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A professional bibliography  If you are interested in my writings on critical systems thinking and critical systems heuristics; on the philosophy of applied science and expertise; on critical pragmatism, reflective professional practice and research practice; on the theory and practice of social planning, evaluation research, and policy analysis; on social policy and poverty research; or on other topics of professional or academic interest to me (e.g., contemporary ethics, operational research and management science, critical information systems design), here is where you find an overview and complete references.

Some hints:

• Where on-line versions are available, HTML and PDF links are given as far as possible; links to journals that offer restricted access only, dependent on a subscription or pay-per-view fee, are marked "(restricted access)."
• Inasmuch as PDF versions are available in open-access mode, whether as original layout files or as pre- or postpublication versions, they are listed both here and on the separate page "Downloads."
• Of publications that are not available in electronic form, reprints may be available; see the page "Hard Copies."
• Finally, for a short list of recommended readings on my major area of specialization, critical systems methodology, see the page "Selected Readings on CSH."

Current number of entries: 264

Selected Readings

Selected Recent Publications

Google Scholar citations profile

Academia.edu selection of downloadable papers

 (a) Books 

Armut erforschen: eine einkommens- und lebenslagenbezogene Untersuchung im Kanton Bern [Researching Poverty: An Income- and Life-Situation Related Study in the Canton of Bern] (authors: W. Ulrich and J. Binder). Zurich, Switzerland: Seismo Sozialwissenschaften und Gesellschaftsfragen, 1998. 390 pp. [ISBN 3-908239-22-2 ]
[LCCN] Library of Congress Control No. 99236030
[HTML] https://lccn.loc.gov/99236030
[HTML] https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16582905W/Armut_erforschen

Critical Heuristics of Social Planning: A New Approach to Practical Philosophy. Second, unchanged, paperback reprint edition, Chichester, UK, and New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994. 504 pp. [ISBN 0-471-95345-8].
[LCCN] Libary of Congress Control No. 95173022
[HTML] https://lccn.loc.gov/95173022
[HTML] https://openlibrary.org/books/OL884579M/Critical_Heuristics_of_Social_Planning

Critical Heuristics of Social Planning: A New Approach to Practical Philosophy. Bern, Switzerland, and Stuttgart, Germany: Paul Haupt, 1983. 504 pp. [ISBN 3-258-03219-X]
[LCCN] Library of Congress Control No. 84165637
[HTML] https://lccn.loc.gov/84165637
[HTML] https://openlibrary.org/books/OL21820758M/Critical_Heuristics_of_Social_Planning

C. West Churchman: Der Systemansatz und seine „Feinde.“ A commented translation of C.W. Churchman's “The Systems Approach and Its Enemies” (New York: Basic Books 1979), with an introduction by the translator. Bern, Switzerland, and Stuttgart, Germany: Paul Haupt, 1981. 381 pp. (as editor, translator and author). [ISBN 3-258-02991-1]
[HTML] https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16582973W/C._West_Churchman

Epistemological Foundations of a Critical Systems Approach for Social Planners: From Critical Rationalism and Critical Theory to Critical Heuristics. Orig.: Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley: Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program of the Graduate Division, November 13, 1980. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilm International, 1981. ix+586 pp.

Kreativitätsförderung in der Unternehmung. Ansatzpunkte eines Gesamtkonzepts. Bern, Switzerland, and Stuttgart, Germany: Paul Haupt, 1975. 218 pp. [ISBN 3-258-01259-8]
[LCCN] Library of Congress Control No. 75520432
[HTML] https://lccn.loc.gov/75520432
[HTML] https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3118111W/Kreativitätsförderung_in_der_Unternehmung

 (b) Edited Collections 

C. West Churchman – 75 Years. Special Issue, Systems Practice Vol. 1, No. 4, New York and London: Plenum Press, 1988. 103 pp. [ISSN 0894-9859]

Perspektiven des Marketing im Handel / New Patterns in Marketing of Retailing. Fribourg, Switzerland: Fribourg University Press 1974, 155 pp. (E.B. Blümle and W. Ulrich, eds.; in German and English language). [ISBN 3-7278-0120-4]

 (c) Journal Papers; Chapters in Collections; Research Reports,  Working Papers and similar Monographs; Web Pages, etc. 

