This study utilized the application of authentic Virtual Reality (VR) to replicate real-world complex system scenarios a large retail supply chain. The proposed VR were developed based on an established systems thinking instrument that consists seven dimensions: level complexity, independence, interaction, change, uncertainty, systems’ worldview, and flexibility. However, in this study, we only...

The object of this interpretive inquiry is the residential aged care Standards structure and the Standards quality accreditation (assessment/ auditing) processes. The author’s concern is whether or not the application of contemporary systems thinking principles could improve the current Standards and accreditation processes. Contemporary systems thinking is a variant of systems theory and criti...

In this article, I discuss some recent ideas in complex systems on the topic of networks, contained in or inspired by three recent complex systems books. The general science of networks is the subject of Albert-Lazlo Barabási’s Linked [A.-L. Barabási, Linked: The New Science of Networks, Perseus, New York, 2002] and Duncan Watts’ Six Degrees [D. Watts, Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Ag...