Systems Research and Behavioral Science articles from November 2004

Systems Research and Behavioral Science archives from November 2004

Editorial.(Editorial)
November 1, 2004... This final issue of Systems Research and Behavioral Science, in 2004, sees the use of a wide variety of systems ideas in a diverse range of application areas. A Chinese systems methodology, WSR, is used to examine the Three Gorges Data...

The three Gorges Dam project from a systems viewpoint.(Research Paper)
November 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION There is a gray fog hiding the peaks and valleys and hovering like a leaden cloud over the Yangtze River. Starting here, outside of Yichang, in 1993, China began moving people, pulverizing mountains, destroying riverbank...

Strategic community-based theory of firms: case study of dialectical management at NTT DoCoMo.
November 1, 2004... POSITIONING OF THIS RESEARCH Companies in businesses such as IT, multimedia and communications, which expect to face a complex and uncertain future, need to find new directions in the twenty-first century in order to dominate the...

Applying systems modelling to public health.(Research Paper)
November 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION A recent perceptive article written by the Director of the UK Cabinet Office's Performance and Innovation Unit highlights several reasons as to why the constantly changing background to policy formulation and decision making...

Maintaining the quality focus in the business-to-business auction model.(Research Paper)
November 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION The technological revolution being experienced by today's information-intensive business organizations is resulting in a significant growth in business-to-business and e-commerce business activities and practices. On the...

Economic process accounting full disclosure.(Research Paper)
November 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION Markets are very ancient processes. The use of such processes to organize entire societies, however, has evolved only in the last three or four centuries. Since their emergence market-based societies have undergone rapid and...

C. West Churchman (1913-2004) an appreciation.(Appreciation)(Obituary)
November 1, 2004... West Churchman left us March 18, 2004 after a long and productive life. There is no need to detail and repeat his professional achievements here. These are known to the system community who have lost a shining light. We all write...