System Dynamics (SD) based organizational consulting projects show a diversity of process models, conceptual frameworks and terminology. As a consequence such practices do not meet the criteria of fully consistent and solid consultancy approaches. Nevertheless, SD based consulting contains a number of valuable elements. The author proposes to save and integrate these into an existing consultancy framework, namely the systemic intervention practice, that is derived from a systemic theory of social systems, which is based on Maturana s concept of autopoiesis. This strengthens the already existing subjective worldview in parts of the SD community and thus integrates the exploratory strength of SD, that allows a formalized reflection of the perceived logical structure of mental models, into a coherent consultancy framework based on interpretive and constructivist perspectives.
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