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:
William B. Rouse • Merill Ivan Skolnik • Ian Moir • E.R. Rechtin • Peter M. Senge • R Ian Faulconbridge • Peter Brook • Alan Waring • Derek K. Hitchins • Robert L. Flood • Barry Richmond • Alphonse Chapanis • M.W. Maier • Jon Holt • Ian McDermott • Dennis Meadows • Steven Johnson • Jeffrey O Grady • Benjamin S. Blanchard • Peter B. Checkland • Richard B. Ross • Donella H Meadows • Virginia Anderson • Michael Rothschild • Michael Balle • John D. Sterman • Edward B Roberts • Richard Stevens • Charlotte Roberts • Brian Wilson • H. Kerzner • Linda Booth Sweeney • Bryan J. Smith • Charles S Wasson • Dennis Sherwood • Draper L. Kauffman • Stuart Arnold • Michael J. Ryan • Robert Cavana • John Gall • John Morecroft • -- Uknown -- -- Uknown -- • James N. Martin • John Seddon • Dennis M. Buede • Allan Seabridge • Art Kleiner • Jay W Forrester • Andrew P. Sage • Kambiz Maani
Chosen at random from all the resources listed:
- Managing with Systems Thinking: Making Dynamics Work for You in Business Decision Making by Michael Balle
- T551_1 Systems Thinking and Practice by -- Uknown -- -- Uknown --
- The Art of Systems Thinking: Essential Skills for Creativity and Problem Solving by Joseph O'Connor, Ian McDermott
- The Engineering Design of Systems: Models and Methods by Dennis M. Buede
- Systems Architecting: Creating & Building Complex Systems by E.R. Rechtin