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In the following chapter, a systems thinking approach is described that reflects a Canadian First Nation’s view of sustainable development. This approach is operationalized using a System Dynamics model, called Mini-World, developed by Harmut Bossel. The primary stocks in the Mini-World model were converted to represent the quality of The Land, The People and The Economy which is terminology to which the First Nation can relate. Bossel’s concept of “orientors” is used to translate the stocks in the model into traditionally and culturally specific values in which the First Nation is particularly interested. It is hoped that this translation of the measures, from a classical System Dynamics model into concepts the First Nation can relate to, will lead to acceptance and use of this operationalization of their systems thinking.
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Taylor, I. (2016). Using First Nations Systems Thinking to Operationalize Sustainable Development. In: Masys, A. (eds) Applications of Systems Thinking and Soft Operations Research in Managing Complexity. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21106-0_14
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