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Is total systems intervention (TSI) no better than common sense and not necessarily related to critical systems thinking (CST)?

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Ho, J.K.K. Is total systems intervention (TSI) no better than common sense and not necessarily related to critical systems thinking (CST)?. Systems Practice 7, 569–573 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02173383

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