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I'm pleased to share with you the latest schedule for the Soft OR and
PSM Stream at this year's European Conference on OR. As you can see the
team has done a great job. There is still time to put in your abstracts
and join us - the extended deadline is 18th March. 

 

Soft OR and Problem Structuring Methods Stream - EURO 2012

 

Stream Organizer: Giles Hindle [[log in to unmask]]

Abstract Submission: www.euro-2012.lt <http://www.euro-2012.lt/> 

 

1. Combining Methods & Multimethodology Session [Alberto Paucar-Caceres]

Abstract Submission Code: 6930a141

 

Combining hard-soft OR for generative design thinking; Polyxeni
Vassilakopoulou 

Vassilis Tsagkas Nicolas Marmaras 

  

Contrasting the 'expected' versus 'realized' benefits of
multi-methodology; Felipe Henao L. Alberto Franco 

  

Towards an Integrative Agency/Structure System Dynamics Practice in the
context of the Social Science; Ricardo Rodriguez-Ulloa 

    

Applying Soft Systems Methodology and Systems Dynamics to Environmental
Management: A boundary critique framework;  Alberto Paucar-Caceres Diane
Hart Ricardo Rodriguez-Ulloa

 

2. Community OR Session [Leroy White] 

Abstract Submission Code: ea352123

 

Proving our value: developing a framework for measuring the impact of
voluntary and community organisations; Matthew Hill 

    

Structuring Community Issues - working with community members to
identify and (re)structure local problematic issues; Rebecca Herron 

    

Banking on Performance; Richard Doust  Leroy White 

  

SROI and Problem structuring methods; Leroy White 

 

3. Understanding the Practice of Soft OR Interventions I Session
[Alberto Franco]

Abstract Submission Code: 27ddc630

 

Comparing and Contrasting the formal modelling techniques from Soft
Systems Methodology and JOURNEY Making; Giles Hindle 

    

The emergence of agreements within facilitated modelling workshops;
Thanos Papadopoulos L. Alberto Franco 

  

Exploring dialogue in problem structuring workshops; Elena Tavella

    

On the roles, uses, and effects of models in Soft OR workshops; L.
Alberto Franco

 

4. Understanding the Practice of Soft OR Interventions II Session
[Ashley Carreras]

Abstract Submission Code: a87aa543

 

A Code of Best Practice for Soft Operational Analysis;  Diederik J.D.
Wijnmalen [R] 

    

Planning Soft Workshops: getting the right people in the room; Sue
Merchant [R] 

   

Enhancing the Dimensions of Procedural Justice in Focus Group Workshops
using Facilitated Group Decision Software;  Parmjit Kaur  Ashley
Carreras 

  

Mapping Collective Intentions; Ashley Carreras 

    

5. Theoretical developments in Soft OR Session [Jose-Rodrigo
Cordoba-Pachon]

Abstract Submission Code: d3a1c989

 

Decision Structures in Project Management; Cathal Brugha 

    

Critical awareness of worldviews in organisational change; Mike
Yearworth Charlotte Dunford Darren York Patrick Godfrey 

  

In search of possibilities for pluralism in applied systems thinking;
Jose-Rodrigo Cordoba-Pachon 

 

6. Soft OR case studies Session [Giles Hindle]

Abstract Submission Code: 9b60e5ac

 

Extending WASAN - Case Study of a UK Police Force; Chris Smith 

    

It looks like a PSM and it does what a PSM does but is it a PSM?  Amanda
Gregory Jonathan Atkins 

  

Military Forces Capabilities in Relief Operations - An Analysis from the
Point of View of Capability-Based Planning;  Thiago Cardoso da Costa
Monica De Marchi Mischel Carmen N. Belderrain 

  

The secret's in the mix: using OR to support learning developments; Jo
Smedley 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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   Dr. Giles A. Hindle 
   Senior Lecturer

   

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   Hull University Business School

   University of Hull
   Hull, HU6 7RX, UK

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   Programme Leader:

   MSc Business Analytics and Consulting Practice

 

   Linkedin Group:

   Soft OR and Problem Structuring Methods

 
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