1. Editorial: Special issue on nonhierarchical organizations

   • Mike C. Jackson

   EditorialNotes Pages: 107 - 108

2. Philosophy as I remember it: Fichte

   • Russell L. Ackoff

   EditorialNotes Pages: 109 - 110

3. Introduction to special papers on problem alleviation in nonhierarchical organizations

   • C. Eden
   • M. C. Jackson
   • R. Tomlinson

   Papers Pages: 111 - 115

4. Enabling analysis: Across the developmental divide

   • Jonathan Rosenhead

   Papers Pages: 117 - 138

5. “Underneath the iceberg” — Challenges to the process of operational research (OR)/systems from alternative practice

   • Roger Spear

   Papers Pages: 139 - 153

6. Increased competence as a process of surviving in shared information spaces

   • Gerard de Zeeuw

   Papers Pages: 155 - 172

7. Problem alleviation in nonhierarchical organizations: Responses and discussion of the special papers

   • M. C. Jackson
   • C. Eden
   • R. Tomlinson

   Papers Pages: 173 - 178

8. The commune's practical wisdom

   • Zvi Lanir

   Papers Pages: 179 - 197

9. Designing educational systems: A critical systems approach

   • Wendy J. Gregory

   Research Note Pages: 199 - 209

10. Empowerment, participation, and democracy

    • Gerald Midgley

    Book Review Editorial Pages: 211 - 211

11. Book reviews

    • David Scheeler
    • Leroy White
    • John Martin

    BookReview Pages: 213 - 229

12. News

    • Wendy Gregory

    News Pages: 231 - 232