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IStEMsS ESEARC EH and EHAVIORAL CIENGE EDITORIAL EXECUTIVE BOARD DITOR-IN-CHIEE ASSOCIATE EDITORS HONORARY EDITORS R.L. Flood University of Hull, UK B.H. Banathy ient, International Systems Instit R. Glanville CybernEthics Researct K. (Spe rojects G. Chroust § J.N. Warfield Integrative Scien G. de Zeeuw Universit) EDITORIAL BOARD R.L. Ackoff, INTERAC SA Y. Nakamor K. Bailey, | J. Brocklesby P. B. Checkland, ( J. Chen, Tsinghua 4. Christakis, ( D. P. Dash D. M. Dubois K. Ellis, Cit Erivatno C. Francois, I. Georgiou, Universidade Estadual d lo da I i, Bra lr. Ryan J. van Gigch, ¢ ornia State | rs SA K. Samuelson M. Hebel, Simfonec, Cass | ) k C. Standing E. G. Herrscher, IDEA, Arger a F. Stowell J. K.K . Ho, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sushil,| J. Holloway, Open University Business Sch K G. A. Swanson K. Kijima, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Jap 4. Taket, So D. C. Lane, LSE, UI R. Trappl A. Laszlo, Syntony Q USA L.R. Troncale K. C. Laszlo, ITESM oO D. Tsagdis, M 4. D. Leonard, The Complementary Set rol anad I. Tsivacou E. Lleras, Universidad de Los Andes, ¢ nbiz R. A. R. Ulloa H.A. Linstone, Portland State University \ W. Ulrich J. McIntyre, Flinders University, Australia S. Umpleby G. Minati, University of Rome, Italy S. Weil, University Colle Northampton, UK M. Mulej, University of Maribor, Slovenia L.D. Xu, Old Dominien University, USA SYSTEMS RESEARCH anit ] BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE MEMBER ORGANISATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR SYSTEMS RESEARCH (IFSR) www. ifsr.org) y for Cybernetics International Systems Institute ntina de Teoria General de Sistemas y Cibernetica Italian Association for Research on Systems le Systemas y Cibernetica Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems St ence des Systemes Cybernetiques, Cognitits Korean Society for Systems Science Research Learned Society of Praxiology (The) (Poland nd New Zealand Systems Group Management Science Society of Ireland or Systems Research Osterreichische Studiengesellschaft fiir Kybernetik ncursion and Anticipation in Ordered Systems (Belgium Polish Systems Society. yciety (The) UK. Slovenian Society for Systems Research t fiir Wirtschafts und Sozialkybernetik (Germany Sociedad Espanola de Sistemas Generales ite of Flexible Systems Management (India Systems Engineering Society (China le Sistemas (Peru Systemgroep Nederland. United Kingdom Systems Soci Ss4 Sample Copies Services Advertisements and Bulk Reprints ent yf W Production Information Production Editor General Enquiries Production Details I I yuthern Gate licals postage paid at Jamaica NY11431. Air ithout the ri n in writing of the n the SA by Publications Expediting Inc., 200 Meachar NY 11003, USA $sn ot permitted except for pers I ise, t USA POSTMASTER—please send address changes to System tted by national copyright law, or under the terms of a Behavioral Science, c/o Publications Expediting Inc., 200 Meacham Ave the national Reproduction Rights Organization (such as Elmont, NY 11003, USA TSLEMS RSC ABRGH and EnAV FOR AL CIENCE VOLUME 20, ISSUE Nos. Volume 20 Number | January—February 2003 Editorial {manda Gregor Critical Systems Thinking as a lage, IA nowlei agiecy Fel Ga’ o, Mefnong Li a4n7 d YYno shiteruy \ NakLaasm or \ Proposed Taxonomy of Management Systems Reto Felix The Measurement of 7 7 Gerard J Measuring the ' | Work of Obituary — Stafford Beer Obitut ary March-April 2003 103 teerr ri Innff, ormnaatt ion osophical Reflections \ hite \ Critical Systems Intervention to Improve the Implementation of a District Health System in KwaZulu-Natal SsL4En0 1 Lut iv Volume Contents 163 Economy of Communion: Systemic Factors in the Rise of a New Entrepreneurship Keith T. Linard 177 Paradigmatic Metamorphosis and Organizational Development Maurice Yolles and Kaijun Guo Multilevel Webs Stretched Across Time: Retroactive and Proactive Inter-Influences Christine Hardy News Book Review Call for Papers — James and Jessie Miller Memorial Issue Volume 20 Number 3 May—June 2003 Obituary — Dr James Grier Miller Editorial Mike C. Jackson Diversity Management in Organizational Change: Towards a Systemic Framework Guangming Cao, Steve Clarke and Brian Lehaney Factors That Induce Change in Information Systems Anders Malmsjé and Erika Ovelius Soft Systems Methodology and Dialectics in an Information Environment: \ Case Study of the Battle of Britain Bruce Robinson and Francis Wilson Unidimensional Life Roland Fivaz Terrorism: A Systemic View Russell L. Ackoff and Johan P. Striimpfer Boe yk Review News Call for Papers — James and Jessie Miller Memorial Issue Volume 20 Number 4 July-August 2003 Special Issue: Conscious Evolution Guest Editor: Bela H. Banathy Editorial: Our Challenge in the 21st Century: Conscious, Self-Guided Evolution Bela H. Banathy Self-Guided/Conscious Evolution Bela H. Banathy The Self-Guiding Evolution of Civilizations Duane Elgin Integral Science: Rethinking Civilization Using the Learning Universe Lens S. J. Goerner Volume Contents v 359 Conscious Evolution: The Next Stage of Human Development Barbara Marx Hubbard Boundary-Spanning Dialogue for the 211 st-Century Agoras Alexander N. Christakis and Sabrina Brahms Volume 20 Number 5 September—October 2003 Editorial: Systems Thinking: Managing Complexity and Change Peter J. Murray and Zhichang Zhu Chaos and Complexity Theory in Management: An Exploration from a Critical Systems rhinking Perspective Maria Carolina Ortecxg 6n-Monroy Living Systems Science Methodology for Managing Complexity and Change James R. Simms So What’s New About Complexity? Peter J. Murray Study on the Chaos Model of Liquidity in the Stock Market You Chen and Song Xuefeng Chaos and Order Through Fluctuations in Global Capitalism in the 21st Century Yong Pil Rhee Uncovering System Teleology: A Case for Reading Unconscious Patterns of Purposive Intent in Organizations Pamela Buckle A Three-Phase Design Methodology for Complex Social Systems Ya Li and Xibin Li Book Review Call for Papers — Special Issue on Enterprise Resources Planning and Complex Systems Research Volume 20 Number 6 November—December 2003 459 Editorial Mike C. Jackson 461 Guest Editorial: Celebrating a Master On the Occasion of C. West Churchman’s 90th Birthday John P. van Gigch The Legacy of C. West Churchman: A Framework for Social Systems Assessments Harold G. Nelson Identification of Normative Sources for Systems Thinking: An Inquiry into Religious Ground-Motives for Systems Thinking Paradigms Darek M. Eriksson Participatory Democracy: Drawing on C. West Churchman’s Thinking When Making Public Policy Janet J. McIntyre The Paradigm of the Science of Management and of the Management Science Disciplines Jonn P. van Gigch vi Volume Contents A Proposal for Systems Science John N. Warfield furtles All the Way Down: Outlines for a Dynamic Theory of Epistemology Yair Neuman Letter to the Editor: Tribute to Stafford Beer N rman K. Powell Letter to the Editor Janos Korn Book Review Author Index Keyword Index Volume Contents