The Institutional Compass: Method, Use and Scope

This open access book presents a new generation multi-criteria, multi-stake holder, decision aide, called an "institutional compass". Based on hard data, the compass tells us what quality-direction we are heading in as an institution, region, system or organisation. The quality is not chos...

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Main Author: Friend, Michèle Indira (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
Series:Methodos Series, Methodological Prospects in the Social Sciences, 18
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introduction
  • Chapter 1. General Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Vocabulary
  • Chapter 3. The State of the Art in Decision Making
  • Part II: The Method for Constructing The Institutional Compass
  • Chapter 4. The Three Qualities Again
  • Chapter 5. Constructing an Institutional Compass: Methodology
  • Part III: Scope: More Uses of The Institutional Compass and Some Extensions
  • Chapter 6. Merging the Compass with Systems Science
  • Chapter 7. Adapting The Compass to Align with Ecological Economics Thinking
  • Chapter 8. Further Manipulations and Extensions using the Notion of Sphere
  • Chapter 9. The Compass as Representation
  • Chapter 10. The Compass for Qualitative Accounting. Part IV: Actual Case-Studies and Conclusion
  • Chapter 11. Case Study I: The World Health Organisation. Chapter 12. Case Study II: Report on Produce Label Project
  • Chapter 13. Case Study III: Regional Compass Hauts-de-France, Superimposing a Biorefinery. Chapter 14. Concluding Philosophical Remarks.