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:
James N. Martin • Peter Brook • Dennis Sherwood • Ian Somerville • Michael J. Ryan • Art Kleiner • Kambiz Maani • Linda Booth Sweeney • Donella H Meadows • Dennis M. Buede • Scott Jackson • Bryan J. Smith • James E. Armstrong • John Gall • Jon Holt • Allan Seabridge • Maurice Yolles • M.W. Maier • William B. Rouse • Jay W Forrester • Brian Wilson • Merill Ivan Skolnik • Virginia Anderson • Jeffrey O Grady • Michael Balle • Charles S Wasson • H. Kerzner • Edward B Roberts • Steven Johnson • Joseph O'Connor • Michael Rothschild • Jamshid Gharajedaghi • John Morecroft • E.R. Rechtin • R Ian Faulconbridge • Charlotte Roberts • Daniel H. Kim • Peter B. Checkland • John D. Sterman • Richard Stevens • Ian F. Alexander • Alan Waring • Stuart Arnold • Alphonse Chapanis • Dennis Meadows • Barry Richmond • Ian Moir • Pete Sawyer • Draper L. Kauffman • George A. Hazelrigg
Chosen at random from all the resources listed:
- UML for Systems Engineering by Jon Holt
- Methodology for Large Scale Systems by Andrew P. Sage
- System Analysis, Design, and Development: Concepts, Principles, and Practices by Charles S Wasson
- Introduction to Systems Engineering by Andrew P. Sage, James E. Armstrong
- Modelling for Learning Organisations by John D. Sterman, John Morecroft