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 • John Morecroft • Richard Stevens • Alan Waring • Charlotte Roberts • Robert Cavana • Dennis Meadows • Michael Rothschild • Jamshid Gharajedaghi • Barry Richmond • Ian Moir • Charles S Wasson • Steven Johnson • Jon Holt • James N. Martin • Peter Brook • H. Kerzner • Andrew P. Sage • Daniel H. Kim • E.R. Rechtin • Pete Sawyer • Michael J. Ryan • James E. Armstrong • Art Kleiner • Draper L. Kauffman • Stuart Arnold • Ian Somerville • Jay W Forrester • Robert L. Flood • Maurice Yolles • Peter B. Checkland • Allan Seabridge • John Gall • Jim Scholes • John D. Sterman • R Ian Faulconbridge • Merill Ivan Skolnik • George A. Hazelrigg • Ken Jackson • Joseph O'Connor • Alphonse Chapanis • Benjamin S. Blanchard • William B. Rouse • Scott Jackson • Richard B. Ross • Bryan J. Smith • Donella H Meadows • -- Uknown -- -- Uknown -- • Jeffrey O Grady • Dennis Sherwood
Chosen at random from all the resources listed:
- Systems Engineering MEng/BEng by -- Uknown -- -- Uknown --
- Rethinking the Fifth Discipline by Robert L. Flood
- Systems One : An Introduction to Systems Thinking by Draper L. Kauffman
- Requirements Engineering - A Good Practice Guide by Ian Somerville, Pete Sawyer
- Management Systems: A Viable Approach by Maurice Yolles