This chapter discusses the theorising of social work in the field of systems theory. In particular, it takes Niklas Luhmann’s biopsychosocial systems theory as the starting point. Luhmann’s transdisciplinary theory has been widely received in the German-speaking world. For social work, which is ...
and Schrenkel Amber (2013), The Role of Formal Theory in Social Work Research: Formalizing Family Systems Theory, Advances in Social Work, Vol. 14, No 2 (2013)Sutphin, S. T., McDonough, S., & Schrenkel, A. (2013). The role of formal theory in social work research: Formalizing ...
Systems Engineering — Theory & Practice, founded in March 1981, is a comprehensive sci-tech journal issued at home and abroad. It is in the charge of the China Association for Science and Technology and sponsored by the Systems Engineering Society of China. The journal publishes significant res...
In his 1975 paper “Functional Analysis”, Robert Cummins develops an account of a functional explanation in contradistinction to Hempel's [1965] DN theory. Although developed independently, there are many similarities between Cummins’, account and some of what is being proposed here. Cummins, for...
System Theory Gitterman‚ A. (1996). The life model of social work practice (2nd ed.). New York: Columbia University Press. Goldstein‚ E Greif‚ G. L.‚ & Lynch‚ A. A. (1983). The eco-systemsperspective. In C. H. Meyer (Ed.)‚ Clinical social work in the eco-system...
Based on a critical review of historical sources and research on present dynami... Michon,G - 《Ecology & Society》 被引量: 46发表: 2011年 ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THEORY IN SOCIAL WORK Ecological systems theory is explicated as a current form of successive systems models used in social work. ...
cutting edge of research and theory. It constitutes a solid foundation for the rapidly coalescing field of social informatics. Divided into three parts, this volume covers social theory, design theory, and the sociotechnical system with respect to CSCW. The first set of chapters looks at ways of...
Aims to foster new thinking and research, to help the decision makers understand the mechanism and complexity of economic, engineering, management, social and technological systems, Learns the new developments in the theory and practice to improve the performance of systems. ...
There is a growing consensus among public health researchers that the complexities underlying population health and its distribution cannot be unraveled by traditional epidemiological methods alone. It is recognized that for interventions to be effective
[19], and these changes may be nonlinear and difficult to anticipate [20].The lack of consistent positive effects of interventions has been attributed to many different factors (e.g., inconsistent intervention implementation in practice [21] and a lack of implementation theory or framework ...