Applications of Systems Thinking and Soft Operations Research in Managing Complexity by Anthony J. Masys

Author:Anthony J. Masys
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

This would require funding of $24 USD million (average cost of $3000 USD per house).

Their construction would be based on the Shelter Guidelines.

It had a well defined problem statement, a definite stopping point and seemingly belonged to a group of similar problems resolved within the shelter guidelines. It was a Tame Problem (Fig. 2).

Fig. 2Flooded houses in Northern Afghanistan. Note the silting up to the window

7.2 Wicked Problem Domain

That quickly changed; the accuracy of the 8128 case load was questioned, only $5.5 USD million was donated instead of the requested $24 USD million and the Shelter Cluster Guidelines were questioned as to whether they were an appropriate shelter solution given their cost and construction time. So, the problem statement became unstable, the stopping point was lost and the Shelter Guidelines were no longer a ‘similar problem’. It was suddenly a WP.

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