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Special Edition
Proceedings of a Workshop on The Systems Practice for Managing Complexity (SPMC) Network
The special edition, No. 23, Nov 2001 (pdf file) is available to all visitors.
It covers an initial stakeholder workshop for an EPSRC (Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council) funded project called “Systems Practice for Managing Complexity Network” (SPMC).
Contents:
- Editorial - Ray Ison, and Frank Stowell
- The Workshop
- Connectivity and Judgement – Complexity Skills for High Performance Organisations
- David Robertson, Professor of Public Policy and Education, Liverpool John Moores University
- Systems Thinking and the Practice of Government
- Geoff Mulgan, Director, Performance and Innovation Unit, Cabinet Office
- The Submission Revisited:
- Systems Practice for Managing Complexity, Ray Ison, Rosalind Armson and Frank Stowell
- An Introduction to ‘Systems’, Jake Chapman
Submission of material to The Systemist
Work submitted to Systemist is usually refereed though it can be published without review if the authors wish. However, the Editor reserves the right to refuse to publish any work deemed to be of a low standard. This policy allows us to publish valuable accounts of various applications of systems thinking and personal accounts of those experiences as well as the more traditional refereed papers.
If you wish to submit a paper or have any enquiries regarding submissions to the journal please contact the Editor or Assistant Editor:
Vice President & Editor of Systemist: Professor Frank Stowell
Dept of Information Systems and Computer Applications, Burnaby Terrace, 1-8 Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, Hants, PO1 3AE
Tel: +44 (0) 2392 846021, Email: frank.stowell@port.ac.uk
Deputy Editor Systemist: Laurence Brooks
Email: laurence.brooks@brunel.ac.uk
Where possible all material should be submitted in Microsoft Word on a floppy disk and accompanied by a hard-copy version to the Editor at the above address.
A title page must be provided and should include the title of the paper, author’s name, affiliation, address and abstract of 100-150 words. Authors should include the names and addresses of two domain experts who are willing to act as referees for the submitted paper. Papers should conform to a recognised referencing standard.
The material published in Systemist does not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Directors, or the Editor. The responsibility for the contents of any material published within Systemist remains with the author, as does the copyright for that material.
The Editor reserves the right to select material and to make amendments where necessary.
Systemist:ISSN 0961-8309
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