2022

Assessing assumptions about boundaries with critical systems heuristics. Integration and Implementation Insights, A transdisciplinary community blog and repository of resources for acting on complex real-world problems. Gabriele Bammer (ed.), National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Acton, Australia, 24 May 2022.
[HTML] https://i2insights.org/2022/05/24/critical-systems-heuristics/
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2022_assessing_boundary_assumptions.pdf

Reply to the comments of Catherine Hobbs on Ulrich's "Assessing assumptions about boundaries with critical systems heuristics." [Focus: The need for a framework of evaluative thinking in the applied disciplines; the examples of evaluation research and of research evaluation.] Integration and Implementation Insights, Gabriele Bammer (ed.), 27 May 2022.
[HTML] https://i2insights.org/2022/05/24/critical-systems-heuristics/

Reply to the comments of Christian Pohl on Ulrich's "Assessing assumptions about boundaries with critical systems heuristics." [Focus: The emancipatory spirit of boundary critique in critical systems heuristics.] Integration and Implementation Insights, Gabriele Bammer (ed.), 28 May 2022.
[HTML] https://i2insights.org/2022/05/24/critical-systems-heuristics/

Reply to the comments of Piotr Kulaga on Ulrich's "Assessing assumptions about boundaries with critical systems heuristics." [Focus: The trap of contextual arbitrariness in 'sweeping in' (or not) situational considerations.] Integration and Implementation Insights, Gabriele Bammer (ed.), 29 May 2022.
[HTML] https://i2insights.org/2022/05/24/critical-systems-heuristics/

Reply to the comments of SystemsWiki (Gene Bellinger) on Ulrich's "Assessing assumptions about boundaries with critical systems heuristics." [Focus: In search of (argumentative vs. non-argumentative) leverage towards responsible action.] Integration and Implementation Insights, Gabriele Bammer (ed.), 29 May 2022.
[HTML] https://i2insights.org/2022/05/24/critical-systems-heuristics/

Reply to a further comment of SystemsWiki (Gene Bellinger) on Ulrich's "Assessing assumptions about boundaries with critical systems heuristics." [Focus: The essence of CSH in a sentence.] Integration and Implementation Insights, Gabriele Bammer (ed.), 1 June 2022.
[HTML] https://i2insights.org/2022/05/24/critical-systems-heuristics/

Reply to the comments of Michelle no Dochartaigh Derbich on Ulrich's "Assessing assumptions about boundaries with critical systems heuristics." [Focus: Critically-heuristic training for all school leavers, citizens, and professionals.] Integration and Implementation Insights, Gabriele Bammer (ed.), 15 June 2022.
[HTML] https://i2insights.org/2022/05/24/critical-systems-heuristics/

2021

Can We Discipline "Alternative Facts"? Towards a New Critical Competence. Academia Letters, No. 332, 25 Feb 2021 (9pp).
[DOI] https://doi.org/10.20935/AL332
[HTML] https://www.academia.edu/45191110/Can_We_Discipline_Alternative_Facts_Towards_a_New_Critical_Competence
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2021b.pdf (open access) or via
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/downloads (open access, includes a short description)

Forschende Systeme. Über C. West Churchman, The Design of Inquiring Systems (1971) [review article in German language, rev. edn.]. In D. Baecker (ed.), Schlüsselwerke der Systemtheorie, 3. Aufl., Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer VS, 2021, pp. 371-378.

2020

Werner Ulrich. Reading from Ulrich's work. [Extract from pages 3-6 of Ulrich, W. (2005), A brief introduction to critical systems heuristics (CSH), with a biographical introduction by the editors, slightly rev. and updated edn.] In M. Ramage and K. Shipp (eds.), Systems Thinkers, Second Edition, London: Springer, in association with The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, 2020, pp. 161-169. [Publication date: first online 20 Feb 2020]
[ISBN 978-1-4471-7474-5, e-ISBN 978-1-4471-7475-2]
[DOI] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7475-2_16 (restricted access)
[HTML] https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4471-7475-2_16 (partial access)

