Author:Turpin, M; Alexander, T; Phahlamohlaka, Letlibe JDate:2013This paper addresses the challenge of assessing an ICT for development (ICT4D) project’s contribution to the socio-economic development of the broader community where it is implemented. It argues for using a systems approach to deal with this ...Read more
Author:Slinger, J; Taljaard, Susan; D'Hont, FDate:Jan 2020This book captures the learning from a cross-comparison of seven international inlet or estuary mouth management situations. The conceptual framing is provided by a focus on systems knowledge and its development and use within coastal management. ...Read more
Author:Slinger, J; Taljaard, Susan; D'Hont, FDate:Feb 2020The transdisciplinary research synthesised in this book represents an endeavour by a group of coastal researchers and policy analysts to learn from a cross-comparison of seven international case studies on tidal inlet or estuary mouth management ...Read more
Author:Vermeulen, E; Grobbelaar, SS; Botha, Adèle; Nolte, KDate:Oct 2021Running-related injuries, specifically overuse injuries, are complex and multifaceted. A different way of thinking is required to fully comprehend why, and how, these injuries occur. The systems thinking perspective offers tools and techniques ...Read more
Author:Haywood, Lorren K; Forsyth, Gregory G; De Lange, Willem J; Trotter, Douglas HDate:Jun 2017New and emerging risks create growing uncertainty and unpredictability within enterprise risk management. While ISO 31000:2009 is a progressive risk management framework, it is limited in its guidance on how to contextualise complex risks. ...Read more
Author:Saidi, MDate:May 2007CSIR undertook a project to use systems methodologies and apply them towards a better understanding of the ‘assumed’ NPAS aiming: at establishing a suitable framework for analysis; describe and analyse the system in such a way that stakeholders ...Read more
Author:Meyer, I; Marais, Mario A; Ford, Merryl; Dlamini, Sifiso BDate:May 2017The high failure rate of development interventions is well known. An approach to sustainable interventions is defined, based on a systems perspective that focuses on the ability of a system to integrate an intervention. The design of an ...Read more
Author:Marais, Mario ADate:Feb 2015Sustainability is a systems concept, and ICT4D plays a vital role in a sustainable earth, as well as in sustainable communities. The concept of resilience is introduced since rapid change can push a system into another, possibly undesirable ...Read more
Author:Goncalves, Duarte PDDate:Aug 2019Various belief constructs such as framing, dualisms, worldviews, paradigms, and values are discussed to understand how these might result in scotomas. The observer is not independent and objective but has purpose and values within a group ...Read more
Author:Snyman-van der Walt, Luanita; Schreiner, Gregory O; Lochner, Paul ADate:Dec 2022Those mandating, commissioning and practising Impact Assessment (IA) have been aware for some time that systems thinking tools need to be better integrated into assessment- and decision-making. The research community has been especially vocal ...Read more
Author:Mutanga, Shingirirai S; Lunga, WDate:Jul 2021The increasing frequency of disasters induced by anthropogenic and natural hazards has epitomised the complex nature of dealing with uncertainty. Cyclone Idai-induced floods in Southern Africa had a series of foreseeable and unforeseeable ...Read more
Author:Mutanga, Shingirirai S; Lunga, W; Mutanga, Shingirirai SDate:Jul 2021The increasing frequency of disasters induced by anthropogenic and natural hazards has epitomised the complex nature of dealing with uncertainty. Cyclone Idai-induced floods in Southern Africa had a series of foreseeable and unforeseeable ...Read more