Centre Research & Resource Books Bibliography

The Systems Thinking Approach®

Aburdene, P. & Naisbitt, J. (1992). Megatrends for Women. NY: Villard Books.
Ackoff, R. (1974). Redesigning the Future: A Systems Approach to Societal Problems. NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Ackoff, R. (1991). Ackoff’s Fables: Irreverent Reflections on Business and Bureaucracy. NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Ackoff, R. (1999). Ackoff’s Best: His Classical Writings on Management. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Ackoff, R. & Emery, F. E. (1981). On Purposeful Systems. Seaside, CA: Intersystems Publications.
Anderla, G. Dunning, A., & Forge, S. (1997). Chaotics: An Agenda for Business and Society in the 21st Century. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishing.
Argyris, C. & Schon, D. (1978). Organizational Learning: A Theory of Action Perspective. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
Augros, R. M. & Stanciu, G. N. (1984). The New Story of Science. NY: Bantam Books.

Baker-Miller, J. (1976). Toward a New Psychology of Women. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
Baldwin, J. (1996). Bucky Works: Buckminster Fuller’s Ideas for Today. NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Banathy, B. A. (1991). Systems Design of Education: A Journey to Create the Future. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, Inc.
Band, W. A. (1994). Touchstones: Ten New Ideas Revolutionizing Business. NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Barker, J. A. (1992). The Future Edge: Discovering the New Paradigms of Success. NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
Barlett, D. L. & Steele, J. B. (1992). America: What Went Wrong? Kansas City, MO: Andrews and McMeel.
Barry, R. (1993). A Theory of Almost Everything. Chatham, NY: Oneworld.
Bateson, G. (1980). Mind and Nature. NY: Bantam Books.
Beatty, J. (1998). The World According to Peter Drucker. NY: The Free Press. 
Beer, S. (1985). Diagnosing the System for Organizations. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Bennis, W., Benne, R., Corey, C. & K. [Eds.]. (1976). The Planning of Change. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Blank, W. (1995). The 9 Natural Laws of Leadership. NY: AMACOM Books.
Bohm, D. (1980). Wholeness and the Implicate Order. London: Ark Paperbacks.
Boulding, K. E. (1964). The Meaning of the 20th Century. NY: Prentice-Hall.
Bowen, J. (1994). Family Therapy in Clinical Practice. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
Briggs, J. & Peat, F. D. (1989). Turbulent Mirror: An Illustrated Guide to Chaos Theory and the Science of Wholeness. NY: Harper and Row.
Brinkerhoff, R. O. & Gill, S. J. (1994). The Learning Alliance: Systems Thinking in Human Resource Development. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Bucholz, R. A. (1993). Principles of Environmental Management: The Greening of Business. NY: Prentice Hall. 
Buckley, W. (1967). Sociology and Modern Systems Theory. NY: Prentice-Hall.

Capra, F. (1976). The Tao of Physics. NY: Bantam Books. 
Capra, F. (1983). The Turning Point: Science, Society and the Rising Culture. NY: Bantam Books.
Capra, F. (1996). The Web of Life. NY: Anchor Books.
Carkhuff, R. R. & Berenson, B. G. (2000). The New Science of Possibilities: I. The Processing Science. Amherst, MA: Possibilities Publishing.
Carnevale, A. (1991). America and the New Economy. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass Publishers.
Castell, A. [Ed.], Gregory, A. [Ed], et al. (1999). Synergy Matters – Working with Systems in the 21st Century. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Casti, J. L. (1994). Complexification: Explaining a Paradoxical World Through the Science of Surprise. NY: Harper Collins.
Chandler, A., Jr. (1962). Strategy and Structure: Chapters in the History of the American Industrial Enterprise. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Checkland, P. (1999). Systems Thinking, Systems Practice: A 30-Year Retrospective. NY: John Wiley and Sons.
Checkland, P. B. & Holwell, S. (1997). Information, Systems and Information Systems – making sense of the field. NY: John Wiley and Sons.
Checkland, P. B. & Scholes, J. (1990). Soft Systems Methodology in Action. NY: John Wiley and Sons.
Checkland, P.B., (1981). Systems Thinking, Systems Practice. NY: John Wiley and Sons.
Chopra, D. (1989). Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind and Body Science. NY: Bantam Books.
Chopra, D. (1994). The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. San Rafael, CA: Amber-Allen Publishing.
Churchman, C. W. (1968). The Systems Approach. NY: Dell Publishing.
Churchman, C. W. (1971). The Design of Inquiring Systems. NY: Basic Books.
Churchman, C. W. (1979). The Systems Approach and Its Enemies. NY: Basic Books.
Coates, J. F. & Jarratt, J. (2nd printing 1990). What Futurists Believe. Bethesda, MD: The World Future Society.
Cohen, J. & Stewart I. (1994). The Collapse of Chaos. NY: The Penguin Group.
Colburn, T., Dumanoski, D. & Meyers, J. P. (1996). Our Stolen Future. NY: Dutton Signet.
Cornwell, J. [Ed.] (1995). Nature’s Imagination: The Frontiers of Scientific Vision. NY: Oxford University Press.
Covey, S. (1989). The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. NY: Simon & Schuster.
Cristol, S. M. & Sealey, P. (2000). Simplicity Marketing: End Brand Complexity. Clutter, and Confusion. NY: The Free Press.
Csanyi, V. (1989). Evolutionary Systems and Society. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Cummings, T. G. (1980). Systems Theory for Organization Development. NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Cummings, T. G. & Srivastva, S. (1977). Management of Work: A Sociotechnical Systems Approach. 
San Diego, CA: University Associates. Cziko, G. (1995). Without Miracles: Universal Selection Theory and the Second Darwinian Revolution. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

