Now for this work Need your to do as instruction on first attachment

Please be aware the problem I will write about it is Syrian civil war Please find my SODA attached part of this module course work SODA you will find more information about the problem some parts been asked is already there

Fahad Alothman (example for last work rich picture good exmaple )

This instruction :

Two Powerpoint are lecture note

COURSEWORK 2 (SSM)

For this second piece of coursework, which is individual, you can choose between two issues or problem situations to tackle.

The first is the issue chosen by you and your group for the first piece of coursework.

The second and alternative is the overall “problem situation” facing a student studying for and trying to achieve the Masters degree you are currently enrolled on at the University of Hertfordshire.

Whichever issue you choose, because of the complexity and nature of the situation, you have decided that a mainly soft approach is needed here and that the Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) is highly appropriate.

However the two scenarios and thus, depending on your choice, some of the steps to follow in the coursework, are rather different and will be identified separately below.

You need to do both paper / hard copy and electronic versions. Details of how to hand the project in will be put on StudyNet.

For any help or clarification needed for the project please ask me, the module leader, Julian de Villez.

You should check your work with me as soon as you have chosen the problem to tackle and the relevant system – (what the system will do – so the “P”) – and again when you have decided the full root definition and conceptual model.

The two alternative problem situations to tackle and the steps to undertake:

Alternative 1. Tackling the issue identified for coursework one(Syrian civil war ), the task is as follows:

Assume you, as the consultant, or small team of consultants, have been asked to try an alternative approach to the problem – namely Soft Systems Methodology (SSM).

So you will follow the steps of the seven stage version of SSM.

Imagine you are working with, or guiding, a small group of people chosen from the problem situation. These are the people you have identified, after some discussion, as the key or most relevant people to tackle the problems.

In SSM, it is very much the case of the group or team drawn from the problem situation or organisation in question that will structure or explore the problem, and so move towards the action to take and hopefully an eventual solution. It is they who provide the ideas, concepts, relevant systems, models, and discussion.

Each person in this team will have his or her own perspective on the problem situation.

i) For the coursework, you will first look at the issue or problem as a whole, giving a written summary of the problem situation, as seen objectively from the outside (300 words). You find it in SODA attachment just rewrite

ii) You will identify and list all the stakeholders in the situation, 15 or more, and then choose and list a small team of 5 to work with on the problem.) you find it on SODA attachment just find

ensure that the 5 stakeholders are the same one choosen on the SODA attachment ( regime , Free army, Kurdish army, ISIS, Norsr fornt) other 15 are mentioned

iii) Create a detailed Rich Picture (A4 size) with which to view the whole problem situation, as you, as the consultant see it, taking account of all the hard and soft data or facts – including all stakeholder perspectives – that you are aware of, and that belong in the full context of the problem.

it helps you think and see things clearly, and so do have enough space between things, so it is. It should also include everything going on in the problem situation – think of the ideas on on your causal map – and not just include one perspective of the situation.

iv) Identify 5-8 main themes or problems in the problem situation find two example

v) Decide on a notional, ideal or relevant system, with which to explore one of the above problem themes. find the example and the lecture note

Imagine the team have identified a range of possible systems, and from this set, chosen this as one of the most useful in exploring the problem situation.

Identify the P, Q and R and then the CATWOE criteria for the system, add other components as needed, and then write out a full Root Definitions. Thus you should build up the full root definition step by step, as we have done in the class sessions. find the example and the lecture note

vi) Create a full Conceptual Model for the system.

find the example and the lecture note

vii) Using the comparison table format, compare the model with the current real world position or current activities – and identify wherever there are differences. In this way you are asking pertinent questions of the real world situation.

See sheet “SSM – stages 5, 6 and 7”. find the example and the lecture note

viii) Decide on and briefly describe or discuss one or more possible but significant changes that could be made, for each problem – so wherever a difference has been identified in the previous stage.

See the sheet “SSM – stages 5, 6 and 7” for the different kinds of change possible.

Briefly, examine the feasibility and desirability of each proposed change, and take account of the other stakeholders and their likely positions on such changes – so you need to find accommodation. find the example and the lecture note

ix) Draw up a list of recommendations to include the set of feasible actions or changes that need to be taken with regard to the problem area, and briefly what benefit each change will deliver.

find the example and the lecture note