1. Editorial

   • Robert L. Flood

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 2

2. The art of practicing what we preach

   • Thomas A. Cowan

   Guest Editorial Pages: 3 - 6

3. Productivity and learning

   • Michael C. Geoghegan
   • Russell L. Ackoff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 10

4. Assumptional analysis: An elucidation and appraisal for systems practitioners

   • Michael C. Jackson

   Papers Pages: 11 - 28

5. The interplay of theory and practice in the ongoing development of soft systems thinking: An illustration and case study from sports management

   • Paul Ledington

   Papers Pages: 29 - 45

6. Cybernetics and suprahuman autopoietic systems

   • Fenton F. Robb

   Papers Pages: 47 - 74

7. Six scenarios for the future of systems “problem solving”

   • R. L. Flood

   Papers Pages: 75 - 99

8. Intermediate health care in a British inner city: An exercise in multiprofessional systems design

   • C. J. Atkinson
   • I. M. Stanley
   • P. E. Bundred

   Short Paper Pages: 101 - 115

9. Archaeology of (systems) inquiry

   • R. L. Flood

   Research Note Pages: 117 - 124

10. Letters to the editor

    • Lynda Davies

    Letter Pages: 125 - 128

11. Letters to the editor

    • Lynda Davies

    Letter Pages: 128 - 130

12. Book reviews

    • Paul Keys
    • J. H. Klein
    • D. West

    BookReview Pages: 131 - 141

13. News

    • Lynda Davies

    News Pages: 143 - 149