Davenport, T. H., & Prusak, L. (1998). Information Ecology. NY: Oxford University Press.
Davidson, M. (1983). Uncommon Sense, the Life and Times of Ludwig Von Bertalanffy. Los Angeles, CA: J. P. Tarcher, Inc.
Davies, P. C. W. & Brown, J. (1988). Superstrings: A Theory of Everything? Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
Dean, A. (2000). Complex Life: Nonmodernity and the Emergence of Cognition and Culture. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
DeBono, E. (1994). DeBono’s Thinking Course. Facts on File.
DeBono, E. (1999). Simplicity. London, England: Penguin Books
DeGeus, A. (1997). The Living Company. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press.
Denton, D. K. (1991). Horizontal Management: Beyond Total Customer Satisfaction. NY: Lexington Books.
Dettmer, H. W. (1996). Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints. Milwaukee, WI: ASQC Quality Press.
DeWitt, C. B. (1998). Caring for Creation: Responsible Stewardship of God’s Handiwork. Grand Rapid, MI: Baker Book House.
Diamond, I. & Orenstein, G. F. [Eds.]. (1990). Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books.
Diamond, J. M. (1999). Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Dibella, A. J. (1998). How Organizations Learn. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Drucker, P. (1993). Post-Capitalist Society. NY: Harper Business.
Drucker, P. (1995). Managing in a Time of Great Change. NY: Dutton.
Dryden, G. & Vos, J. (1999). The Learning Revolution: To Change the Way the World Learns. Torrance, CA: The Learning Web.
Duffy, Francis () Redesigning America’s Schools: A Systems Approach to Improvement, Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc, Norwood, Massachusetts
Duncan, W. L. (1994). Manufacturing 2000. NY: AMACOM Books.

Earley. J. (1997). Transforming Human Culture – Social Evolution and the Planetary Crises. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Eberly, D. (1994). Building a Community of Citizens. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
Eberly, D. (1994). Restoring the Good Society: A New Vision for Politics and Culture. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House.
Eisler, R. (1987). The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future. San Francisco, CA: Harper and Row.
Eisler, R. & Loye, D. (1990). The Partnership Way: New Tools for Living and Learning. San Francisco, CA: Harper Collins.
Emery, F. E. [Ed.]. (1969). Systems Thinking: Selected Readings, Vols. 1 and 2. NY: Penguin Books.
Espejo, R., Schuhmann, W., Schwaninger, M. & Bilello, U. (1996). Organisational Transformation and Learning: A Cybernetic Approach to Management. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Espejo, R. & Schwaninger, M. [Eds.]. (1998). To Be or Not to Be, That is the System: A Tribute to Stafford Beer. (CD-ROM). Wiesbaden, Germany: Carl Auer-Systeme Verlag (ISBN: 3-89670-063-4)

