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Systems Thinking	Organizations, Friends & Associates
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Systems Thinking-oriented Web Sites
The Waters Center for System Dynamics at Trinity College helps teachers and school systems apply Systems thinking from kindergarten through graduate school programs.
Aerospace industry "organizational cartoonist" Michael Erickson shows how to wring the emotion from a systems diagram and put it onto the page.
Complex Systems in Organization Newsgroup For information contact Michael Lissak, Editor, Emergence: A Journal of Complexity Issues in Organizations and Management.
System Dynamics Mega Link List One of the most complete listings of systems thinking and system dynamics sites around.
System Dynamics in Education Based at MIT, this site is the central clearinghouse for the system dynamics work originated by Jay Forrester in the 1950s, and still vibrant today. It contains current research on system dynamics in the classroom, on MIT systems issues for organizations, companies, and society; and on system dynamics modelling. It also has a down-loadable self-study guide to learning system dynamics called Road Maps.
Systems Dynamics references Jay Forrester's extensive list - courtesy of Rick Karash's learning organization site. Anything you want to find you'll probably find here.
The Longwave and Social Cycles Resource Centre For everyone interested in Kondratieff waves and social cycles. The long wave of Nikolai Kondratiev incorporates population dynamics, innovation, economics, social movements, investment, popular culture, social structures of accumulation, generational and institutional change. It represents a key influence on system dynamics work.
Macroinnovation's Simulation site Download and test an interactive web-based simulation that allows you to experiment with the effects of various changes on a fictitious organization. Simulation was created using a set of system dynamics tools from High Performance Systems.
The Society for Organizational Learning An outgrowth of the MIT Center for Organizational Learning has courses, events, publications, and online learning and community groups.
The Sante Fe Institute's Update Links its research community and its supporters on current scientific activities. The monthly update carries news on complexity theory, information economics, and other research conducted by Institute members.
Pegasus Communications hosts the annual Systems Thinking in Action conference and publishes a wealth of systems thinking material.
High Performance Systems Developed the STELLA software for system dynamics and systems thinking learning. Great support, other products available.
Elin Whitney Smith interests have centered around how cultures and other systems evolve and change.
Gene Bellinger's WEB site A compendium of system archetypes, ideas, and attitude, contains the paper "Change Management: The Columbo Theory", which Rick Karash once deemed, "the hottest thing on the net."
Another form of "systems thinking," developed in the 1930s, is General Semantics, the study of the ways in which language, perceptions, and conscious and unconscious assumptions interrelate with actions.The Institute of General Semantics site is more focused on the work of one of the field's founders, Alfred Korzybski. The "Ladder of Inference," prominent in the Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, can be traced directly back to general semantics through S.I. Hayakawa. These links suggested by Pete Christopher.
Systemsprimer.com is a terrific site created by Dance of Change contributor John Shibley. Pages here will introduce the reader to the practice of organizaitonal learning, lead them through "how to draw a causal loop," and point them to other top-notch web links. John updates his site regularly with his own writing and reflection, which is always worth reading.
David Porush Faculty at Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute, has a fascinating "history lesson" on the relationship between systems thinking, technology, and 20th century philosophy.
Cliff Havener, whose book Meaning-The Secret of Being Alive was published this year by Beaver's Pond Press, has site worth checking out at http://www.forseekers.com

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