Living Systems Theory Bibliography

by
Edwin B. Dean

Duncan, D. M. (1972). "Jame G. Miller's Living Systems Theory: Issues for Management Thought and Practice," Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 15, December, pp. 513-523.

Elmore, R. C. (1996). "A Living Systems Analysis of Management Accounting in the Current Manufacturing Environment," International Society for the Systems Sciences, Louisville, KY, USA, 14-19 July, pp 267-277.

Merker, S. L. (1985). "Living Systems Theory: A Framework for Management," Behavioral Science, Vol. 30, pp.187-194.

Miller, J. G. (1955). "Toward a General Theory for the Behavioral Sciences," American Psychologist, Vol. 10, September, pp. 513-531.

Miller, J. G. (1965). "Living Systems: Basic Concepts," Behavioral Science, Vol. 10, pp.193-237.

Miller, J. G. (1965). "Living Systems: Structure and Process," Behavioral Science, Vol. 10, pp.337-379.

Miller, J. G. (1978). Living Systems, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY, USA.

Miller, J. G. (1986). "Can Living Systems Generate Testable Hypotheses?: From Talcott Parsons to Living Systems Theory," Systems Research, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp.73-84.

Miller, J. G. and J. L. Miller (1980). "The Family as a System," in Hofling, C. K. and J. M. Lewis, ed., The Family: Evaluation and Treatment, Brunner/Mazel, New York, NY, USA, pp. 141-184.

Miller, J. G. and J. L. Miller (1983). "General Living Systems Theory and Small Groups," in Kaplan, H. I. and B. J. Sadock, ed., Comprehensive Group Psychotherapy, 2nd. ed., Williams, and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, USA, pp. 33-47.

Miller, J. G. and J. L. Miller (1992). "Applications of Living Systems Theory," in Levine, R. L. and H. E. Fitzgerald, ed., Analysis of Dynamic Psychological Sustems, Vol. 2, Plenum Press, New York, NY, USA, pp. 153-180.

Miller, J. L. (1990). "The Timer," Behavioral Science, Vol. 35, pp. 164-196.

Swanson, G. A. (1982). A Living Systems General Theory of Accounting, Ph.D. Dissertation, College of Business Administration, Georgia State University.

Swanson, G. A. and J. G. Miller (1988). "Distinguishing Between Measurements and Interpretations in Public Accounting Reports," Behavioral Science, Vol. 33, pp. 1-24.

Swanson, G. A. and J. G. Miller (1989). Measurement and Interpretation in Accounting: A Living Systems Theory Approach, Quorum Books, New York, NY, USA.

Tracy, L. (1989). The Living Organization: Systems of Behavior, Praeger, New York, NY, USA.

Walker, J. F. and F. C. Thiemann (1990). "The Relationship of the Internal Security System to Group Level Organization in Miller's Living Systems Theory," Behavioral Science, Vol. 35, pp. 147-153.

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