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Humanities
- ISSN: 2155-7993
- Journal of Modern Education Review
Reflections of Soft Systems Methodology on Participants’ Thinking and
Practice throughout Different Processes of Developing Omani Academic
Library Collaboration System
Nabhan AlHarrasi
(Department of Information Studies, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
Abstract: Selecting soft systems methodology (SSM) to investigate Omani academic library collaboration (OALC) was described by the owners of the problematical situation as a reasonable and justifiable way to deal with such complex, ill-defined problems, and also to accommodate various people’s perspectives. Results proved that SSM has the capacity to deal with abstract and concrete issues concerning people’s attitudes and to identify the activities that need to be created in order to implement collaboration systems. However, participants in this project criticized the limitations of rich pictures in presenting a holistic view of the situation and the inability of conceptual models to cope with organizational change accrued between the stage of development and stage of implementation.
Key words: soft systems methodology, academic library collaboration, Omani academic libraries, reflections,
conceptual models, Oman
