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Problem Structuring Methods

When you'll study it
Semester 2
CATS points
15
ECTS points
7.5
Level
Level 5
Module lead
Jonathan Klein
Academic year
2025-26

Module overview

This module provides an introduction to problem structuring methods (PSMs): methods which can be used to assist individuals and teams in developing their understanding of the messy problems which are the reality of organisational life. Such methods tend to be qualitative rather than quantitative, and focus on building models, often pictorial or diagrammatic, in which the “wild and wicked” complexity, uncertainty and subjectivity of real problems are represented and “tamed”.