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58Th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences 58th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS 2014) Washington, DC, USA 27 July – 1 August 2014 ISBN: 978-1-5108-0371-8 Printed from e-media with permission by: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 Some format issues inherent in the e-media version may also appear in this print version. Copyright© (2014) by the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) All rights reserved. Printed by Curran Associates, Inc. (2015) For permission requests, please contact the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) at the address below. International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) 47 Southfield Road Pocklington, York YO42 2XE, United Kingdom Phone/Fax: +44 (0)1759 302718 [email protected] Additional copies of this publication are available from: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 USA Phone: 845-758-0400 Fax: 845-758-2634 Email: [email protected] Web: www.proceedings.com TABLE OF CONTENTS DEVELOPMENTS IN APPLICATIONS OF SYSTEMIC THEORY AND PRACTICE OVER 50 YEARS OF SYSTEMIC FAMILY THERAPY ..................................................................................................................1 Peter Stratton USING REFLECTION AND STORYTELLING TO INFORM EVIDENCE-BASED DECISIONS............................2 Chivonne Therese Algeo A SCAFFOLDING STRATEGY FOR HELPING LOWER SECONDARY SCIENCE STUDENTS CONSTRUCT SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS FOR EXPERIMENTAL BASED QUESTIONS IN SCIENCE ............................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Deborah Goh, Zulaiha Shireen CULTIVATION OF PERCEPTION AND CREATIVITY BY REPEATING SOFT SYSTEMS APPROACH ........................................................................................................................................................................ 43 Taketoshi Yoshida BEYOND SYSTEMS PHILOSOPHYFURTHER CONCEPTUAL TRENDS IN THE HISTORY OF SYSTEMS PHILOSOPHY FROM SYSTEMS PHILOSOPHY TO A PHILOSOPHY OF SCHEMAS..................... 49 Kent Duane Palmer A QUALITATIVE TRANSDISCIPLINARY PARTICIPATORY ACTIONRESEARCH APPROACH, TOWARD THE SYSTEMIC TRANSFORMATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS............................................................................................................................................................................. 66 Ignacio E Peon-Escalante AN ACTION RESEARCH STUDY ON USING ELEGANT TASKS FOR PRIMARY ONE PUPILS TO LEARN ART ................................................................................................................................................................. 74 Fiona Poh-Lim ADAPTIVE CAPACITY IN PROJECT TEAMS........................................................................................................... 109 Mary C Edson, Gary S Metcalf USING ACTION RESEARCH TO IMPLEMENT AN ORAL DISCOURSE APPROACH FOR TEACHING COMPOSITION WRITING...................................................................................................................... 144 Christina Hsui Peng Wong AN APPROACH FOR SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE BY UNDERSTANDING VALUE REQUIREMENTS, DEVELOPING VALUE PROPOSITION, AND SUBSEQUENTLY REALIZING VALUE ............................................................................................................................................................................... 178 Anand Kumar, Doji Samson Lokku, Nikhil Ravindranath Zope DEVELOPMENTS IN CRITICAL SYSTEMS THEORY: ON PARADIGMS AND INCOMMENSURABILITY ............................................................................................................................................. 199 Todd David Bowers SYSTEM DUALITY: BIRATIONAL HIERARCHY .................................................................................................... 215 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx LEADERSHIP ISSUES IN MEDIUM SCALE ACEPHALOUS GROUPS................................................................. 224 Victor Ronald David MacGill SECURITY FROM A SYSTEMS THINKING PERSPECTIVE - APPLYING SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY TO THE ANALYSIS OF AN INFORMATION SECURITY INCIDENT.................................. 239 Bilal AlSabbagh, Stewart Kowalski STUDY ON IT SERVICE MANAGEMENT AT A POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE..................................................... 256 Hatsue Wada, Taketoshi Yoshida SCIENCE & SPIRITUALITY.......................................................................................................................................... 266 Fabiana Crespo SYSTEMS THINKING FOR STRENGTHENING NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS IN SOUTH KOREA .............................................................................................................................................................................. 