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A Primer to Critical Systems Heuristics for Action Researchers
Action Research, Critical Systems Heruistics and Social Planning, or: The Art of Promoting Improvement. Introduction. Action Research as I understand it is closely connected to processes of social planning. Sometimes it is a part of a planning process, sometimes it has to confront the consequences of planning efforts that did not sufficiently consider the needs of those affected. In the second...
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A Primer to Critical Systems Heuristics for Action Researchers
Action Research, Critical Systems Heruistics and Social Planning, or: The Art of Promoting Improvement. Introduction. Action Research as I understand it is closely connected to processes of social planning. Sometimes it is a part of a planning process, sometimes it has to confront the consequences of planning efforts that did not sufficiently consider the needs of those affected. In the second...
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Organizational Learning II: Theory, Method, and Practice
RRP: £59 Paperback : 336 pages ISBN : 0201629836 Publisher : FT Press; 2nd edition (4 Oct. 1995) Language: : English A member of the PH OD Series! Organizational Learning II expands and updates the ideas and concepts of the authors' ground- breaking first book. With new examples and the most up-to-date information on the technical aspects of organizational and management theory, Argyris and Schon...
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Organizational Learning II: Theory, Method, and Practice
RRP: £59 Paperback : 336 pages ISBN : 0201629836 Publisher : FT Press; 2nd edition (4 Oct. 1995) Language: : English A member of the PH OD Series! Organizational Learning II expands and updates the ideas and concepts of the authors' ground- breaking first book. With new examples and the most up-to-date information on the technical aspects of organizational and management theory, Argyris and Schon...
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Decision and Control: The Meaning of Operational Research and Management Cybernetics
RRP: £52 Paperback: 572 pp Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1st edition SBN: 978-0471948384 Presents the basic approaches underlying Stafford Beer's thinking since the publication of his first book in 1959. Deals with a philosophy of science relevant to management and particularly with the nature of models. Demonstrates all major points through examples quoted of management science applications...
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Decision and Control: The Meaning of Operational Research and Management Cybernetics
RRP: £52 Paperback: 572 pp Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1st edition SBN: 978-0471948384 Presents the basic approaches underlying Stafford Beer's thinking since the publication of his first book in 1959. Deals with a philosophy of science relevant to management and particularly with the nature of models. Demonstrates all major points through examples quoted of management science applications...
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Platform for Change
RRP: £52 Paperback: 484 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; New Ed edition (4 April 1995) ISBN: 0471948403 "Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the world's most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writing is as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system I know." Dr Russell L Ackoff...
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Platform for Change
RRP: £52 Paperback: 484 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; New Ed edition (4 April 1995) ISBN: 0471948403 "Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the world's most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writing is as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system I know." Dr Russell L Ackoff...
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Beyond Dispute: The Invention of Team Syntegrity
RRP: £87 Hardcover: 380 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; First Edition edition (30 Aug. 1994) ISBN: 0471944513 The arguments in this fascinating, interdisciplinary book are wide-ranging, running the gamut from company management to the nature of consciousness. The author discusses the theory of team syntegrity and the social technique of syntegration which works in practice, offering a...
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Beyond Dispute: The Invention of Team Syntegrity
RRP: £87 Hardcover: 380 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; First Edition edition (30 Aug. 1994) ISBN: 0471944513 The arguments in this fascinating, interdisciplinary book are wide-ranging, running the gamut from company management to the nature of consciousness. The author discusses the theory of team syntegrity and the social technique of syntegration which works in practice, offering a...
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The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization
RRP: £22 Paperback: 608 pp Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing; First Edition (24 Jun. 1994); ISBN 978-1857880601 This book is for people who want to learn, especially while treading the fertile ground of organizational life. The idea of a learning organization has become increasingly prominent over the last few years. This book's predecessor, The Fifth Discipline, helped give voice to that...
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The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization
RRP: £22 Paperback: 608 pp Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing; First Edition (24 Jun. 1994); ISBN 978-1857880601 This book is for people who want to learn, especially while treading the fertile ground of organizational life. The idea of a learning organization has become increasingly prominent over the last few years. This book's predecessor, The Fifth Discipline, helped give voice to that...
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A Handbook of Interactive Management
Free PDF Download or through 2nd handbookseller: Hardcover : 352 pages ISBN : 0813824079 Publisher : Iowa State University Press; 2nd Revised edition (1 Mar. 1994) Language: : English This text first defines interactive management and then discusses the primary outcomes of IM use, the levels of success which may be selected, and phases of and roles important to its successful use. It also...
