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Re:How to Change a System by yamrzou on Monday February 26, 2024 @08:21AM (#39510963)
> Michael Jackson [1] is the another Systems Thinking guru, and argues that ‘wicked problems’ like these can never be solved, and it’s irresponsible to claim otherwise.

Can you point to a more detailed reading about his arguments for this position?

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Re:How to Change a System by nonrandomstring on Monday February 26, 2024 @08:48AM (#39511198)
Of JSD [0] (Jackson Systems Design/Development) fmae no less.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_System_Development

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Re:How to Change a System by greggsy on Monday February 26, 2024 @04:01PM (#39516751)
Different one - see my link above
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Re:How to Change a System by nonrandomstring on Monday February 26, 2024 @06:35PM (#39518210)
Thank you for your correction.

Michael Christopher Jackson n.1951 and Michael Anthony Jackson n.1936 Both British born. Both prominent in systems design and theory.

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Re:How to Change a System by greggsy on Monday February 26, 2024 @04:11PM (#39516806)
I just went through his book from uni (it’s 700 gruelling and somewhat traumatising pages), and I think I misattributed it from Checkland’s Soft Systems Methodology (SSM).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_systems_methodology

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