Critical systems heuristics: the idea and practice of boundary critique (rev. edn., authors: W. Ulrich and M. Reynolds). In M. Reynolds and S. Holwell (eds.), Systems Approaches to Making Change: A Practical Guide, Second Edition, London: Springer, in association with The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, 2020, pp. 255-306. [Publication date: first online 19 Feb 2020]
[ISBN 978-1-4471-7471-4, e-ISBN 978-1-4471-7472-1]
[DOI] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7472-1_6 (restricted access)
[HTML] https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4471-7472-1_6 (restricted access)
[PDF] https://oro.open.ac.uk/21299/ (open access to the https://original publication of 2010)
[PDF] https://unifr.academia.edu/WernerUlrich/ (restricted access, orig. version)

2019

Professional biography. With a selection of recent publications. Werner Ulrich's Home Page, 1 Oct 2019.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bio.html

2018

The idea of boundary critique. Farewell to Ulrich's Bimonthly. Ulrich's Bimonthly, March-May 2018 (12 May 2018, last updated 12 Sep 2019).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_march2018.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_march2018.pdf 
[PDF] https://www.academia.edu/40317585/Ulrich_W._2018_._The_idea_of_boundary_critique

Reference systems for boundary critique: A postscript to «Systems thinking as if people mattered». Ulrich's Bimonthly, January-February 2018 (25 March 2018).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_january2018.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_january2018.pdf

2017

Systems thinking as if people mattered. Part 2/2: Practicing boundary critique. Ulrich's Bimonthly, November-December 2017 (27 December 2017).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_november2017.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_november2017.pdf

Systems thinking as if people mattered. Part 1/2: A plea for boundary critique (a new civil competence). Ulrich's Bimonthly, September-October 2017 (22 November 2017).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_september2017.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_september2017.pdf

If systems thinking is the answer, what is the question? Discussions on research competence (Part 2/2). Revised, expanded and updated version (orig. 1998). Ulrich's Bimonthly, July-August 2017 (28 August 2017).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_july2017.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_may2017.pdf (integral version Parts 1+2)

If systems thinking is the answer, what is the question? Discussions on research competence (Part 1/2). Revised, expanded and updated version (orig. 1998). Ulrich's Bimonthly, May-June 2017 (28 August 2017).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_may2017.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_may2017.pdf (integral version Parts 1+2)

The concept of systemic triangulation: its intent and imagery. Ulrich's Bimonthly, March-April 2017 (12 June 2017).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_march2017.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_march2017.pdf

The magical circle: the magic of a new beginning. Ulrich's Bimonthly, January-February 2017 (1 January 2017).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_january2017.html

2016

The rational, the moral, and the general: an exploration. Part 7: Critical contextualization. Ulrich's Bimonthly, November-December 2016 (5 November 2016).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_november2016.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_november2016.pdf

Operations research and critical systems thinking: an integrated perspective. Part 2: O.R. as argumentative practice. Slightly rev. post-publication version of an article first published in the Journal of the Operational Research Society 63(9), 2012, pp. 1307-1322. Ulrich's Bimonthly, September-October 2016 (1 Sep 2016).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_september2016.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_september2016.pdf

Operations research and critical systems thinking: an integrated perspective. Part 1: O.R. as applied systems thinking. Slightly rev. post-publication version of an article first published in the Journal of the Operational Research Society 63(9), 2012, pp. 1228-1247. Ulrich's Bimonthly, July-August 2016 (24 July 2016).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_july2016.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_july2016.pdf

Philosophy for professionals: towards critical pragmatism. Reflections on Critical Pragmatism, Part 7. Ulrich's Bimonthly, March-April 2016 (8 Aug 2016; earlier version in: Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58, No. 8, 2007, pp. 1109-1113).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_march2016.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_march2016.pdf

