Systems thinkers
This book presents a biographical history of the field of systems thinking, by examining the life and work of thirty of its major thinkers. It discusses each thinker's key contributions, the way this contribution was expressed in practice and the relationship between their life and ideas. This...
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2020
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4471-7475-2 |
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| Abstract | This book presents a biographical history of the field of systems thinking, by examining the life and work of thirty of its major thinkers. It discusses each thinker's key contributions, the way this contribution was expressed in practice and the relationship between their life and ideas. This discussion is supported by an extract from the thinker's own writing, to give a flavour of their work and to give readers a sense of which thinkers are most relevant to their own interests. |
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| AbstractList | This book presents a biographical history of the field of systems thinking, by examining the life and work of thirty of its major thinkers. It discusses each thinker's key contributions, the way this contribution was expressed in practice and the relationship between their life and ideas. This discussion is supported by an extract from the thinker's own writing, to give a flavour of their work and to give readers a sense of which thinkers are most relevant to their own interests. |
| Author | Ramage, Magnus Shipp, Karen |
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| Copyright | The Open University 2020. First published in 2009 This second edition published in 2020 by Springer London in association with The Open University Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA United Kingdom www.open.ac.uk |
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| TableOfContents | References -- Part VI: Complexity Theory -- Chapter 23: Ilya Prigogine -- Reading from Prigogine's work -- Man and Nature -- Order and Disorder -- Respect, Not Control -- Risk and Responsibility -- References -- Chapter 24: Stuart Kauffman -- Reading from Kauffman's work -- References -- Chapter 25: James Lovelock -- Reading from Lovelock's work -- References -- Part VII: Learning Systems -- Chapter 26: Kurt Lewin -- Reading from Lewin's work -- Character and Function of Research for the Practice of Inter-group Relations -- Integrating Social Sciences -- The Function and Position of Research Within Social Planning and Action -- References -- Chapter 27: Eric Trist -- Reading from Trist's work -- References -- Chapter 28: Chris Argyris -- Reading from Argyris' work -- How professionals avoid learning -- Defensive reasoning and the doom loop -- Learning how to reason productively -- References -- Chapter 29: Donald Schön -- Reading from Schön's work -- References -- Chapter 30: Mary Catherine Bateson -- Reading from M.C. Bateson's work -- References -- Afterword to the First Edition: The Story Behind This Book -- Index Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- About the Authors -- Introduction to the First Edition -- Defining Boundaries -- Inclusions and Exclusions -- Groupings -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Introduction to the Second Edition -- References -- Part I: Early Cybernetics -- Chapter 1: Gregory Bateson -- Reading from G. Bateson's work -- References -- Chapter 2: Norbert Wiener -- Reading from Wiener's work -- References -- Chapter 3: Warren McCulloch -- Reading from McCulloch's work -- References -- Chapter 4: Margaret Mead -- Reading from Mead's work -- References -- Chapter 5: W. Ross Ashby -- Reading from Ashby's work -- The Peculiarities of Cybernetics -- The Uses of Cybernetics -- The Complex System -- References -- Part II: General Systems Theory -- Chapter 6: Ludwig von Bertalanffy -- Reading from Bertalanffy's work -- References -- Chapter 7: Kenneth Boulding -- Reading from Boulding's work -- References -- Chapter 8: Geoffrey Vickers -- Reading from Vickers' work -- References -- Chapter 9: Howard Odum -- Reading from Odum's work -- Example of an Environmental System -- Cycle of Materials -- Material Flows as Energy Flows -- Information Flows as Energy Flows -- Structure and Function -- References -- Part III: System Dynamics -- Chapter 10: Jay Forrester -- Reading from Forrester's work -- Computer Models of Social Systems -- Counterintuitive Nature of Social Systems -- References -- Chapter 11: Donella Meadows -- Reading from Meadows' work -- 1. Get the Beat -- 2. Listen to the Wisdom of the System -- 3. Expose Your Mental Models to the Open Air -- 4. Stay Humble. Stay a Learner -- 5. Honor and Protect Information -- 6. Locate Responsibility in the System -- 7. Make Feedback Policies for Feedback Systems -- 8. Pay Attention to What Is Important, Not Just What Is Quantifiable -- 9. Go for the Good of the Whole 10. Expand Time Horizons -- 11. Expand Thought Horizons -- 12. Expand the Boundary of Caring -- 13. Celebrate Complexity -- 14. Hold Fast to the Goal of Goodness -- References -- Chapter 12: Peter Senge -- Reading from Senge's work -- Today's Problems Come from Yesterday's 'Solutions' -- The Harder You Push, the Harder the System Pushes Back -- Behaviour Grows Better Before It Grows Worse -- The Easy Way Out Usually Leads Back In -- The Cure Can Be Worse than the Disease -- Faster Is Slower -- Cause and Effect Are Not Closely Related in Time and Space -- Small Changes Can Produce Big Results - But the Areas of Highest Leverage - Are Often the Least Obvious -- You Can Have Your Cake and Eat It Too - But Not at Once -- Dividing an Elephant in Half Does Not Produce Two Small Elephants -- There Is No Blame -- References -- Part IV: Soft and Critical Systems -- Chapter 13: C. West Churchman -- Reading from Churchman's work -- On Design (Preliminary Statement) -- On the Design of Systems -- References -- Chapter 14: Russell Ackoff -- Reading from Ackoff's work -- References -- Chapter 15: Peter Checkland -- Reading from Checkland's work -- References -- Chapter 16: Werner Ulrich -- Reading from Ulrich's work -- Boundary Critique - The Methodological Core Principle of CSH -- The Process of Boundary Critique -- References -- Chapter 17: Michael Jackson -- Reading from Jackson's work -- Creative Holism -- Conclusion -- References -- Part V: Later Cybernetics -- Chapter 18: Heinz von Foerster -- Reading from von Foerster's work -- References -- Chapter 19: Stafford Beer -- Reading from Beer's work -- References -- Chapter 20: Humberto Maturana -- Reading from Maturana's work -- Autonomy and Autopoiesis -- References -- Chapter 21: Niklas Luhmann -- Reading from Luhmann's work -- References -- Chapter 22: Paul Watzlawick -- Reading from Watzlawick's work |
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