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A Handbook of Interactive Management
Free PDF Download or through 2nd handbookseller: Hardcover : 352 pages ISBN : 0813824079 Publisher : Iowa State University Press; 2nd Revised edition (1 Mar. 1994) Language: : English This text first defines interactive management and then discusses the primary outcomes of IM use, the levels of success which may be selected, and phases of and roles important to its successful use. It also...
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The Social Engagement of Social Science, a Tavistock Anthology, Volume 2: The Socio-Technical Perspective (Innovations in Organizations Series)
RRP: £79; Hardback: 640 pp; Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press; ISBN 978-0812281934 - World War II brought together a group of psychiatrists and clinical and social psychologists in the British Army where they developed radical, action-oriented innovations in social psychiatry. They became known as the "Tavistock Group" since the core members had been at the pre-war Tavistock Clinic...
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The Social Engagement of Social Science, a Tavistock Anthology, Volume 2: The Socio-Technical Perspective (Innovations in Organizations Series)
RRP: £79; Hardback: 640 pp; Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press; ISBN 978-0812281934 - World War II brought together a group of psychiatrists and clinical and social psychologists in the British Army where they developed radical, action-oriented innovations in social psychiatry. They became known as the "Tavistock Group" since the core members had been at the pre-war Tavistock Clinic...
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Organizational Fitness: Corporate Effectiveness Through Management Cybernetics
RRP: £34.85 Perfect Paperback: 376 pages Publisher: Campus Verlag (1 Dec. 1992) ISBN: 3593347830
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Organizational Fitness: Corporate Effectiveness Through Management Cybernetics
RRP: £34.85 Perfect Paperback: 376 pages Publisher: Campus Verlag (1 Dec. 1992) ISBN: 3593347830
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Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness
RRP: £36.00 Paperback: 272 pp Publisher: Wiley; ISBN 978-1555424466 "This book is a landmark in two fields. It is a practical guide tothe reform of professional education. It is also a beacon totheoretical thinking about human organizations, about theirinterdepAndence with the social structure of the professions, andabout theory in practice." --Journal of Higher Education "This is a...
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Theory in Practice: Increasing Professional Effectiveness
RRP: £36.00 Paperback: 272 pp Publisher: Wiley; ISBN 978-1555424466 "This book is a landmark in two fields. It is a practical guide tothe reform of professional education. It is also a beacon totheoretical thinking about human organizations, about theirinterdepAndence with the social structure of the professions, andabout theory in practice." --Journal of Higher Education "This is a...
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The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action
RRP: £29.56 Paperback: 384 pp Publisher: Routledge; ISBN 978-1857423198 A leading M.I.T. social scientist and consultant examines five professions - engineering, architecture, management, psychotherapy, and town planning - to show how professionals really go about solving problems. The best professionals, Donald Schon maintains, know more than they can put into words. To meet the challenges of...
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The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action
RRP: £29.56 Paperback: 384 pp Publisher: Routledge; ISBN 978-1857423198 A leading M.I.T. social scientist and consultant examines five professions - engineering, architecture, management, psychotherapy, and town planning - to show how professionals really go about solving problems. The best professionals, Donald Schon maintains, know more than they can put into words. To meet the challenges of...
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Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, and Applications
RRP: £25 Hardcover: 412 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2 edition (27 July 1990) ISBN: 0471927163 "Systems: Concepts, Methodologies and Applications, Second Edition" is brought forward by Brian Wilson Department of Systems and Information Management, Lancaster University, UK. The result of many years' experience, this book, now extensively revised and updated, emphasizes the application of...
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Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, and Applications
RRP: £25 Hardcover: 412 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2 edition (27 July 1990) ISBN: 0471927163 "Systems: Concepts, Methodologies and Applications, Second Edition" is brought forward by Brian Wilson Department of Systems and Information Management, Lancaster University, UK. The result of many years' experience, this book, now extensively revised and updated, emphasizes the application of...
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The Social Engagement of Social Science, a Tavistock Anthology, Volume 1: The Socio-Psychological Perspective: 001
RRP: £74; Hardback: 640 pp; Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press; ISBN 978-0812281927 - World War II brought together a group of psychiatrists and clinical and social psychologists in the British Army where they developed radical, action-oriented innovations in social psychiatry. They became known as the "Tavistock Group" since the core members had been at the pre-war Tavistock Clinic...
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The Social Engagement of Social Science, a Tavistock Anthology, Volume 1: The Socio-Psychological Perspective: 001
RRP: £74; Hardback: 640 pp; Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press; ISBN 978-0812281927 - World War II brought together a group of psychiatrists and clinical and social psychologists in the British Army where they developed radical, action-oriented innovations in social psychiatry. They became known as the "Tavistock Group" since the core members had been at the pre-war Tavistock Clinic...
