Swenson's Pages on Systems

Change Drivers (overview of large scale forces driving change in organizations)

Knowledge Management (journals, articles, current review)

Revenge Effects (Swenson's collection of examples: Unintended consequences, paradoxical effects)

Solution-Focused Problem Solving (SFPS) is an approach to framing problems in terms of their solutions or outcomes. Traditional problem-focused approaches may entrench a group in viewing the problem from a perspective that defies solution. A solution oriented approach enables reframing and innovative approaches. This article by Swenson & Anstett describes the limitations of the traditional approach, advantages of SFPS, and describes the questions that can be used to elicit an outcome structure.
Innovations and Inventions. Some interesting developments and discoveries that can occur when one thinks outside the boundaries.
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The Learning Organization

Learning Organizations (article on LO with emphasis on teams, skills, and rationale)
Transforming into a LO.
Index of LO websites-- Good list of primarily organizational and community-based sites
Key concepts and practices of the LO-- nice synopsis by David Skyrme.
LO & Knowledge Management List--extensive links, primarily to organizations
The Learning Organization-- Canadian government document clearly outlining the concept
Timeline of LO concepts--nice historical view of key players and events
Research linking LO and organizational performance--finally! a study...

PowerSim (download a system modeling program demo)

New paradigm of the LO.

Coping with changes: The LO, new economy, and knowledge management. long paper

Characteristics of a LO--includes a brief assessment tool

MIT Microworlds Education Project
Book review of Senge's The Fifth Discipline
Perspectives on organizational learning
Learning Organization Resources on the Web
The Enfold Archive. Archive of LO papers and links

The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies, tools, techniques, and worksheets for the learning organization.

Paul Meising's Page on Organizational Learning (organizations, consultants, articles, newsgroups, listservs)
Using "Fixes that Fail" to Get Off the Problem-Solving Treadmill (article from The Systems Thinker)
Air Force STARS Program in Organizational Learning. Good brief descriptions of Senge's five disciplines and their application in a program.
Society for Organizational Learning
Organizational learning and information systems
The Learning Organizations Homepage
Ideas on Learning Organization (IBM article)
Bibliography on Learning organization (with team emphasis)
Bateson on the organizational learning
Jeri's System Thinking Research
System Dynamics Mega Link List (large link collection)
Info on the Organizational Learning Inventory
NASA-Langley Systems Thinking Page

Simulations & Software

The Beer Game (Classic systems bind discussed by Senge in The Fifth Discipline)

The Beer Game  (instructions, supplies, graphs, etc.)

Online simulation of the beer game (requires Java plugin)

Sample order & inventory charts
Beer game for large groups

Experiential Learning Activities for Operations Management (inventory, quality control, assembly line, etc.)
System Dynamics Model Library (collection of models by Ventana)
Vensim (dynamic simulator by Ventana)

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Reflective Practice

Reflective practice: definitions, bibliography and online resources
Experiential learning cycle (overview of several approaches: Kolb, Lewin, Honey & Mumford, Hudson, etc., and links to the Learning Style Inventory.

Complexity & Chaos

Complexity & Artificial Life Research Concept for Self-Organizing Systems
Complexity International
Applying complex & adaptive systems to organizations and management
Michael Lissack's Work on Complexity & Management
Emergence: A new journal on complexity
     Sample articles from Emergence
Primer on Complexity Theory
Business Process Resource Center on Complexity
Fractal Gallery
Hypertext bibliography of measure of complexity
The Chaos Think Site
Images of Chaos
Chaos Theory & Management
Chaos & Complexity Theory (course articles & links)
Serendip Complex Systems
Man from Chaos (Fast Company article on losing control)
Chaos Thinksite
Cybernetics, Systems Theory and Complexity
Chaos & complexity theory website

Other Sites on Systems Theory
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Principia Cybernetica (Good place to start: definitions, explanations, & links)
Self Organizing Systems FAQ (excellent discussion)
Mailing lists and news groups on cybernetics and systems
Whole Systems Homepage (multidisciplinary links, some "new age")