Forschende Systeme. Über C. West Churchman, The Design of Inquiring Systems (1971) [review article in German language]. In D. Baecker (ed.), Schlüsselwerke der Systemtheorie, 2. Aufl., Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer VS, pp. 327-333 (25 March 2016). Prepublication version in: Ulrich's Bimonthly, January-February 2016 (2 Jan 2016); PDF version also in Werner Ulrich's Home Page, Section "A Tribute to C. West Churchman," and in the "Reviews" section of the author's Academia.edu page:
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_january2016.html (prepublication version, 2 Jan 2016)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2016a.pdf (prepublication, 4 Nov 2015, rev. 2 Jan 2016)
[PDF] https://unifr.academia.edu/WernerUlrich/Reviews (prepublication, 4 Nov 2015, rev. 2 Jan 2016)
[HTML] https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783531200033? (publisher's book info)

On identifying transdisciplinary journals: a response to Gabriele Bammer’s “Where to publish? Journals for research integration and implementation concepts, methods and processes.” Integration and Implementation Insights: [Blog on] Building Research Resources for Action-Oriented Team Science Through Syntheses of Practices and Theories, 19 Jan 2016.
[HTML] https://i2insights.org/2016/01/06/where-to-publish-research-integration-implementation/comment-page-1/#comment-133

2015

The way of inquiring systems. A review of C.W. Churchman's "The Design of Inquiring Systems." (Expanded and updated postpublication version of a review of 1985, 4 Nov 2015, rev. 12 Dec 2015). Ulrich's Bimonthly, November-December 2015 (12 Dec 2015).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_november2015.html (first published 12 Dec 2015, last updated 2 Jan 2016)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2015h.pdf (first published 4 Nov 2015, last updated 2 Jan 2016)
[PDF] https://unifr.academia.edu/WernerUlrich/Reviews (first published 4 Nov 2015, last updated 2 Jan 2016)

The rational, the moral, and the general: an exploration. Part 6: Ideas in ancient Indian thought / Discussion. Ulrich's Bimonthly, September-October 2015 (30 October 2015).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_september2015.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_september2015.pdf

The art of interconnected thinking: Frederic Vester's biocybernetic systems approach. A review of "The Art of Interconnected Thinking: Tools and Concepts for a New Approach to Tackling Complexity," Munich, Germany: MCB Verlag, 2007. (Updated and expanded review of 21 Oct 2015, prepared for the author's page at Academia.edu. An earlier version was published under the title "Can nature teach us good research practice?" in Journal of Research Practice, 1, No. 1, 2005, Article R2, with a Postscript of 10 April 2008.)
[PDF] https://www.academia.edu/17118263/The_art_of_interconnected_thinking...
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2015f

The rational, the moral, and the general: an exploration. Part 5 (revised version): Ideas in ancient Indian thought / Analysis. Ulrich's Bimonthly, May-June 2015 (15 May 2015).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_may2015.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_may2015.pdf

Kant's rational ethics. A review of Immanuel Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, transl. by H.J. Paton, New York: Harper & Row, 1964 (26 Apr 2015).
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2015d.pdf  
[HTML] https://unifr.academia.edu/WernerUlrich/Reviews
[PDF] https://www.academia.edu/12101835/Kants_rational_ethics

Kant's public construction of reason. A review of Onora O’Neill’s Constructions of Reason: Explorations of Kant’s Practical Philosophy, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1989 (25 Apr 2015).
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2015c.pdf  
[HTML] https://unifr.academia.edu/WernerUlrich/Reviews
[PDF] https://www.academia.edu/12101677/Kants_public_construction_of_reason

Kant's way to peace. A review of Hans Saner’s Kant’s Political Thought: Its Origin and Development, transl. by E.B. Ashton, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1973 (24 Apr 2015).
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2015b.pdf  
[HTML] https://unifr.academia.edu/WernerUlrich/Reviews
[PDF] https://www.academia.edu/12100646/Kants_way_to_peace

The rational, the moral, and the general: an exploration. Part 4 (revised version): Ideas in ancient Indian thought / Introduction. Ulrich's Bimonthly, March-April 2015 (5 March 2015).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_march2015.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_march2015.pdf

2014

The rational, the moral, and the general: an exploration. Part 5: Ideas in ancient Indian thought / Analysis. Ulrich's Bimonthly, November-December 2014 (16 November 2014).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_november2014.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_november2014.pdf

