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Interesting! Yes, I've never considered a "soft system" view as you mention.

Thank you.

Pardon my ignorance, but the soft system approach sounds a lot like Psychology and Sociology(psychology applied to more than one person). How are they different?

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Great insight. Soft systems approach understands that all social systems fundamentally contain people, who act within the system. In other words, meaning is created within ourselves (psychology), and within a social context(sociology). SSM is an approach to understanding the various internal representations or mental models (psychology), and gain shared understanding (sociology)

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