287 Yeon-soo(Youn-soo) Shim(Sim) IMMERSIVE AND INTERACTIVE ELEARNING IN UNIVERSITIES ................................................................... 291 Elvira Avalos-Villarreal AN EVOLUTIONARY FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION: AN INTEGRAL, POSTHUMAN PERSPECTIVE................................................................................................................ 297 Brett R. Joseph A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF SYSTEMS THINKING LEADERSHIP IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 322 Anne Powel Davis INTENTION IN INTERVENTION: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL ............................................................................... 344 Jorge Ivan Velez-Castiblanco GENERAL SYSTEM THEORY: TOWARDS THE UNIFICATION OF SCIENCE ................................................. 359 Manuel Pretel Wilson DESIGN RESEARCH METHODS FOR SYSTEMIC DESIGN: PERSPECTIVES FROM DESIGN EDUCATION AND PRACTICE...................................................................................................................................... 374 Peter Jones A SYSTEMS VIEW OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: EXPLORATION FOR SIMPLE RULES OF INTERACTION TO EXPLAIN COMMUNITY RESISTANCE IN LANDFILL SITING SITUATIONS .................................................................................................................................................................... 382 Phil Cook THE ROMAC PROGRAM: MANAGING COMPLEX “FAMILY” CRISIS PROJECTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC............................................................................................... 400 Shankar Sankaran SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION METRICS BASED ON TIME DISTORTION AND PROFIT. ................................................................................................................................................................... 411 Fabian von Scheele, Darek M Haftor ADVANCING THE SOCIAL SCIENCE PARADIGM SHIFT: BOULDING’S TYPOLOGY, TPO THEORY AND THE TRIPLE ACTION ROUNDTABLE............................................................................................ 426 Susan Farr Gabriele A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO BUSINESS PROCESS EVOLUTION ........................................................................ 456 Kevin G Doyle SYSTEMIC PARAMETER ESTIMATION FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPLASIA OF THE HIP IN CHILDREN.............................................................................. 484 Benjamín Araujo, Luis Manuel Hernández Simón, Victor Manuel, Domininguez Hernández ADVERSE SELECTION BEHAVIOR AND COUNTERACTING MECHANISMS IN E- COMMERCE MARKET: CASE STUDY FROM TAOBAO.COM CHINA............................................................... 495 Yong Pan EXPLORING THE VARIETY OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE IN THE CLASSROOMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION..................................................................................................................................................................... 503 Isaias José Badillo, Ricardo Tejeida-Padilla, Oswaldo Morales-Matamoros VALIDATING MODELS IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH................................................................................... 522 Amber Dawn Elkins, Dennis Michael Gorman A SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO LANGUAGE AND SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION......................................... 533 Berna Leticia Valle Canales GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY THROUGH LINGUISTIC MODELLING............................................................ 544 Janos Korn TIME AND DYNAMIC BOUNDARIES: THE IMPACT OF ACTION BASED LEARNING.................................. 572 Susu Nousala TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT THROUGH SPACE AGENCIES ........................................................................ 575 Cirilo Gabino León Vega, Oscar Dolores Vázquez, Luis Alejandro Iturri Hinojosa LEVERAGE POINTS IN SYSTEMIC CHANGE, AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF MEADOWS TAXONOMY..................................................................................................................................................................... 584 John Vodonick SYNTROPY AND SUSTAINABILITY........................................................................................................................... 596 Ulisse Di Corpo ROOTS OF SUSTAINABILITY IN ANCIENT INDIA................................................................................................. 614 John J Kineman, Deepak Anand TECHNOLOGY AS AN OBSERVING SYSTEM: A 2ND ORDER CYBERNETICS APPROACH........................ 653 Dionysios S Demetis SYRIA, SOFT POWER AND RESPONSES TO IMPASSE
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