Weltanschauung

The German word weltanschauung, mainly used by Checkland, stresses the importance of accommodating varying perspectives about a problem. Depending on the context, weltanschauung literally means a world, or worldly, view; or what is within our view or perspective at a point in time, or it can mean current affairs. Checkland (1993: 312-319) defines weltanschauung as the unquestioned image or model of the world that makes a particular human activity system, with its particular transformation process, a meaningful one to consider. Also see CATWOE and systemicity.