ISBN-10 0859588424 Year 1995 Link https://www.amazon.co.uk/Systems-Methodolgy-Possibilities-Cross-Cultural-Integration/dp/0859588424

Systems Methodology: Possibilities for Cross-Cultural Learning and Integration by Gerald Midgley and Jennifer Wilby introduces a special issue of Systemic Practice and Action Research on new developments in Chinese systems practice

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This short paper introduces a special issue of Systemic Practice and Action Research on new developments in Chinese systems practice. It focuses on the recent history of systems thinking in China, describing a paradigm shift that is currently taking place from an "objectivist" to a more pluralistic stance. Details are provided of the Hull–Beijing research program, which has contributed to this paradigm shift. In one way or another, all the papers in this special issue can be seen as having a connection with this research program.