Systems Thinking
See Systems Thinking
Systems thinking provides tools and approaches to problem solving. (Soft Systems Methodology) and architecture and design (Hard Systems Methodology .. like Systems Engineering).
See Peter Checkland 's book, Systems Thinking, Systems Practice for more information on Soft Systems Methodology (SSM)
Another good reference site: SystemsWiki
Cybernetics and view of Systems Thinking evolution
See also System Thinking: Creative Holism for Managers
By Michael C. Jackson
Systems Thinking References
- Adaptive Enterprise, Stephan Haeckel
- Bridging the Silos, Tom Graves
- Business Dynamics, John D. Sterman
- Creating the Corporate Future, Russell Ackoff
- Diagnosing the System for Organisations, Stafford Beer
- Enterprisiology, Doug McDavid
- Fifth Discipline, Peter M. Senge
- Holacracy, Brian J. Robertson
- Idealized Design, Russell L. Ackoff and Jason Magidson and Herbert J. Addison
- Information, Systems, and Information Systems, Peter Checkland and Sue Holwell
- On Purposeful Systems, Russell L. Ackoff and Fred E. Emery
- Re-Creating the Corporation, Russell Ackoff
- Requisite Organisation, Elliott Jaques
- Systems Thinking Managing Chaos and Complexity, Jamshid Gharajedaghi
- Systems Thinking, Systems Practice, Peter Checkland
- The Enterprise as Story, Tom Graves
- The Fractal Organization, Patrick Hoverstadt
- The Hidden Connections, Fritjof Capra
- The Reflective Practitioner, Donald Schon
- The Systems View of Life, Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi
- The Turning Point, Fritjof Capra
- Thinking in Systems, Donella H. Meadows
- Wellsprings of Knowledge, Dorothy Leonard