Friday, 12 August 2011

Multi-perspective, systems-based research 1992-1996 and beyond

Multi-perspective, systems-based (MPSB) research was carried out by me mainly in the period of 1992 to 1996; the main publications were also produced around that time. MPSB research makes use of critical systems thinking (re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_systems_thinking) to review a number of management disciplines as a path to make advancement in systems research as well as advancements in these management disciplines. At the very beginning, I focused mainly on the subject of decision support sytems, and then I reviewed and subsequently produced works on office automation, management accounting, logistics management and organizational change. Finally, I came up with a few consolidated theoretical frameworks to summarize the whole research findings in 1996. The articles were published in academic journals and conference proceedings.

Currently, I work  on some of the MPSB concepts that were under-developed in 1996, notably, enlightening management education; additional works are also being carried out on MPSB knowledge compilation and MPSB frameworks. These days, I am especially interested in examining how MPSB research and practices can be conducted in the contemporary social media ecosystem. As the context of 2011 is different from 1996,  I will work on updated business topics with the main MPSB concepts formulated in the 90s. I expect to produce more articles on MPSB research in 2011 and beyond. They will be mainly published in this blog from time to time. In due course, I intend to make further theoretical advancement in MPSB research. 


Readings on MPSB research mainly from 1992 to 1996
  1. Ho, J.K.K. (1994). "Is Total Systems Intervention (TSI) no better than common sense and not necessarily related to Critical Systems Thinking (CST)?: A Research Note", pp. 569-573, Systems Practice, Vol. 7, No. 5, Plenum Press.
  2. Ho, J.K.K. (1994). "Management Accounting and Operational Research", at the Fourth Conference of the Operational Research Society of Hong Kong Proceedings, pp. 198-206, Oct. 17.
  3. Ho, J.K.K. (1995). “An Example on the Operation of the MPSB Filter”, pp. 297-308, Systems Research, Vol. 12, No. 4, Wiley, Chichester.
  4. Ho, J.K.K. (1995). “MPSB Frameworks Explained”, in Ellis, K., Gregory, A., Mears-Young, B. and Ragsdell, G. (editors). Critical Issues in Systems Theory and Practice, pp. 487-492, Plenum Press.
  5. Ho, J.K.K. (1995). “Operational Research and the knowledge structure of management disciplines”, Management Research News, pp. 27-39, Vol. 18, No. 8/9, Barmarick Publications, Hull, UK.
  6. Ho, J.K.K. (1995). “The idea of scientific progress in the field of DSS”, pg. 655, The Proceedings of the Third International Society for Decision Support Systems Conference (ISDSS’95) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, June-22-23.
  7. Ho, J.K.K. (1995). "Formulating MPSB Frameworks, using Logistics Management as an example: A Research Note", pp. 223-230, Systems Practice, Vol. 8.2, April, Plenum Press.
  8. Ho, J.K.K. (1996). “MPSB Research Explained”, pp. 843-852, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 47, Stockton.
  9. Ho, J.K.K. (1996). “The idea of Scientific Progress in the Field of Decision Support Systems”, pp. 59-69, International Journal of Information and Management Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 3, Graduate Institute of Management Sciences, Tamkang University, Taipei, The Republic of China.
  10. Ho, J.K.K. (1997) “MPSB Frameworks and Decision Support Systems studies”, pp. 287-293, Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Vol. 14, No. 4, Wiley, Chichester.
  11. Ho, J.K.K. (1997) “What can contemporary systems thinking offer to logistics management as a management discipline?” European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, pp. 77-81, Vol. 3, No. 2, Pergamon.
  12. Ho, J.K.K. and Jackson, M.C. (1987). "Building a 'rich picture' and assessing a "quality management" program at Thornton Printing Company", Cybernetics and Systems 18:38
  13. Ho, J.K.K. and Sculli, D. (1992). "OR and the Design of Decision Support Systems", pp. 54-63, The Second Conference of the Operational Research Society of Hong Kong Proceedings, May 27
  14. Ho, J.K.K. and Sculli, D. (1993). "An overview of Operational Research Theories and Practices", pp. 149-158, The Third Conference of the Operational Research Society of Hong Kong Proceedings, May 2.
  15. Ho, J.K.K. and Sculli, D. (1993). "Critical Systems Thinking and Information Systems Design", pp. 685-688, the Conference Proceedings of the Second International Conference of Decision Sciences Institute, Seoul, Korea, June.
  16. Ho, J.K.K. and Sculli, D. (1995) “System Complexity and the Design of Decision Support Systems”, pp. 505-516, Systems Practice, Vol. 8, No. 5, Plenum Press.
  17. Ho, J.K.K. and Sculli, D. (1994) "A Multi-perspective, Systems-based Framework for Decision Support Systems Design", pp. 551-563, Systems Practice, Vol. 7, No. 5, Plenum Press.
  18. Ho, J.K.K. and Sculli, D. (1994). "Computer-based Logistics Management Methodologies", pp. 590-596, The Proceedings of the International Conference on Data and Knowledge Systems for Manufacturing and Engineering, May 2-4, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  19. Ho, J.K.K. and Sculli, D. (1994). "Organizational Change and Soft Systems Methodologies", in Journal of Management Development, Vol. 13, No. 7, pp. 47-58, MCB University Press.
  20. Ho, J.K.K. and Sculli, D. (1995). “Organisational Learning and Decision Support Systems Studies”, pp. 585-593, the Proceedings of the Third International Society for Decision Support Systems Conference (ISDSS’95) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, June-22-23.
  21. Ho, J.K.K. and Sculli, D. (1997). “The scientific approach to problem solving and decision support systems”, pp. 249-257, International Journal of Production Economics, 48, Elsevier Science.
  22. Ho, J.K.K., Partington, E.C. and Sculli, D. (1994). "A Meta-framework for Information Systems Design", pp. 592-597, the Conference Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting, Western Decisions Sciences Institute, Maui, Hawaii.
  23. Ho, J.K.K., Partington, E.C., and Sculli, D. (1996). “Soft Systems Methodologies in Organizational Change”, International Journal of Information and Management Sciences, Graduate Institute of Management Sciences, pp. 43-54, Vol. 7(4), December, Tamkang University, Taipei, The Republic of China.
  24. Ho, J.K.K. (2007) “Teaching information systems subjects to part-time accounting students in HK from an entertainer’s perspective” ppoceedings of Symposium on Hybrid Learning 2007, on July 9 at Open Univesity, HK, organized by HK Web Symposium Consortium, pp.66-77.
  25. Ho, J.K.K. (2008) "E-coaching for management development in Hong Kong: an examination of market potential and business value from knowledge management perspective"  Hybrid Learning:  A new frontier, proceedings of 1st International Conference on Hybrid Learning – ICHL 2008, Hong Kong, Fong, J., Kwan, R. and Wang F.L. (Eds) pp. 69-77, Aug 13-15, 2008
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