Feininger, A. (1986). In a Grain of Sand: Exploring Design by Nature. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books.
Ferber, M. A. & Nelson, J. A. (1993). Beyond Economic Man: Feminist Theory and Economics. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press.
Ferguson, K. (1994). The Fire in the Equations: Science, Religion & the Search for God. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Flood R. L. & Jackson, M. C. (1996). Critical Systems Thinking: Directed Readings. NY: John Wiley and Sons.
Flood, R. L. (1990). Liberating Systems Theory. NY: Plenum Publishing Corp.
Flood, R. L. & Jackson, M. C. (1991). Creative Problem Solving: Total Systems Intervention. NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Flood, R. L. & Jackson, M. C. [Eds.]. (1991). Critical Systems Theory. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons.
Flood, R. L. & Romm, N. R. A. (1996). Critical Systems Thinking: Current Research and Practice. NY: Plenum Publishing Corp.
Flood, R. L. (1996). Solving Problem Solving : A Potent Force for Effective Management. NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Fombrun, C. J. (1992). Turning Points: Creating Strategic Change in Corporations. Los Angeles, CA: R. R. Donnelly & Sons Company.
Forrester, J. W. (1969). Urban Dynamics. Norwalk, CT: Productivity Press.
Forrester, J. W. (1971). Principles of Systems. Norwalk, CT: Productivity Press.
Forrester, J. W. (1971). World Dynamics (2nd Ed.). Norwalk, CT: Productivity Press.
Forrester, J. W. (1975). Collected Papers of Jay W. Forrester. Norwalk, CT: Productivity Press.
Fox, M. & Shelldrake, R. (1996). The Physics of Angels. San Francisco, CA: Harper’s.
Frankel, V. (1959). Man’s Search for Meaning. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
Friedman, E. H. (1985). Generation-to-Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue. NY: Guilford.

Galbraith, J. R. (1993). Organizing for the Future: The New Logic for Managing Complex Organizations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Gell-Mann, M. (1995). The Quark and the Jaguar. NY: W. H. Freeman.
George, C. (1968). The History of Management Thought. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Gharajedaghi, J. (1985). Toward a Systems Theory of Organizations. Seaside, CA: Intersystems Publications
Gharajedaghi, J. (1999). Systems Thinking: Managing Chaos and Complexity – A Platform for Designing Business Architecture. Woburn, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann.
Gill, S. (2000). The Manager’s Pocket Guide to Organizational Learning. Amherst MA: HRD Press.
Glass, L. & Mackey, M. C. (1988). From Clocks to Chaos. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Gleick, J. (1987). Chaos: Making a New Science. NY: Viking.
Gomez, P. (1999). Integrated Value Management. London, England: International Thomson Business Press.
Goodman, M. R. (1974). Study Notes in System Dynamics. Norwalk, CT: Productivity Press.
Gore, A. (1993). Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit. NY: Penguin Books.
Griffin, S. (1982). Made from This Earth. NY: Harper and Row.

