Systems Practice: How to Act in a Climate Change World

By Ray Ison

Part I Thinking and Acting Differently.- 1. Introduction and Rationale.- Part II Systems Practice as Juggling.- 2. Introducing Systems Practice.- 3. Making Choices About Situations and Systems.- 4. The Juggler - A Way to Understand Systems Practice.- 5. Juggling the B-ball - Being a Systems Practitioner.- 6. Juggling the E-ball - Engaging with Situations.- 7. Juggling the C-ball - Contextualizing Systems Approaches.- 8. Juggling the M-ball - Managing Overall Performance in a Situation.- Part III Systemic Practices.- 9. Four Settings that Constrain Systems Practice.- 10. Systemic Inquiry.- 11. Systemic Action Research.- 12. Systemic Intervention.- Part IV Valuing Systems Practice in a Climate-change World.- 13. Valuing Systems Practice.- Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849961247
• ISBN13: 9781849961240
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"