The rational, the moral, and the general: an exploration. Part 4: Ideas in ancient Indian thought / Introduction. Ulrich's Bimonthly, September-October 2014 (10 October 2014).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_september2014.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_september2014.pdf

A Primer to Critical Systems Heuristics for Action Researchers. Rev. version, 10 August 2014, 58pp. (orig. Centre for Systems Studies, University of Hull, Hull, UK, 31 March 1996, 58pp.).
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_1996a.pdf

The rational, the moral, and the general: an exploration. Part 3: Approximating ideas – towards critical contextualism. Ulrich's Bimonthly, July-August 2014 (25 July 2014).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_july2014.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_july2014.pdf

Fields. Ulrich's Bimonthly, May-June 2014 (23 May 2014).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_may2014.html

Ten years of connecting researchers (authors: D.P.Dash and W. Ulrich). Journal of Research Practice, 10, No. 1, Article E1 (22 April 2014). [ISSN 1712-851X]
[HTML] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/451/344
[PDF] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/451/376

The rational, the moral, and the general: an exploration. Part 2: Kant's ideas of reason. Ulrich's Bimonthly, January-February 2014 (12 January 2014).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_january2014.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_january2014.pdf

2013

The rational, the moral, and the general: an exploration. Part 1: Introduction; discourse ethics. Ulrich's Bimonthly, September-October 2013 (16 December 2013).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_september2013.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_september2013.pdf

Critical systems thinking. In S.I. Gass and M.C. Fu (eds.), Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science, 3rd edn., 2 vols. New York: Springer, Vol. 1, pp. 314-326. [Publication date: 30 November 2013]
[ISBN 978-1-4419-1137-7 (print), 978-1-4419-1153-7 (online)]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1153-7_1149 (restricted access)
[HTML] https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4419-1153-7_1149 (restricted access)

Journal of Research Practice: Connecting Researchers. A digital poster prepared for the First Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation, September 8-11, 2013, Canberra, Australia (authors: D.P. Dash and W. Ulrich, editors, Journal of Research Practice).
[HTML] https://i2sconference.digitalposter.com.au/posters-list/
[PPTX] https://wulrich.com/downloads/jrp_digital_poster.pptx

Research skills for the future: summary and critique of a comparative study in eight countries (authors: W. Ulrich and D.P. Dash). Journal of Research Practice, 9, No. 1, Article V1 (8 July 2013). [ISSN 1712-851X]
[HTML] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/377/304
[PDF] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/377/330

Reflections on reflective practice (6c/7): Discourse ethics and deliberative democracy, or the difficult path to communicative practice – Habermas 3 (1^st half). Ulrich's Bimonthly, May-June 2013 (18 June 2013).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_may2013.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_may2013.pdf

Operational research and ethics: a literature review (invited review, authors: R. Ormerod and W. Ulrich). European Journal of Operational Research, 228, No. 2, pp. 291-307 (16 Juli 2013 [published end of March 2013]; previously available as advance online publication, 3 December 2012). [ISSN 0377-2217]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2012.11.048 (restricted access)
[HTML] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03772217/228/2 (restricted access)
[PDF] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221712009009 (restricted access)

Current editorial initiatives: a progress report (authors: W. Ulrich and D.P. Dash). Journal of Research Practice, 9, No. 1, Article E1 (11 March 2013). [ISSN 1712-851X]
[HTML] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/364/300
[PDF] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/364/325

JRP Concept Hierarchy: JRP Focus Areas – Aims, Subject Areas, and Core Questions. Version 2.0 (14 January 2013, authors: W. Ulrich and D.P. Dash). Journal of Research Practice, permanent online section "JRP Concept Hierarchy." [ISSN 1712-851X]
[HTML] https://www.jrp.icaap.org/miscfiles/jrp_focus_areas.html (prepublication version 20 Dec 2012, temporary URL: https://www.jrp.icaap.org/miscfiles/jrp_focus_areas_v2_0.html)

JRP Concept Hierarchy: JRP Subject Areas and Keywords. Version 2.0 (14 January 2013, 13,200 entries). Journal of Research Practice, permanent online section "JRP Concept Hierarchy." [ISSN 1712-851X]
[HTML] https://www.jrp.icaap.org/miscfiles/jrp_subject_areas_keywords.html (prepublication version 20 Dec 2012, temporary URL: https://www.jrp.icaap.org/miscfiles/jrp_subject_areas_keywords.html_v2_0.html)

