Editing Peter Checkland (section)

== Biography ==
Checkland attended George Dixon's Grammar School, and in 1954 received a [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|M.A.]] degree in [[chemistry]] at [[St John's College, Oxford]], where he graduated with 1st class honours.<ref name="LUMS News">David Brown, [http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/9575/checklandaward/ Peter Checkland honoured by OR Society] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318200152/http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/9575/checklandaward/ |date=18 March 2011 }}, LUMS News 28 January 2007.</ref>

He worked in the industry for 15 years as a manager in ICI's chemicals business. At the end of the 1960s he joined the pioneering department of [[Systems Engineering]] at [[Lancaster University]], where he became professor of Systems. At Lancaster he led a programme of [[action research]]. This research team developed a new way of tackling problem situations faced by managers – Soft Systems Methodology. The SSM approach is now used and taught worldwide.<ref name="LUMS News 2004">[http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/3343/2-6-04/ Professor Checkland honoured] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318200001/http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/3343/2-6-04/ |date=18 March 2011 }}, LUMS News, 2 June 2004</ref> Since the 1990s he is Professor Emeritus of Systems in [[Lancaster University Management School]].

Peter Checkland worked on the editorial board of journals such as [[European Journal of Information Systems]]; the International Journal of Information Management; the [[International Journal of General Systems]]; the Systems Practice; and the Systems Research journal.

In 1986 Peter Checkland was president of the [[Society for General Systems Research]], now International Society for the Systems Sciences. In May 1996 he was awarded an [[honorary degree]] from the [[Open University]] as Doctor of the University.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} In 2004 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the [[University of Economics, Prague]].<ref name = "LUMS News 2004"/> In 2007 he was awarded the [[Operational Research Society#Awards|Beale Medal]] by the OR Society, in recognition of his sustained and significant contribution to the philosophy, theory and practice of operational research.<ref name ="LUMS News"/> In 2008 he received the [[INCOSE Pioneer Award]].