references on systems theory

Biomatrix theory incorporates and extends key concepts of the following systems thinkers:

Ackoff, RL 1974. Redesigning the future. New York: Wiley.

Ackoff, RL 1981. Creating the corporate future. Plan or be planned for. New York: Wiley.

Ackoff, RL 1994. The democratic corporation. New York: Oxford University Press.

Ackoff, RL and Emery, FE 1972. On purposeful systems. London: Tavistock.

Ackoff, RL Finnel, EV and Gharajedaghi, J. 1984. A guide to controlling your corporation’s future. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Ashby, WR 1956. An introduction to cybernetics. London: University Paperbacks.

Banathy, BH 1994. Designing social systems in a changing world: A graduate level text in systems design. 25781 Morse Drive, Carmel, CA: Bela H. Banathy. (Field test version, June 1994.)

Bateson, G. 1972. Steps to an ecology of mind. New York: Random House.

Bateson, G. 1985. Mind and nature.A necessary unity. Glasgow: Fontana Paperbacks.

Beer, S. 1975. Platform for change. New York: Wiley and Sons.

Bohm, D. 1980. Wholeness and the implicate order. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Boulding, KE 1956. The image. Michigan: Michigan University Press.

Boulding, KE 1978. Ecodynamics, a new theory of societal evolution. London: Sage Publications.

Boulding, KE 1985. Human betterment. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.

Capra, F. 1982. The turning point: Science, society, and the rising culture. London: Wildwood House.

Checkland, P. 1981. Systems thinking, systems practice. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Checkland, P. 1983. O.R. and the systems movement: Mappings and conflict. Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol 34(8):661-675.

Checkland, P and Scholes, J. 1990. Soft systems methodology. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Churchman, WC 1971. The design of inquiring systems. New York: Basic Books.

Churchman, WC 1979. The systems approach and its enemies. New York: Basic Books.

Cilliers, Paul. 2007. Thinking Complexity: Complexity and Philosophy. Vol.1. Mansfield, MA: ISSE Publishing

Coates, JF 1995. A futurist looks at systems science. Systems Research Vol 12(2):167-170.

Coyle, RG 1977. Management systems dynamics. Chichester: John Wiley.

Cross, N. 1984. Development in design methodology. New York: John Whiley.

Dostal, E. 1986. Socio-Political Monitor: Revolutionary Strategy in South Africa. Stellenbosch: Institute
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Futures Research, University of Stellenbosch.

Dostal, E. 1988. Transcending the Dialectics of Power – An Alternative Revolution for South Africa. Paper
delivered at the Fourth International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics in
Baden-Baden, West-Germany

Dostal, E. (Ed). 1990. Business Futures 1990: Political Environment. Bellville: Institute for Futures
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Espejo, R, Schuhmann, W, Schwaninger, M and Bilello, U. 1996. Organisational transformation and learning: A cybernetic approach to management. Chichester: John Wiley.

Flood, RL and Jackson, MC 1991. Creative problem solving: Total systems intervention. Chiches­ter: John Wiley.

Forrester, JW 1969. Principles of systems. Cambridge Mass: Wright-Allen Press.

Gharajedaghi, J. 1985. Towards a systems theory of organisation. California: Intersystems.

Gharajedaghi, J. 1986. Prologue to national development planning. New York: Greenwood Press.

Gharajedaghi, Jamshid. 2006. Systems Thinking. Managing Chaos and Complexity: A Platform for Designing Business Architecture. 2nd. Edition. Amsterdam: Elsevier

Gleick, J. 1987. Chaos: The making of a new science. New York: Viking Press.

Gomez, P and Probst, JB 1987. Vernetztes Denken im Management. Die Orientierung. No 89. Bern: Schweizerische Volksbank.

Greene B. 2004. Der Stoff aus dem der Kosmos ist. Raum, Zeit und die Beschaffenheit der Wirklichkeit. Muenchen: Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag.

Hammer, M and Champy, J. 1993. Reengineering the corporation. A manifesto for business revolution. New York: Harper Collins.

Hawkins, D.R. 1995. Power vs. force. The hidden determinants of human behaviour. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House.

Heines, SG 2000. The Systems Thinking Approach to Strategic Planning and Management. New York: St Lucie Press.

Jantsch, E. 1979. The self-organising universe. New York: Pergamon Press

Johnson, S. 2001. Emergence. London: Penguin Books

Jordaan, W and Jordaan, J. 1984. Man in context. Johannesburg: Mc Graw-Hill.

Katakis, C. 1988. The self-referential conceptual system: Towards an operational definition of sub­jectivity. Chalandri, Greece: Laboratory for the study of human relations. Paper No 42.

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Kauffmann, DL 1980. Systems one: An introduction to systems thinking. Minneapolis: Future Systems, Inc.

Keeney, BP. 1983. Aesthetics of change. New York: The Guilford Press.

Keys, P. 1990. Systems dynamics as a systems-based problem-solving methodology. Systems Practice, No 3:479-493.

King, G, Keohane, RO and Verba, S. 1994. Designing social inquiry. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

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Lane, DC 1995. Trying to think systematically about ‘systems theory’. Journal of the Operational Research Society. Vol. 46: 1158-1162.

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Laszlo, E. 1983. Systems science and world order. Oxford: Pergamon Press.

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Lilienfeld, R. 1978. The rise of systems theory. An ideological analysis. New York: John Wiley.

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Masson, RO and Mitroff, II 1981. Challenging strategic planning assumptions. New York: John Wiley.

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Maturana, HR and Varela, FJ. 1992. The tree of knowledge: The biological roots of human understanding. Boston and London: Shambhala.

McNeil, DH 1981. A thesis in Social Systems Sciences. Graduate Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania.

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McTaggart, L.2001. The Field. London: Element, Harper Collins.

Miller, JG 1978. Living systems. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Nadler, G. 1981 The planning and design approach. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

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