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The Who of Systemic Thinking

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The main focus of the who question of systemic thinking is on the stakeholders associated with our mess. We take the occasion in this chapter to discuss our approach for the analysis and management of stakeholders. First, the introduction provides a brief background of stakeholder analysis and an overview of our approach to stakeholder analysis, which is then followed by a detailed discussion of each of these steps. Finally, a framework is presented for stakeholder analysis and management.

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  1. Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Patrick T. Hester

  2. Department of Information Technology and Computer Science, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD, USA

    Kevin MacG Adams

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Hester, P.T., Adams, K.M. (2014). The Who of Systemic Thinking. In: Systemic Thinking. Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, vol 26. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07629-4_5

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