Journal of the Operational Research Society

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OR and systems—some comments on Checkland's reply to Eden and Ackerman

R J Ormerod

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Table 1. Comparison of sociological perspectives (Wallace and Wolf, 2006, p 11)

Levels of analysis Macro Micro
 FunctionalismSymbolic interactionism
 ConflictPhenomenology
  Rational choice
View of Human Beings Predictable Creative
 FunctionalismSymbolic interactionism
 ConflictPhenomenology
 Rational choice 
Motivation for Human Social Action Values Interests
 FunctionalismConflict
 PhenomenologyRational choice
 Symbolic interactionism 
Scientific Approach Deductive Inductive
 FunctionalismSymbolic interactionism
 ConflictPhenomenology
 Rational choice 
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