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:
Michael Balle • Stuart Arnold • H. Kerzner • Bryan J. Smith • William B. Rouse • John Gall • James N. Martin • Art Kleiner • John D. Sterman • Joseph O'Connor • Brian Wilson • Alphonse Chapanis • Jim Scholes • Richard Stevens • Derek K. Hitchins • Steven Johnson • Barry Richmond • -- Uknown -- -- Uknown -- • Daniel H. Kim • Charles S Wasson • Jeffrey O Grady • Andrew P. Sage • Dennis Sherwood • Ian Somerville • Richard B. Ross • Dennis Meadows • Maurice Yolles • James E. Armstrong • Charlotte Roberts • John Morecroft • George A. Hazelrigg • Scott Jackson • Allan Seabridge • Robert Cavana • Linda Booth Sweeney • Ian Moir • R Ian Faulconbridge • Jon Holt • Jamshid Gharajedaghi • Virginia Anderson • Pete Sawyer • Peter B. Checkland • Merill Ivan Skolnik • Michael Rothschild • Benjamin S. Blanchard • Peter Brook • Robert L. Flood • John Seddon • Michael J. Ryan • Jay W Forrester
Chosen at random from all the resources listed:
- Systems Architecting: Creating & Building Complex Systems by E.R. Rechtin
- T306_1 Managing Complexity: A Systems Approach by -- Uknown -- -- Uknown --
- Systems Thinking, Systems Practice by Peter B. Checkland
- Systems Engineering Guidebook : A Process for Developing Systems and Products by James N. Martin
- Systems Engineering by Andrew P. Sage