Systems Practice: How to Act

Part I. Thinking and Acting Differently

1. Introduction and Rationale
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Part II . Systems Practice as Juggling

2. Introducing Systems Practice
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3. Making Choices About Situations and Systems
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4. The Juggler: A Way to Understand Systems Practice
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5. Juggling the B-Ball: Being a Systems Practitioner
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6. Juggling the E-Ball: Engaging with Situations
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7. Juggling the C-Ball: Contextualising Systems Approaches
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8. Juggling the M-Ball: Managing Overall Performance in a Situation
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Part III. Systemic Practices

9. Four Settings That Constrain Systems Practice
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10. Systemic Inquiry
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11. Systemic Action Research
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12. Systemic Intervention
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Part IV. Valuing Systems Practice in a Climate-Change World

13. Valuing Systems Practice
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Keywords: Computer Science, Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Computers and Society, Management of Computing and Information Systems, Environmental Management