This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3- Good health and wellbeing. The paradigms of action theory and control theory dominate both science and practice, based on the belief ...

Systems theory was not originally a business theory. Indeed, systems theory was proposed in the 1940s by biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy, say Francis Heylighen and Cliff Joslyn in their article, ...

The term "systems thinking" refers to a management and operations approach where single business decisions are analyzed based on the systematic consequences they have. If a company invests in a new ...

The booming market for sustainable investment products and solutions is impressive: the US SIF Foundation reports a 42% increase in sustainable investment assets to over $17 trillion, representing ...

Workplanning usually involves a confluence of top-down and bottom-up approaches in many organizations. Some broad annual guidance is given by the CEO, with Finance providing a budget forecast based on ...

Charles Handy’s theory outlines four organizational cultures — power, role, task and person — each shaping how companies operate and employees interact.

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the brilliant new book by Scott Page, The Model Thinker. Page describes many models we can apply to data in efforts to understand our world and address complex ...

Systems Thinking is a way of looking at the way things are made in the world and understanding how processes influence one another in a larger system. Linear thinking is a narrow way of looking at the ...