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Note: Any work dedicated to optimizing the system, as opposed to optimizing the parts of the system fits into this category. I have listed a few to represent the idea. From the management perspective, I think Deming's theory of profound knowledge is the most important work in this area, but there are others. The concepts of just-in-time, total quality management, the theory of constraints, the fifth discipline or learning organization, and the balanced scorecard might also fit this topic, although some may disagree. |
Ackoff, R. L. 1967. Management misinformation systems. Management Science (December): B147-B156. (JSTOR link).
Ackoff, R. L. 1968. Toward an idealized university. Management Science (December): B121-B131. (JSTOR link).
Baker, E. M. 1999. Scoring a Whole in One: People in Enterprise Playing in Concert (Best Management Practices). Crisp Publications. (Contents).
Barrett, D. 2007. Paradigm shifts for the twenty-first century management science. Cost Management (November/December): 5-11.
Bateson, G. 1981. Paradigmatic conservatism. In Rigor & Imagination: Essays from the Legacy of Gregory Bateson, edited by C. Wilder-Mott and J. H. Weakland. Praeger Publishers: 347-355.
Bateson, G. 1991. Sacred Unity: Further Steps to an Ecology of Mind. Harper Collins.
Bateson, G. 2000. Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology. University of Chicago Press.
Bateson, G. 2002. Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity (Advances in Systems Theory, Complexity, and the Human Sciences). Hampton Pr. (Originally published in 1980).
Bensaou, M. and M. Earl. 1998. The right mind-set for managing information technology. Harvard Business Review (September-October): 119-128. (Summary).
Capra, F. 1997. The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems
Capra, F. 2004. The
Hidden Connections: A Science for Sustainable Living
Carlson, A. E. 1967. Budgeting vs. total systems concept. Management Accounting (February): 52-54.
Castellano, J. F., S. Young and H. A. Roehm. 2002. Teaching business as a system. Management Accounting Quarterly (Summer): 1-5. All of the articles in this issue start on page 1. (Summary).
Christopher, W. 2003. Systems structure & system thinking for improving results in a world of change. Cost Management (July/August): 44-.
Cohen, J. R. and L. L. Holder-Webb. 2006. Rethinking the influence of agency theory in the accounting academy. Issues In Accounting Education (February): 17-30.
De Geus, A. 1999. The living company. Harvard Business Review (March-April): 51-59. (Summary).
DeGeus, A. 2002. The Living Company: Habits for Survival in a Turbulent Business Environment. Harvard Business School Press.
Deming, W. E. 1986. Out of the Crisis. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Advanced Engineering Study.
Deming, W. E. 1993. The New Economics for Industry For Industry, Government & Education. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Advanced Engineering Study. (Summary).
Dror, Y. 1970. Systems analysis and national modernization decisions. The Academy of Management Journal 13(2): 139-152. (JSTOR link).
Duncan, D. M. 1972. James G. Miller's living systems theory: Issues for management thought and practice. The Academy of Management Journal 15(4): 513-523. (JSTOR link).
Ehrenfeld, J. 2004. Searching for sustainability: No quick fix. Reflections: The Sol Journal of Knowledge, Learning, and Change 5(8): 137-149.
Eppen, G. D. 1965. A dynamic analysis of a class of deteriorating systems. Management Science (November): 223-240. (JSTOR link).
Feigenbaum, D. S. and M. W. Sasieni. 1968. The engineering and management of an effective system. Management Science (August): B721-B732. (JSTOR link).
Flood, R. L. 1999. Rethinking the Fifth Discipline. Routledge.
Garvin, D. A., A. C. Edmondson and F. Gino. 2008. Is yours a learning organization? Harvard Business Review (March): 109-116.
Greenberg, P. S. 1997. Using a systems framework to develop higher level thinking skills in cost/management accounting: Experimental evidence. Journal of Accounting Education 15(4): 559-575.
Harries-Jones, P. 1995. A Recursive Vision: Ecological Understanding and Gregory Bateson. University of Toronto Press.
Johnson, H. T. 1997. A different perspective on quality: Bringing management to life. Deming Electronic Network Keynote address. http://deming.ces.clemson.edu/pub/den/deming_johnson1.htm. (DEN link).
