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T. Ritchey Modelling Complex Socio-Technical Systems Modelling Complex Socio-Technical Systems Using Morphological Analysis Adapted from an address to the swedish Parliamentary IT Commission, Stockholm, December 2002 Tom Ritchey, 2003-2010 (Downloaded from the swedish Morphological Society at: ) For the past 15 years, we have carried out research in non-quantified Modelling , with special emphasis on a method called general morphological analysis (GMA). To date, we have employed this Modelling method in some 100 projects, involving policy analysis, scenario development and strategy management. What is general morphological analysis? The term morphology comes from classical Greek (morphe) and means shape or form. Thus morphology is the study of the shape and arrangement of parts of an object, and how these parts "conform" to create a whole or Gestalt. The "objects" in question can be physical objects ( an organism, an anatomy, a geography or an ecology) or mental objects ( word forms, concepts or Systems of ideas).

T. Ritchey Modelling Complex Socio-Technical Systems Modelling Complex Socio-Technical Systems Using Morphological Analysis Adapted from an address to the Swedish Parliamentary IT

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