Systems-Thinkers’ Resources
Background
Many, many moons ago there was a books database. This contained a lot of information on books that might interest systems-thinkers - including an overview and document structure. It was useful as there wasn’t (and often still isn’t today) and sensible means of grouping content for systems folks. It was, however bespoke code and a bit of a pain to maintain. Eventually it all became too hard and got retired from public view.
It hadn’t gone away and there is still a need to try and find and present things of interest.
In the meantime technology and the Internet have moved on and the possibility of making it interactive in ways that didn’t then exist seems sensible.
What Types of Resource Are Listed?
Sticking to books seems to be too restrictive and the types of resource being collected are:
- book
- course
- software/ application (tool)
- website
How Can I Help?
- suggest new websites, books, courses or tools that would be of interest to systems-thinkers
- let us know what you thought to a book, course etc. - provide a review of a resource and help others judge
- help fill in some of the missing gaps in information on the resources
50 Authors
50 authors randomly chosen from all the resources listed are:
M.W. Maier • Steven Johnson • Michael Balle • Benjamin S. Blanchard • Jay W Forrester • Charlotte Roberts • Robert Cavana • Kambiz Maani • Joseph O'Connor • Michael J. Ryan • Linda Booth Sweeney • Edward B Roberts • John Morecroft • Allan Seabridge • Dennis M. Buede • William B. Rouse • Ian Moir • Andrew P. Sage • Michael Rothschild • Stuart Arnold • Draper L. Kauffman • Ian F. Alexander • Ken Jackson • Pete Sawyer • Derek K. Hitchins • Donella H Meadows • Dennis Meadows • Barry Richmond • Ian McDermott • John D. Sterman • Richard B. Ross • Peter Brook • Jon Holt • Jeffrey O Grady • E.R. Rechtin • James E. Armstrong • Merill Ivan Skolnik • James N. Martin • Peter B. Checkland • Jim Scholes • Art Kleiner • John Seddon • H. Kerzner • -- Uknown -- -- Uknown -- • Virginia Anderson • Dennis Sherwood • Robert L. Flood • Jamshid Gharajedaghi • Bryan J. Smith • Scott Jackson
Chosen at random from all the resources listed:
- Managerial Applications of System Dynamics by Edward B Roberts
- The Systems Bible: The Beginner’s Guide to Systems Large and Small (3rd Edition) by John Gall
- Systems Engineering by Andrew P. Sage
- T551_1 Systems Thinking and Practice by -- Uknown -- -- Uknown --
- Thinking in Systems: A Primer by Donella H Meadows