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Strategic assumptions sufacing and testing (SAST) is a method for approaching ill-structured problems. It can be applied as a dialectical approach to policy and planning.

The method originated through the collaboration between Richard O. Mason and Ian Mitroff.

References

W.H. ElMaraghy, J.Gao, "A System Modeling Framework for Collaborative Engineering", The 15th International CIRP Design Seminar-2005

Mitroff, I. I., and J. R. Emshoff. 1979. “On Strategic Assumption-making: A Dialectical Approach to Policy and Planning.” Academy of Management Review: 1–12. http://www.jstor.org/stable/257398

Mason, R.O., and Mitroff, I.I., 1981; "Challenging Strategic Planning Assumptions:Theory,Cases and Techniques", NY, Wiley, ISBN 0471082198

Mitroff, Ian I., and Richard O. Mason. 1981. Creating a Dialectical Social Science: Concepts, Methods, and Models. D. Reidel. http://books.google.com/books?id=cKJ8AAAAIAAJ.

Mason, Richard O., and Ian I. Mitroff. 1981. Challenging Strategic Planning Assumptions: Theory, Cases, and Techniques. Wiley. http://books.google.com/books?id=EmaQAAAAIAAJ.

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