1. Important announcement

   Announcement Pages: 369 - 369

2. Editorial

   • R. L. Flood

   EditorialNotes Pages: 371 - 373

3. Ackoff's fables: Very short stories with very sharp points: All Mantua is divided into seven parts

   • Russell L. Ackoff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 375 - 377

4. Critical introductory notes on farming systems research in developing third world agriculture

   • Roland Brouwer
   • Kees Jansen

   Papers Pages: 379 - 395

5. Systems practice from the start: Some experiences in a biotechnology company

   • Gerard H. Fairtlough

   Papers Pages: 397 - 412

6. Forerunners and backwardness

   • Istvan Kiss

   East European Articles Guest Editorial Pages: 413 - 417

7. Glimpses of Soviet Systems thinking: A Moscow diary

   • P. B. Checkland

   East European Articles Pages: 419 - 421

8. The practical use of a systems approach in large-scale designing

   • Jaroslav Vlček
   • Jan Petr

   East European Articles Pages: 423 - 432

9. Constancy and change: Flexible organization structures

   • Vladimir Rapoport

   East European Articles Pages: 433 - 450

10. Book reviews

    • Bela H. Banathy
    • Bela A. Banathy
    • Peter Checkland

    BookReview Pages: 451 - 458

11. News

    News Pages: 459 - 459