A PSM Reading List

  • Ackermann, F., & Eden, C. (2011). Making strategy: mapping out strategic success (2nd ed.). Sage: London.
  • Baert, P. (2005). Philosophy of the social sciences : towards pragmatism. Polity: Cambridge.
  • Callon, M., Lascoumes, P., & Barthe, Y. (2009). Acting in an uncertain world : an essay on technicaldemocracy. MIT: Cambridge, Mass.
  • Checkland, P. (1999). Systems thinking, systems practice: Includes a 30-year retrospective. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.
  • Checkland, P., & Poulter, J. (2006). Learning for action : a short definitive account of soft systems methodology,and its use for practitioner, teachers and students. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.
  • Checkland, P., & Scholes, J. (1999). Soft Systems Methodology in Action: Including a 30-year retrospective. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.
  • Conklin, J. (2006). Dialogue mapping : building shared understanding of wicked problems. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.
  • Eden, C., Jones, S., & Sims, D. (1983). Messing about in problems : an informal structured approach to their identification and management. Pergamon: Oxford.
  • Friend, J., & Hickling, A. (2005). Planning under pressure : the strategic choice approach (3rd ed.). Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann: Oxford.
  • Keys, P. (Ed.). (1995). Understanding the process of operational research : collected readings. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.
  • Kilgour, D. M., & Eden, C. (Eds.). (2020). Handbook of Group Decision and Negotiation. Springer International Publishing: Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12051-1
  • Morecroft, J. (2007). Strategic modelling and business dynamics : a feedback systems approach. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.
  • Pidd, M. (Ed.). (2004). Systems modelling : theory and practice. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.
  • Pidd, M. (2009). Tools for thinking : modelling in management science (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.
  • Rosenhead, J. (Ed.). (1989). Rational analysis for a problematic world : problem structuring methods for complexity, uncertainty and conflict. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.
  • Rosenhead, J., & Mingers, J. (Eds.). (2001). Rational analysis for a problematic world revisited : problem structuring methods for complexity, uncertainty and conflict (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.
  • Salhi, S., & Boylan, J. (Eds.). (2022). The Palgrave Handbook of Operations Research. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-96935-6.
  • Senge, P. M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. Random House: London.
  • Vennix, J. (1996). Group Model Building: Facilitating Team Learning Using System Dynamics. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.
  • Yearworth, M. (2024). Problem Structuring : Methodology in Practice. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.