Just a small collection of books and internet links:
Books on complexity
- D. Dörner "The Logic of failure" (a psychological
view on human's handling of complexity)
- P. Senge "The Fifth Discipline" (e.g. the system archetypes
that also come as example models with the MODELER and that explain
many dynamics of our world)
- E. Goldratt "The Goal" and "Critical Chain"
(explaining what our PROCESS MODELER means for processes and projects)
- E. Yourdon "The Death March" (how to handle complex
projects)
- D. Meadows et al "The Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update"
(a classic on the simulation of scenarios on global developments)
Books on qualitative modeling
- F. Vester "The art of interconnected thinking" (founder
of the sensitivity model)
Books on quantitative modeling
- J. D. Sterman "Business Dynamics" (the extremely useful
standard reference on system dynamics)
- T. Williams "Modelling Complex Projects" (fairly academic
approach)
Books on systems theory
- M. C. Jackson "Systems Approaches to Management" (a
comprehensive overview)
- A. Koestler "Janus - a summing up" (the theory of
open hierarchical systems (OHS) and holonic systems, quite similar
to KNOW-WHY-thinking)
- J. Gharajedaghi "Systems Thinking" (amongst others
a comparable method to Kai Neumann's idealized systems design)
Collection of internet links
- Spin:
great parable on the consultancy business
- Mindwalk:
a movie by Capra
- There are a number of videos on youtube ... just search for
"Consideo"
