?Conjecture-first? problem solving Export

@article{citeulike:1534037, abstract = {This paper is about rethinking the ?steps? people go through when trying to solve complex social problems as in organizational decision making, socio-technical system design or social inquiry. It will be argued that these steps to problem solving have been misconstrued, wrongly assuming that there can be, or should be, some process of impartial thought before a solution is selected. This argument will be supported by revisiting the words and examples of Dewey, Polya and Mintzberg rather than drawing on the psychology or cognitive science research. The implications for being more accepting of how people actually think are then explored. Copyright {\copyright} 2005 John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd.}, address = {University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia}, author = {Metcalfe, Mike}, citeulike-article-id = {1534037}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sres.654}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112163403/ABSTRACT}, comment = {Conjecture first problem solving}, doi = {10.1002/sres.654}, journal = {Systems Research and Behavioral Science}, keywords = {problem, solving}, number = {6}, pages = {537--546}, posted-at = {2007-08-04 03:52:15}, priority = {4}, title = {?Conjecture-first? problem solving}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sres.654}, volume = {22}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1534037 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1534037 N2 - This paper is about rethinking the ?steps? people go through when trying to solve complex social problems as in organizational decision making, socio-technical system design or social inquiry. It will be argued that these steps to problem solving have been misconstrued, wrongly assuming that there can be, or should be, some process of impartial thought before a solution is selected. This argument will be supported by revisiting the words and examples of Dewey, Polya and Mintzberg rather than drawing on the psychology or cognitive science research. The implications for being more accepting of how people actually think are then explored. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. IS - 6 JF - Systems Research and Behavioral Science AD - University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia EP - 546 TI - ?Conjecture-first? problem solving VL - 22 SP - 537 KW - problem KW - solving N1 - Conjecture first problem solving AU - Metcalfe, Mike PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sres.654 ER -