SOCIAL SYSTEMS THEORY AND PRACTICE: THE NEED FOR A CRITICAL APPROACH

DOI10.1080/03081078508934877zbMath0557.92013OpenAlexW1996599104WikidataQ56853089 ScholiaQ56853089MaRDI QIDQ3221790

Michael C. Jackson

Publication date: 1985

Published in: International Journal of General Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03081078508934877

zbMATH Keywords

critical theorysystems engineeringsystem analysissoft systems thinking

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Mathematical sociology (including anthropology) (91D99)

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