Haines, S. G. (2006). Strategic Planning Simplified. Systems Thinking Press, San Diego 
Haines, S. G. (2000). The Systems Thinking Approach® to Strategic Planning and Management. Delray Beach, FL: St. Lucie Press. 
Haines, S. G. (1998). The Managers Pocket Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning. Amherst, MA: HRD Press
Haines, S. G. (2000). The Complete Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning. Amherst, MA: HRD Press.
Haines, S. G., Gail Aller-Stead, James McKinlay, (2005), Enterprise-Wide Change, John Wiley and Sons
Haines, S.G., Valerie MacLeod, Terry Schmidt, (2006) Destination Thinking, Systems Thinking Press, San Diego 
Haines, S.G., Editor (2006), Strategic Thinking for Leaders
Haines, S.G., (2006), The ABCs of Strategic Life Planning, Systems Thinking Press , San Diego 
Hall, N. [Ed.]. (1994). Exploring Chaos. NY: W.W. Norton & Co.
Hamel, G. & Prahalad, C. K, (1994). Competing for the Future. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.
Hammond, Debora, (2003) The Science of Synthesis: Exploring the Social Implications of General Systems Theory, University Press, Boulder Colorado
Handy, C. (1989). The Age of Unreason. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press.
Handy, C. (1994). The Age of Paradox. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press.
Handy, C. (1998). The Hungry Spirit: Beyond Capitalism: A Quest for Purpose in the Modern World. NY: Broadway Books.
Hanna, David P. (2001), Leadership for the Ages, Executive Excellence Publishing, Provo, Utah
Hanson, B. G. (1995). General Systems Theory Beginning with Wholes: An Introduction to General Systems Theory. Washington, DC: Taylor and Francis.
Harman, W. & Hormann, J. (1990). Creative Work: The Constructive Role of Business in a Transforming Society. Indianapolis, IN: Knowledge Systems.
Hart, R. D. & Cooley, S. L. (1997). A Nation Reconstructed. Milwaukee, WI: ASQC Quality Press.
Havener, C. (1999). Meaning: The Secret of Being Alive. Edina, MN: Beaver’s Pond Press.
Hawken, P. (1993). The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability. NY: Harper Business.
Hayward, J. W. & Varela, F. J. (1992). Gentle Bridges: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on the Sciences of Mind. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications.
Heisenberg, W. (1958). Physics and Philosophy. NY: Harper Torchbooks.
Helgesen. S. (1990). The Female Advantage: Women’s Ways of Leadership. NY: Doubleday.
Henderson, H. (1992). Paradigms in Progress. Indianapolis, IN: Knowledge Systems.
Henton, D., Melville, J. & Walesh, K. (1997). Grassroots Leaders for a New Economy: How Civic Entrepreneurs Are Building Prosperous Communities. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Herbert, N. (1985). Quantum Reality: Beyond the New Physics. NY: Anchor Doubleday.
Herrnstein, R. J. & Murray, C. (1994). The Bell Curve. NY: Free Press.
Hersey, P. (1984). The Situational Leader. NY: Warner Books.
Hiam, A. (1998). The Manager’s Pocket Guide to Creativity. Amherst, MA: HRD Press
Hickman, C. [Ed.], Bott, C. & Angus, B. (1996). The Fourth Dimension: The Next Level of Personal and Organizational Achievement. NY: John Wiley & Sons.
Hock, D. (1999). Birth of the Chaordic Age. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
Huntington, S. P. (1996). The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. NY: Simon and Schuster.

Itzkoff, S. W. (1994). The Decline of Intelligence in America: A Strategy for National Renewal. NY: Praeger.

Jackson, M. C. (1991). Systems Methodology for the Management Sciences (Contemporary Systems Thinking). NY: Plenum Publishing Corp.
Jantsch, E. (1975). Design for Evolution: Self-Organization and Planning in the Life Human Systems. NY: George Braziller, Inc.
Jantsch, E. (1980). The Self-Organizing Universe. Oxford: Pergamon Press.
Jaques, E. (1989). Requisite Organization: The CEO’s Guide to Creative Structure and Leadership. Alexandria, VA: Cason Hall & Co. Publishers.
Jensen, W. D. (2000). Simplicity: The New Competitive Advantage in a World of More, Better, Faster. NY: Perseus.
Johnson, B. (1996). Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems. Amherst, MA:HRD Press, Inc.
Johnson, R. A., Kast, F. E., & Rosenzweig, J. E. (1963). The Theory and Management of Systems. NY: McGraw-Hill.

