The importance of eliciting stakeholders' system boundary perceptions for problem structuring and decision-making

DOI10.1016/J.EJOR.2021.12.029MaRDI QIDQ2140346OpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Irene Pluchinotta, Giuseppe Salvia, Nici Zimmermann

Publication date 20 May 2022

Published in European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.12.029

zbMATH Keywords

system dynamicsproblem structuring methodsboundary critiquecausal loop diagramssystem perception

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Decision theory (91B06) Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90)

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• Can diverse and conflicting interests of multiple stakeholders be balanced?
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• Developing unbounded systems thinking: using causal mapping with multiple stakeholders within a Vietnamese company

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Uses Software

• DYNAMO
• SEXTANT
• Cognizer

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