Systems Thinking

About the Book Series

Systems Thinking theory and practice is gaining ground in the worlds of social policy and management.

The Routledge Systems Thinking series is designed to make this complex subject as easy for busy practitioners and researchers to understand as possible. It provides range of reference books, textbooks and research books on a range of themes in systems thinking, from theoretical introductions to the systems thinking approach and its history, through practical guides to the implementation of systems thinking in the world, through to in depth case studies that are significant for their profound impact.

This series is an essential reference point for anyone looking for innovative ways to effect systemic change, or engaging with complex problems. 　

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The Ethics of Human Systems: Creating Economic Value with Impact for Good

1st Edition

By Manel Pretel-Wilson
July 29, 2025

Addressing major social and ecological issues, this book establishes the field of ethics as a fundamental science that cannot be separated from economics and business. In particular, it redefines the nature of good investments which, besides being profitable, have to realize values as opposed to ...

Ritual and Systems Thinking: Managing an Initial Encounter

1st Edition

By José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón
May 27, 2025

To many individuals and organisations, situations generated by the world coronavirus pandemic have posed challenges and opportunities. We need to rethink how we interact with each other and with our natural environments. This book offers a way forward by proposing the use of rituals insight: ...

Managing Multi-Dimensional Complexities in Organizations: From Problem-Solving to System-Optimization with the Dimensions Surfacing Heuristics

1st Edition

By Mehaad A. Tegally
April 01, 2025

Presenting a novel Systems Thinking methodology, this book serves as an essential guide to all those researching and practicing in a management, decision-making, or supervisory position who are facing multi-dimensional complex problems. The author presents critical systems thinking methods to ...

The Management Thought of Louis R. Pondy: Reclaiming the Enthinkment Path

1st Edition

By David M. Boje
January 30, 2025

Louis R. Pondy was a leading management and organizational studies scholar whose work on open systems helped launch and define the future of the field. This book offers an assessment of Pondy’s contribution, through critical reflection on what happened to the relationship between conflict theory ...

Systems Theory and Agile Brand Management: The Educative View of Branding

1st Edition

By Jan Lies
June 21, 2024

Brands started out as communication tools to influence the image of companies or products (inside-out thinking) but have developed into channels of social forces. Powerful brands impact not just customer decisions but also markets and social institutions, such as fashion trends, city life, or even ...

Holistic Flexibility for Systems Thinking and Practice

1st Edition

By Rajneesh Chowdhury
June 14, 2024

This book explores how the conceptual lens of Holistic Flexibility presents new advancements in systems thinking. Systems thinking is often associated with frameworks and methodologies that often confine the discipline to academic circles in operations research and management science (OR/MS). ...

Engaged Decision Making: From Team Knowledge to Team Decisions

1st Edition

By Etiënne A. J. A. Rouwette, L. Alberto Franco
April 11, 2024

In the knowledge economy, teams play a central role in decisions made within and across organisations. The reason why teams with diverse compositions are often used is arguably their ability to develop solutions that none of their members could have produced alone. Systems design, strategy and ...

Sustainable Self-Governance in Businesses and Society: The Viable System Model in Action

1st Edition

By Angela Espinosa
December 19, 2022

Sustainable Self-Governance in Businesses and Society offers a sound introduction to Stafford Beer’s Viable System Model (VSM) and clarifies its relevance to support organisational sustainability and self-governance. While the VSM has been known since the early 1980s, it hasn’t been always easy to ...

Buddhist and Taoist Systems Thinking: The Natural Path to Sustainable Transformation

1st Edition

By Josep M. Coll
July 14, 2021

Buddhist and Taoist Systems Thinking explores a radical new conception of business and management. It is grounded on the reconnection of humans with nature as the new competitive advantage for living organizations and entrepreneurs that aspire to regenerate the economy and drive a positive impact ...

The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking: Governance in a Climate Emergency

1st Edition

By Ray Ison, Ed Straw
March 18, 2020

The Hidden Power of Systems Thinking: Governance in a Climate Emergency is a persuasive, lively book that shows how systems thinking can be harnessed to effect profound, complex change. In the age of the Anthropocene, the need for new ways of thinking and acting has become urgent. But patterns of ...