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ANZSYS Conferences

  • ANZAM 2012
  • ANZSYS'07 photos
  • ANZSYS'10 Conference Melbourne
  • ANZSYS'09/ISSS'09 Brisbane
  • ANZSYS'08 Conference
  • ANZSYS'07 Conference
  • ANZSYS'06 Conference
  • ANZSYS'05 Conference
  • ANZSYS'03 Conference papers
  • ANZSYS'02 Mooloolaba photos
  • 17th ICSD & 5th ANZSYS conference 1999

other-conferences

  • RSD3 2014
  • IFSR Conv 2014
  • 2011 ISDC
  • Systems publications

ANZSYS Affiliated to IFSR

ANZSYS is now an affiliate of the International Federation of Systems Research (IFSR). IFSR is an established organisation with its own press and journal (Systems  Research and Behavioural Science). The contact person for IFSR in ANZSYS is Victor MacGill (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) with Terence Love (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) as secondary contact.

Proceedings: Relating Systems Thinking and Design 2014 Symposium

The Relating Systems and Design 2014 proceedings are from a symposium organised by the Systemic Design Research Network, published by the Oslo School of Architecture and Design and edited by Birger Sevaldson and Peter Jones.

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Book: Systems Concepts in Action

The book Systems Concepts In Action : A Practitioner's Toolkit by Richard Hummelbrunner and Bob Williams is focused on the practical use of systems ideas. It describes 19 commonly used systems approaches, complete with case studies, variations and discussion of each approach's pros and cons. Each chapter begins with a set of questions that the particular method addresses.

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Ashby aphorism cards

Ross Ashby photoRoss Ashby left a collection of cards with short pithy and often entertaining aphorisms or truth snippets. Fascinating and useful they give insight into Ross' thinking. The members of the Ashby Estate have collected them together into groups and transcribed them at:

http://www.rossashby.info/aphorisms.html

DISCOUNT! Systems Thinking by Bill Hutchinson

Book Discount! Praxis Education is offering ANZSYS members and friends a 50% discount ($4.99) on the last of the original first edition copies of Systems Thinking and Associated Methodologies by Bill Hutchinson, one of the founders of ANZSYS. To buy use the coupon ANZSYS in the online bookshop at https://www.praxiseducation.com/index.php/product/10-systems-thinking-and-associated-methodologies-book

Systems and Organisation Management (lectures)

A series of 40 lectures in 3 modules about the use of Systems  in Organization Management by Prof. Vinayshil Gautam, Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi. Here is the first lecture:


For access to all the lectures go to:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCD408E74E6E853F3

Made available by the by the National Programme of Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) of the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.  See http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Soft Systems - Dr John Mackness

Video of Dr John Mackness discussing Soft Systems Methodology. John is a colleague of Peter Checkland

Complex Systems Society

complex systems society logoThe Complex Systems Society promotes complex systems research, advises on  complex systems education, and the relationships between complex systems and society by linking complex systems scientists of different countries. CSS also contains the Complex Systems Registry.

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Insight Maker Free Online Software

Insight Maker logoInsight Maker is a free online systems modelling software.  The online software provides a variety of systems modelling tools and is particularly strong in Systems Dynamics and Agent-based modelling. The website also contains many useful sample models and simulations. The cost is your model/simulation is available to Insight Maker.

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System Dynamics and Strategy

Lecture - Reflections on System Dynamics and Strategy by John Morecroft, London Business School

 

Book - complex systems & human evolution

New systems book 'Gonna Lay Down My Sword and Shield: A Complexity Perspective on Human Evolution from a Violent Past to a Compassionate Future' by Victor R. D. MacGill.  Comment by Alexander Lazlo, President ISSS 'MacGill provides an accessible entrée for the thinking and caring person wishing to make sense of an increasingly complex and apparently chaotic world.'

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  8. Work of John Bowlby
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