2012

CST's two ways: a concise account of critical systems thinking.
Ulrich's Bimonthly, November-December 2012 (1 November 2012).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_november2012.html

[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_november2012.pdf

Letter to the Editor. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 29, No. 5 (September-October), p. 539. Previously published as advance online publication, 2 September 2012. [ISSN 1092-7026]  
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sres.2135 (restricted access)

Operational research and critical systems thinking – an integrated perspective. Part 2: OR as argumentative practice. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 63, No. 9 (21 September), 2012, pp. 1307-1322. Previously published as advance online publication, 14 December 2011. [ISSN 0160-5682]  
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jors.2011.145 (restricted access)
[HTML] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/jors2011145a.html (restricted access)
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_september2016.html (post-publication version, open access)
[PDF] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/jors2011145a.pdf (restricted access)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2012e_prepub.pdf (prepublication version)

Operational research and critical systems thinking – an integrated perspective. Part 1: OR as applied systems thinking. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 63, No. 9 (21 September), 2012, pp. 1228-1247. Previously published as advance online publication, 14 December 2011. [ISSN 0160-5682]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jors.2011.141 (restricted access)
[HTML] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/jors2011141a.html (restricted access)
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_july2016.html (post-publication version, open access)
[PDF] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/vaop/ncurrent/pdf/jors2011141a.pdf (restricted access)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2012d_prepub.pdf (prepublication version) 

Introducing new editorial roles and measures: making the Journal of Research Practice relevant to researchers (authors: D.P. Dash and W. Ulrich). Journal of Research Practice, 8, No. 1, 2012, Article E1 (1 May 2012). [ISSN 1712-851X]
[HTML] https://www.jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/314
[PDF] https://www.jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/314/298

What is good professional practice? Part 3: The quest for rational action. Ulrich's Bimonthly, May-June 2012 (1 May 2012).
[HTML]https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_may2012.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_may2012.pdf

Research, practice, and research practice. Ulrich's Bimonthly, March-April 2012 (18 February 2012).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_march2012.html

[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_march2012.pdf

2011

Towards a taxonomy of research practice: helping researchers reflect and write about their practice. Ulrich's Bimonthly, November-December 2011 (1 December 2011; rev. version, 18 February 2012).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_november2011.html

[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_november2011.pdf

JRP focus areas: aims, subject areas, and core questions [version 1.0] (authors: W. Ulrich and D.P. Dash). JRP Concept Hierarchy. Journal of Research Practice (16 November 2011). [ISSN 1712-851X]
[HTML] https://jrp.icaap.org/miscfiles/jrp_focus_areas.html

JRP subject areas and keywords [version 1.0]. JRP Concept Hierarchy. Journal of Research Practice (16 November 2011, 5,800 entries). [ISSN 1712-851X]
[HTML] https://jrp.icaap.org/miscfiles/jrp_subject_areas_keywords.html

Introducing a concept hierarchy for the Journal of Research Practice (authors: W. Ulrich and D.P. Dash). Journal of Research Practice, 7, No. 2, 2011, Article E2 (16 November 2011). [ISSN 1712-851X]
[PID] https://hdl.handle.net/10515/sy5dj58w4
[HTML] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/279/239
[PDF] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/279/251

A note on the convergence of Kant's concepts of rationality, morality, and politics. Ulrich's Bimonthly, September-October 2011 (1 September 2011).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_september2011.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_september2011.pdf

Seneca on serenity, leisure, and philosophy. Ulrich's Bimonthly, July-August 2011 (12 July 2011).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_july2011.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_july2011.pdf

Kant's rational ethics. Review of I. Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, transl. by H.J. Paton, New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1964. Amazon Customer Review, 7 July 2011.
[HTML] https://www.amazon.com/review/R3QF7O0M22FFS8/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?
ie=UTF8&ASIN=0061311596&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode=

