Participatory methods are increasingly used in Integrated Assessment (IA). The aim of an
interdisciplinary working group at the International Centre for Integrative Studies (ICIS) was …

There is a growing practice of building system dynamics models directly with groups. This
paper traces a genealogy of group model building (GMB) along two stream of thought. It …

The purpose of this study was to determine the important problems and development needs
of product innovation management in five manufacturing companies, particularly focusing on …

Este trabalho volta-se para a discussão de duas metodologias de planejamento estratégico,
Planejamento Estratégico Situacional (PES) e Mapeamento Cognitivo, tendo por referência …

A large number of research methods in the social sciences claim to be based on a field
approach. The notion of intervention is at the heart of a certain number of methods …

This paper will briefly outline some of the reasons for the burgeoning interest in working with
the widest range of individuals in an organisation. The paper will explore the emergence of …

Many societal decisions involve complexity and conflicting objectives. Preferences in such
environments can be expected to change as situations evolve. In this paper, we propose a …

This paper aims to contribute to the experience based on ways of integrating the concept of
sustainability into higher education in forestry. It starts by discussing some interpretations of …

This position paper provides an overview of the process of conducting a same time, same
place SODA workshop (Strategic Options Development and Analysis). Individual …

As software agents become more and more intelligent, it becomes more and more difficult
for human principals to understand and control them. This is a well-known principal–agent …