Designing Case Studies Using a Systems Analysis Approach

• Published in: Assessing Command and Control Effectiveness pp. 31 - 48
• Main Author: Wikberg, P.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Taylor & Francis 2014; Taylor & Francis Group; CRC Press LLC
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Other warfare & defence issues; Risk assessment; Safety in the home; Measurement Model; Representation Theorem; Complex Development Project; System Analysis; Systems Analysis Perspective; Coordinate Development Activities; Practical Project; Kosovo Force Headquarters; Model’s Conceptual Elements; Designing Case Studies; Contextual Control Models; Model’s Conceptual Terms; Empirical System; System Analysis Procedure; Empirical Indices; System Analysis Process; Cognitive Systems Engineering; System Analysis Techniques; Swedish Armed Forces; Uniqueness Theorem; Generic Measurement Model; Systems Analysis Approach; System Analysis Subject; System Analysis Task; Real C2 System
• ISBN: 9781472436948; 1138073121; 1472436946; 9781138073128
• DOI: 10.1201/9781315568119-3

The systems analysis approach to designing the case studies is a potential tool to coordinate development activities in such a fashion that the validity of findings can be assessed both from a practical perspective and from a scientific perspective to reveal strengths and shortcomings. The general expected outcome of the system analysis procedure is one or several system models. System thinking views the world as a complex system of interconnected entities where 'everything affects everything'. The system components are interrelated and interdependent and cannot exist independently. When designing case studies using a systems analysis approach it is vital that stakeholders participate in the process of designing the case study as well as selecting measures and representations. The chapter outlines measurement model corresponds to the major expectations. Formal measurement theory suggests two theorems: the representation theorem and the uniqueness theorem. The uniqueness theorem states that every empirical relation has only a few appropriate ways of representing a numerical model.