Community Psychology Systems perspective

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Community PsychologySystems perspective

• Paul Duckett
• EGB E48
• 0161 247 2552
• p.duckett_at_mmu.ac.uk

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Content of Lecture

• CPs focus on multiple dimensions
• From micro macro
• Problems with individual change
• Organisational Change
• Gestalt approach
• Systems theory
• Soft Systems Methodology

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Multi-dimensionality
micro systems
meso
exo
macro
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Individual Change
No mass disorder afflicting humankind has ever
been eliminated or controlled by attempts at
treating the afflicted individuals nor by
training large numbers of individual
practitioners (George Albee)
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Individual Change
Elias (1987)
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Organisational ChangeIntervention Program
Equation
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Systems Theory
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Systems Theory
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Organisational ChangeSoft Systems Methodology
Seven stage model
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Soft Systems Methodology

• Rich pictures

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Soft Systems Methodology

• Root definition

C - customers A - actors T - transformation W
worldview O - owners E - environment
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Soft Systems Methodology

• Conceptual model

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Soft Systems Methodology
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Soft Systems Methodology

• Comparison Action

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Organisational ChangeIntervention Program
Equation