Konis, Costas Y., "A Soft Systems Management Approach to Energy and Conservation for the Hotel Industry of Cyprus", 1994
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The paper describes an attempt to tackle the problem of energy management and conversation of the hotel industry of the Island of Cyprus utilizing the Soft Systems Methodology. Hotel industry is one of the most dynamic industries of the Island and contributes heavily towards its national income. The paper describes all steps of all the methodology applied that is: the development of the rich picture, the identification of issues for investigation, the development of conceptual models and the derivation of useful, feasible and culturally acceptable recommendations. The paper concludes that Soft Systems Methodology is an excellent means for tackling complex problems involving human activity systems and that is certainly suitable for improving problematic situations in energy management and conversation.