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The Viable System Model: Interpretations and Applications of Stafford Beer's VSM
RRP: £73.54 Hardcover: 484 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (26 July 1989) ISBN: 0471922889 A primer and casebook on the theory and practice of Stafford Beer's Viable System Model (VSM). Explains the VSM model, and demonstrates how it works. Case studies show practical applications of the VSM model, including discussion of implementation issues.
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The Viable System Model: Interpretations and Applications of Stafford Beer's VSM
RRP: £73.54 Hardcover: 484 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (26 July 1989) ISBN: 0471922889 A primer and casebook on the theory and practice of Stafford Beer's Viable System Model (VSM). Explains the VSM model, and demonstrates how it works. Case studies show practical applications of the VSM model, including discussion of implementation issues.
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The Deming Management Method
OOP but widely available from £2 - £12 Paperback : 288 pages ISBN : 0399550003 Publisher : TarcherPerigee; First Edition (1 Nov. 1988) Language: : English Whether you're the owner of our own small business, a middle manager in a mid-sized company, or the CEO of a multinational, this book can show you how to improve your profits and productivity. How? By following the principles of The Deming...
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The Deming Management Method
OOP but widely available from £2 - £12 Paperback : 288 pages ISBN : 0399550003 Publisher : TarcherPerigee; First Edition (1 Nov. 1988) Language: : English Whether you're the owner of our own small business, a middle manager in a mid-sized company, or the CEO of a multinational, this book can show you how to improve your profits and productivity. How? By following the principles of The Deming...
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Out of the Crisis
RRP: £12.75 Hardcover : 520 pages ISBN : 0911379010 Publisher : MIT Center for Advanced Engineering Study; Nineteenth Printing edition (1 Jun. 1986) Language: : English According to W. Edwards Deming, American companies require nothing less than a transformation of management style and of governmental relations with industry. In Out of the Crisis, originally published in 1986, Deming offers a...
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Out of the Crisis
RRP: £12.75 Hardcover : 520 pages ISBN : 0911379010 Publisher : MIT Center for Advanced Engineering Study; Nineteenth Printing edition (1 Jun. 1986) Language: : English According to W. Edwards Deming, American companies require nothing less than a transformation of management style and of governmental relations with industry. In Out of the Crisis, originally published in 1986, Deming offers a...
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Diagnosing the System for Organisations
RRP: ~£40 Paperback: 178 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; New edition (28 Sep 1994) ISBN: 0471951366 In Brain of the Firm and The Heart of Enterprise Stafford Beer worked out the scientific laws that govern any viable system. They constitute the basis for this book which is concerned solely with the application of those laws to the understanding of any particular enterprise. In the form of a...
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Diagnosing the System for Organisations
RRP: ~£40 Paperback: 178 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; New edition (28 Sep 1994) ISBN: 0471951366 In Brain of the Firm and The Heart of Enterprise Stafford Beer worked out the scientific laws that govern any viable system. They constitute the basis for this book which is concerned solely with the application of those laws to the understanding of any particular enterprise. In the form of a...
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Cybernetics: A New Management Tool
Out of Print Paperback: 263 pages Publisher: Routledge; Reprint edition (1 Jan. 1991) ISBN: 2881245188
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Cybernetics: A New Management Tool
Out of Print Paperback: 263 pages Publisher: Routledge; Reprint edition (1 Jan. 1991) ISBN: 2881245188
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Systems Thinking, Systems Practice
RRP: £41.46 Paperback: 424 pages Publisher: JW; 1st edition (16 Sept. 1999) ISBN: 9780471986065 Systems Thinking, Systems Practice "Whether by design, accident or merely synchronicity, Checkland appears to have developed a habit of writing seminal publications near the start of each decade which establish the basis and framework for systems methodology research for that decade." Hamish Rennie...
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Systems Thinking, Systems Practice
RRP: £41.46 Paperback: 424 pages Publisher: JW; 1st edition (16 Sept. 1999) ISBN: 9780471986065 Systems Thinking, Systems Practice "Whether by design, accident or merely synchronicity, Checkland appears to have developed a habit of writing seminal publications near the start of each decade which establish the basis and framework for systems methodology research for that decade." Hamish Rennie...
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Managerial Applications of System Dynamics
RRP: £84.95 Paperback: 563 pages Publisher: Productivity Press; New edition edition (1 Dec. 1981) ISBN: 0915299593 How do you apply the principles and tools of system dynamics to management, modeling, planning, and forecasting? The contributing authors of this anthology address this question in essays on complex corporate models, workload fluctuations, the "Honeywell experience," the growth...