Kaku, M. (1997). Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century. NY: Anchor Books
Kaku, M. & Thompson, J. T. (1995). Beyond Einstein (Revised). NY: Anchor Books.
Kanter, R. M. (1977). Men and Women in the Corporation. NY: Basic Books.
Kauffman, S. (1995). At Home in the Universe. NY: Oxford University Press.
Keil, L. D. (1994). Managing Chaos and Complexity in Government: A New Paradigm for Managing Change, Innovation, Organizational Renewal. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Kelley, S. & Allison M. A. (1998). The Complexity Advantage: How the Science of Complexity Can Help Your Business Achieve Peak Performance. NY: McGraw-Hill
Kerr, M. E. & Bowen, M. (1988). Family Evaluation. NY: W. W. Norton.
Kim, D. (1994). Systems Thinking Tools: A User’s Reference Guide. Cambridge, MA: Pegasus Communications.
Klir, G. (1969). An Approach to General Systems Theory. NY: Van Nostrand.
Klir, G. [Ed.]. (1972). Trends in General Systems Theory. NY: Wiley-Interscience.
Knowles, M. S. (1984). Andragogy in Action. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Kolb, D. A. (1983). Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development. NY: Prentice Hall.
Kuhn, T. (1970). The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (2nd ed.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Land, G. (1996). Breakpoint and Beyond. Leadership 2000, Inc.
Land, G. & Jarman, B. (1998). Grow or Die, The Unifying Principle of Transformation. Leadership 2000, Inc.
Langdon, D.G. (1995). The New Language of Work. Amherst, MA: HRD Press.
Lanza, R. [Ed.] et al. (1996). One World: The Health and Survival of the Human Species in the 21st Century. Santa Fe, NM: Health Press.
Laszlo, E. (1972). Introduction to Systems Philosophy. NY: Gordon & Breach.
Laszlo, E. (1972). The Advance of General Systems Theory. NY: George Braziller, Inc.
Laszlo, E. (1972). The Systems View of the World. NY: George Braziller, Inc.
Laszlo, E. (1994). Vision 20/20. Langhorne, PA: Gordon & Breach.
Laszlo, E. [Ed.]. (1991). The New Evolutionary Paradigm. NY: Gordon & Breach.
Lawler, E. E., III. (1992). The Ultimate Advantage: Creating the High-Involvement Organization. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Lawler, E., E., III (1996). From the Ground Up: Six Principles for Building New Logic Corporation. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Leopold, A. (1980). A Sand County Almanac: With Other Essays on Conservation from Round River. NY: Oxford University Press.
Levinson, H. (1976). Psychological Man, Cambridge, MA: The Levinson Institute
Lewis, R. (1994). Complexity: Life on the Edge of Chaos. NY: Collier.
Lincoln, Y. S. [Ed.]. (1985). Organizational Theory and Inquiry: The Paradigm Revolution. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. 
Linstone, H. A. with Mitroff, I. I. (1994). The Challenge of the 21st Century: Managing Technology and Ourselves in a Shrinking World. NY: State University of New York Press.
Lovelock, J. E. (1987). Gaia. NY: Oxford University Press.
Lyman, F. (1990). The Greenhouse Trap. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.

Margenau, H. & Barghese, R.A.. [Eds.]. (1992). Cosmos, Bios, Theos. La Salle IL: Open Court.
Markley, O.W. & McCuan W. R. (1996). America Beyond 2001: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press.
Martin, J. (1995). The Great Transition. NY: AMACOM.
Martin, J. (1996). Cybercorp: The New Business Revolution. NY: AMACOM.
Maturana, H. R. (1980). Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Livining. Dordrecht: Reidel.
Maturana, H. R. & Varela, F. J. (1992 – Revised Edition). The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding. Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
McNeill, D. & Freiberger, P. (1994). Fuzzy Logic. NY: Touchstone, Simon & Schuster.
Meier, D. (2000). The Accelerated Learning Handbook. NY: McGraw-Hill.
Merchant, C. (1981). The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row.
Mesarovic, M. [Ed.] (1967). Views on General Systems Theory. NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Miller, E. J. & Rice, A. K. (1967). Systems of Organization. London: Tavistock Publications.
Miller, J. G., (1995). Living Systems. CO: University Press of Colorado
Mingers, J. (1995). Self-Producing Systems: Implications and Applications of Autopoiesis. NY: Plenum Press.
Mingers, J. & Gill, A. [Eds.] (1997). Multimethodology: Theory and Practice of Combining Management Science Methodologies. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Mische, M. A. (editor). (1996). Reengineering: Systems Integration Success. Boston, MA: Auerbach.
Monden, Yasuhiro, (2004) Toyota Management System: Linking the Seven Key Functional Areas, Productivity Press, New York
Montuori, A. & Conti. (1993). From Power to Partnership. San Francisco, CA: Harper Collins.
Morrison, I. & Schmid, G. (1994). Future Tense: The Business Realities of the Next Ten Years. NY: William Morrow.
Mulgan, G. (1997). Connexity: How to live in a Connected World. MA: Harvard Business School Press.