Johnson, H. T. 2004. Confronting the tyranny of management by numbers: How business can deliver the results we care about most. Reflections: The Sol Journal of Knowledge, Learning, and Change 5(4): 51-61.
Johnson, H. T. 2006. Lean accounting: To become lean, shed accounting. Cost Management (January/February): 6-17. (Summary).
Johnson, H. T. 2006. Sustainability and "Lean Operations". Cost Management (March/April): 40-45. (Summary).
Johnson, H. T. and A. Broms. 2000. Profit Beyond Measure: Extraordinary Results through Attention to Work and People. New York: The Free Press. (Summary).
Johnson, R. A., F. E. Kast and J. E. Rosenzweig. 1964. Systems theory and management. Management Science (January): 367-384. (JSTOR link).
Kast, F. E. and J. E. Rosenzweig. 1972. General systems theory: Applications for organization and management. The Academy of Management Journal 15(4): 447-465. (JSTOR link).
Laszlo, E. 1996. The
Systems View of the World: A Holistic Vision for Our Time (Advances in Systems
Theory, Complexity, and the Human Sciences)
Lynton, R. P. 1969. Linking an innovative subsystem into the system. Administrative Science Quarterly 14(3): 398-416. (JSTOR link).
Mantell, L. H. 1968. A note on systems theory and the idea of interface. The Academy of Management Journal 11(1): 126-128. (JSTOR link).
McClary, E. S. 1933. Accident prevention. N.A.C.A. Bulletin (March 1): 1007-1014.
Meadows, D. H. 2008. Thinking in Systems: A Primer. Chelsea Green Publishing.
Mullin, R. F. 2006. Spotting quality: A quality management view. Decision Line (March): 19-26. (Link).
Peery, N. S. Jr. 1972. General systems theory: An inquiry into its social philosophy. The Academy of Management Journal 15(4): 495-510. (JSTOR link).
Phillips, D. C. 1969. Systems theory - A discredited philosophy. Abacus 5(1): 3-15.
Phillips, D. C. 1972. The methodological basis of systems theory. The Academy of Management Journal 15(4): 469-477. (JSTOR link).
Pondy, L. R. 1966. A systems theory of organizational conflict. The Academy of Management Journal 9(3): 246-256. (JSTOR link).
Ratnatunga, J. and M. Ariff. 2005. Editorial: Towards a holistic model of corporate governance. Journal of Applied Management Accounting Research (Winter): 1-16.
Rieber, R. W. Editor. 2003. The Individual, Communication, and Society: Essays in Memory of Gregory Bateson. Cambridge University Press.
Schueler, R. H. 1974. The systems concept. Management Accounting (June): 33-34, 42.
Senge, P. M. 1990. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York, NY: Doubleday. (Summary).
Senge, P. M. 2008. The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organisations are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World. Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd.
Senge, P. M., A. Kleiner, C. Roberts, G. Roth, R. Ross and B. Smith. 1999. The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations. Doubleday.
Senge, P. M., C. O. Scharmer, J. Jaworski and B. S. Flowers. 2004. Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future. Sol.
Simonin, B. L. 1997. The importance of collaborative know-how: An empirical test of the learning organization. The Academy of Management Journal 40(5): 1150-1174. (JSTOR link).
Spear, S. and H. K. Bowen. 1999. Decoding the DNA of the Toyota production system. Harvard Business Review (September-October): 97-106. (Summary).
Steele, F. R. C. 1921. Limitations of system. Journal of Accountancy (January): 21-29.
Stimpert, J. L. and I. M. Duhaime. 1997. Seeing the big picture: The influence of industry, diversification, and business strategy on performance. The Academy of Management Journal 40(3): 560-583. (JSTOR link).
Thayer, F. 1972. General system(s) theory: The promise that could not be kept. The Academy of Management Journal 15(4): 481-493. (JSTOR link).
Von Bertalanffy, L. 1972. The history and status of general systems theory. The Academy of Management Journal 15(4): 407-426. (JSTOR link).
Waddock, S. 2005. Hollow men and women at the helm ... Hollow accounting ethics? Issues in Accounting Education (May): 145-150. (Summary).
Wren, D. A. 1968. A note on systems theory and the idea of interface: Reply. The Academy of Management Journal 11(1): 128-129. (JSTOR link).
Zink, K. J. 1995. Total Quality Management as a Holistic Management Concept. Springer.
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