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Managerial Applications of System Dynamics
RRP: £84.95 Paperback: 563 pages Publisher: Productivity Press; New edition edition (1 Dec. 1981) ISBN: 0915299593 How do you apply the principles and tools of system dynamics to management, modeling, planning, and forecasting? The contributing authors of this anthology address this question in essays on complex corporate models, workload fluctuations, the "Honeywell experience," the growth...
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Elements of the System Dynamics Method
RRP: £65.73 Paperback : 344 pages ISBN : 1883823447 Publisher : Pegasus Communications (1 Jan. 1980) Language: : English Elements of the Systems Dynamics Method explores how models of dynamic systems are made. The authors give practical advice about choosing a problem that will yield interesting results, what to include in the model and what to leave out, the desirable amount of detail, selecting...
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Elements of the System Dynamics Method
RRP: £65.73 Paperback : 344 pages ISBN : 1883823447 Publisher : Pegasus Communications (1 Jan. 1980) Language: : English Elements of the Systems Dynamics Method explores how models of dynamic systems are made. The authors give practical advice about choosing a problem that will yield interesting results, what to include in the model and what to leave out, the desirable amount of detail, selecting...
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The Heart of Enterprise
RRP: £44 Paperback: 600 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; New Ed edition (28 Mar. 1995) ISBN: 0471948373 This is the companion volume to Brain of the Firm and addresses the nature of viable systems, those capable of surviving. It does not use the neurophysiological basis elucidated in brain, but develops the same theory from first principles. This book declares that every enterprise is a system...
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The Heart of Enterprise
RRP: £44 Paperback: 600 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; New Ed edition (28 Mar. 1995) ISBN: 0471948373 This is the companion volume to Brain of the Firm and addresses the nature of viable systems, those capable of surviving. It does not use the neurophysiological basis elucidated in brain, but develops the same theory from first principles. This book declares that every enterprise is a system...
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An Introduction to General Systems Thinking
RRP: £23 Paperback: 279 pages Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.; 25 Silver anniversary ed edition (15 April 2001) ISBN-10: 0932633498 For more than twenty-five years, An Introduction to General Systems Thinking has been hailed as an innovative introduction to systems theory, with applications in computer science and beyond. Used in university courses and professional seminars all...
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An Introduction to General Systems Thinking
RRP: £23 Paperback: 279 pages Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Co Inc.,U.S.; 25 Silver anniversary ed edition (15 April 2001) ISBN-10: 0932633498 For more than twenty-five years, An Introduction to General Systems Thinking has been hailed as an innovative introduction to systems theory, with applications in computer science and beyond. Used in university courses and professional seminars all...
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Notes on the Synthesis of Form
RRP: £23.75 Paperback: 216 pages; Publisher: Harvard University Press; New Ed edition (1 July 1974) ISBN: 9780674627512 A physical quantity can be expressed as the product of a number and a physical unit. A formula expresses a relationship between physical quantities. A necessary condition for a formula to be valid is that all terms have the same dimension, meaning every term in the formula could...
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Notes on the Synthesis of Form
RRP: £23.75 Paperback: 216 pages; Publisher: Harvard University Press; New Ed edition (1 July 1974) ISBN: 9780674627512 A physical quantity can be expressed as the product of a number and a physical unit. A formula expresses a relationship between physical quantities. A necessary condition for a formula to be valid is that all terms have the same dimension, meaning every term in the formula could...
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Brain of the Firm
RRP: £45 Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2 edition (16 May 1995) ISBN: 047194839X "Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the world's most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writing is as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system I know." Dr Russell L Ackoff, The...
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Brain of the Firm
RRP: £45 Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2 edition (16 May 1995) ISBN: 047194839X "Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the world's most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writing is as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system I know." Dr Russell L Ackoff, The...
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Limits to Growth: A Report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind
RRP: £44.53 Paperback : 208 pages ISBN : 0856440086 Publisher : Earth Island (1 Mar. 1972) Language: : English The Limits to Growth (LTG) is a 1972 report on the exponential economic and population growth with a finite supply of resources, studied by computer simulation. Commissioned by the Club of Rome, the findings of the study were first presented at international gatherings in Moscow and Rio...
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Limits to Growth: A Report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind
RRP: £44.53 Paperback : 208 pages ISBN : 0856440086 Publisher : Earth Island (1 Mar. 1972) Language: : English The Limits to Growth (LTG) is a 1972 report on the exponential economic and population growth with a finite supply of resources, studied by computer simulation. Commissioned by the Club of Rome, the findings of the study were first presented at international gatherings in Moscow and Rio...