Soft System Dynamics Methodology (ssdm): a Combination of Soft Systems Methodology (ssm) and System Dynamics (sd)
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Soft System Dynamics Methodology (SSDM), a systemic methodology product of the combination of two widely used systems-based methodologies from two different systems thinking paradigms, Systems Dynamics (SD) and Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), is presented. The paper argues that by combining some of SD and SSM stages, within the intellectual framework proposed by SSDM, a methodology developed by one of the authors and already in use in various countries in Latin America, much can be gained in a systemic intervention to tackle complex social problematic situations. A framework for comparing the ontological, epistemological and methodological principles of SD, SSM and SSDM is proposed and the synthesizing role of SSDM is advanced. The ten stages of SSDM are presented followed by an application of SSDM on a small Peruvian enterprise where it helped to clarify its problematic behavior, and to analyze and propose culturally desirable and systemically feasible changes to improve its problem situation. Finally, a reflection on SSDM as a systemic intellectual tool is proposed, and conclusions and points for further research are suggested.
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