Nadler, G. & Hibino, S. (1994). Breakthrough Thinking (Rev. 2nd Ed.). Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing.
Naisbitt, J. (1982). Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives. NY: Warner.
Naisbitt, J. (1994). Global Paradox: The bigger the World Economy, the More Powerful Its Smallest Players. NY: William Morrow.
Naisbitt, J. & Aburdene, P. (1986). Reinventing the Corporation. NY: Warner Books.
Naisbitt, J. & Aburdene, P. (1990). Megatrends 2000: Ten New Directions For The 1990’s. NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
Nayak, P. R, & Ketteringham, J. M. (1993). San Diego, CA: Pfeiffer & Company.
Neustadt, R. E. & May, E. R. (1986). Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision-Makers. NY: The Free Press.
Nirenberg, J. (1993). The Living Organization: Transforming Teams into Workplace: Communities. Homewood, IL: Business One Irwin.
Norbert, W. (1998). The Human Use of Humans: Cybernetics and Society. NY: Da Capo Press.

Oshry, B. (1995). Seeing Systems: Unlocking the Mysteries of Organizational Life. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
Oshry, B. (1999) Leading Systems; Lessons from the Power Lab, San Francisco, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Pegels, C. C. (1998). Handbook of Strategies and Tools for the Learning Company. Portland, OR: Productivity Press.
Peters, T. (1987). Thriving on Chaos. NY: Knopf.
Petersen, J.L. (1994). The Road to 2015. Corte Madera, CA: Waite Group Press.
Pfeiffer, J. W., Goodstein, L. D. & Nolan, T. M. (1989). Shaping Strategic Planning: Frogs, Dragons, Bees and Turkey Tails. San Diego, CA: Pfeiffer & Company.
Prigogine, I. & Stengers, I. (1984). Order Out of Chaos. NY: Bantam Books.

Quinn, D. (1992). Ishmael. NY: A Bantam/Turner Book.
Quinn, J. B. (1992). Intelligent Enterprise: A Knowledge and Service Based Paradigm for Industry. NY: The Free Press.

Rashford, N. S. & Coghlan, D. (1994). The Dynamics of Organizational Levels: A Change Framework for Managers and Consultants. Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
Ray, M. & Rinzler, A. [Eds.]. (1993). The New Paradigm in Business: Emerging Strategies for Leadership and Organizational Change. NY: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Perigee Books.
Reeves, Dr. Robert, (2006) What Every Rookie Superintendent Should Know: Surviving Year One, American Association of School Administrators, Arlington, VA.
Richardson, G. P. (1991). Feedback Thought in Social Science and Systems Theory. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Richardson, R. (1996). Creating a Healthier Church: Family Systems Theory, Leadership and Congregational Life. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress
Roberts, E. B. [Ed.] (1981). Managerial Applications of System Dynamics. Norwalk, CT: Productivity Press.
Ross, H. (1996). Beyond the Cosmos. Colorado Springs, CO: NAVPRESS.
Rothschild, M. (1990). Bionomics: Economy as Ecosystem. NY: Henry Holt & Co., Inc.
Rubinyl, P. (1997). Unchaining the Chain of Command. Menlo Park, CA: Crisp Publications, Inc.
Rummler, G. & Brache, A. P. (1990). Improving Performance. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Sanders, T. I. (1998). Strategic Thinking and the New Science: Planning in the Midst of Chaos, Complexity, and Change. NY: Free Press.
Scarre, C. (1995). Beyond Einstein: The Cosmic Quest for the Theory of Everything. NY: Anchor.
Schneider, S. H. (1997). Laboratory Earth: The Planetary Gamble We Can’t Afford to Lose. NY: Basic Books.
Scott, W. R. (1992) [3rd Edition]. Organizations: Rational, Natural, and Open Systems. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Senge, P. et al. (1999). The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations. NY: Doubleday/Currency.
Senge, P. M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. NY: Doubleday/Currency.
Senge, P. M., Roberts, C., Ross, R. B., Smith, B. J. & Kleiner, A. (1994). The Fifth Discipline Field Book – Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization. NY: Doubleday/Currency.
Senge, P. M., Cambron-McCabe, N., Lucas, T., Smith, B., Dutton, J., Kleiner, A. (2000). A Fifth Discipline Resource: Schools that Learn. NY: Doubleday/Currency.
Shandler, D. (2000). Competency and the Learning Organization. Menlo Park, CA: Crisp Publications, Inc.
Shrode, W. A. & Voich, D., Jr. (1974). Organization and Management: Basic Systems Concepts. Homewood, IL: Irwin, Inc.
Simon, H. A. (1957). Models of Man. NY: Wiley.
Sims, H. P. & Gioia, D., [Eds.]. (1986). The Thinking Organization. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
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