elviejo79 5 years ago

The Fifth Discipline by Senge. Also a great introduction to systems thinking.

Also everything written by Goldratt.

In particular: The Goal and It's not luck Both are business novels, they read lightly but the lessons are profound.

  • el_dev_hell 5 years ago

    The Goal is both insightful and hilarious.

    The system-oriented lessons/examples are great. The 80s style dialogues, integrations, and throwbacks are fun sideshows.

no_identd 5 years ago

Depends, do you have ~$500 to spare?

I ask because the single best book on cybernetics (and I mean it, it feels a tad bit absurd how much better than other works on the topic it seems to me) costs roughly that, isn't available on Libgen, and nobody dares mention it anywhere in fear of driving prices on used copies up, because nobody wants the publisher to get any money for it, cause while they sure charge a lot for it, they actively hampered efforts by the original authors for a new edition of the book. (The rights to it eventually did end up in the right hands - a decade too late.)

If you wanna know why we don't see widespread adaption of systems thinking, it seems almost singularly caused by the nega-butterfly effect of that book not sitting on Libgen & having a price tag on it so gigantic people don't even wanna talk about it.

So ironic, makes me want to puke.

HiroshiSan 5 years ago

Hey I just bought this book, at the back she gives a great suggested reading list, I encourage you to take a look and pick one that sparks your interest :).

  • yash8141 5 years ago

    yes I have seen that but as said in question I am looking some mathy and programming of systems,if not that then something different according to the reader liked.

    • Jtsummers 5 years ago

      Sterman's "Business Dynamics" may be of interest to you, but it's pricey. You may be able to find a PDF online. Morecroft's "Strategic Modelling and Business Dynamics" is available on Safari Books Online if you have a subscription.

      • yash8141 5 years ago

        both books look good.Thanks

enkiv2 5 years ago

I'll do you one better, and give you a whole bibliography: http://pcp.vub.ac.be/CSBOOKS.html

Some of the books on that list aren't readily available, because as cybernetics went out of style they went out of print.