Kant's public construction of reason. Review of Onora O'Neill's Constructions of Reason: Explorations of Kant's Practical Philosophy, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Amazon Customer Review, 6 July 2011.
[HTML] https://www.amazon.com/review/R2XTG2LUO4E9DW/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0521388163&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode=

Kant's way to peace. Review of Hans Saner's Kant's Political Thought: Its Origins and Development, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1973. Amazon Customer Review, 5 July 5 2011.
[HTML] https://www.amazon.com/review/R1PIJ9ML0IFGMK/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0226734757&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode=

Obituary notice: Paul Grobstein, Associate Editor, JRP, 2005-2011 (authors: A. Dalke, D.P. Dash, and W. Ulrich). Journal of Research Practice, 7, No. 1, 2011, Article E2 (8 July 2011). [ISSN 1712-851X]
[PID] https://hdl.handle.net/10515/sy5p26qh3
[HTML] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/266/234
[PDF] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/266/233

What is good professional practice? Part 2: The quest for practical reason. Ulrich's Bimonthly, May-June 2011 (20 May 2011).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_may2011.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_may2011.pdf

What is good professional practice? Part 1: Introduction. Ulrich's Bimonthly, March-April 2011 (21 March 2011).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_march2011.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_march2011.pdf

2010

Against counting: a year-end reflection. Ulrich's Bimonthly, November-December 2010 (29 November 2010).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_november2010.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_november2010.pdf  

Exploring discourse ethics (2/2). Ulrich's Bimonthly, May-June 2010 (1 May 2010).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_may2010.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_may2010.pdf

Exploring discourse ethics (1/2). Ulrich's Bimonthly, March-April 2010 (28 March 2010).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_march2010.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_march2010.pdf

Critical systems heuristics (authors: W. Ulrich and M. Reynolds). In M. Reynolds and S. Holwell (eds.), Systems Approaches to Managing Change: A Practical Guide, London: Springer, in association with The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, pp. 243-292. [Publication date: 16 April 2010]
[ISBN 978-1-84882-808-7, e-ISBN 978-1-84882-809-4]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1007/978-1-84882-809-4_6 (restricted access)
[PDF] https://www.springerlink.com/content/q0m0167621j10072/ (restricted access)
[PDF] https://www.wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_reynolds_2010_oro.pdf (original Open Research Online version of 2010, no longer available in the Open University's ORO site)
[PDF] https://www.wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_reynolds_2010_prepub.pdf (prepublication version of the frist edition of 2010, open access)

2009

Reflections on reflective practice (6b/7): Argumentation theory and practical discourse – Habermas 2. Ulrich's Bimonthly, November-December 2009 (1 November 2009).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_november2009.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_november2009.pdf

Reflections on reflective practice (6a/7): Communicative rationality and formal pragmatics – Habermas 1. Ulrich's Bimonthly, September-October 2009 (7 September 2009).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_september2009.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_september2009.pdf

Reading from Ulrich's work. Extract from pages 3-6 of Ulrich, W. (2005), A brief introduction to critical systems heuristics (CSH). In M. Ramage and K. Shipp (eds.), Systems Thinkers, London: Springer, in association with The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, pp. 163-166 (with an introduction by the editors, pp. 159-162). [Publication date: 13 November 2009]
[ISBN 978-1-84882-524-6, e-ISBN 978-1-84882-525-3]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-525-3_17 (restricted access)
[HTML] https://rd.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-84882-525-3_17 (partial access; restricted full access)

Reading Habermas in the garden chair (cloudspotter's summer break). Ulrich's Bimonthly, July-August 2009 (9 July 2009).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_july2009.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_july2009.pdf 

Reflections on reflective practice (5/7): Practical reason and rational ethics: Kant. Ulrich's Bimonthly, March-April 2009 (19 March 2009).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_march2009.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_march2009.pdf 

A Bibliography of C.W. Churchman's Writings. Rev. version, 27 March 2009; first published 29 Aug 1999, expanded version 29 Nov 2009, last updated 28 Nov 2014. Werner Ulrich's Home Page, Section "A Tribute to C. West Churchman."
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/cwc_bibliography.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2002g.pdf

An appreciation of C. West Churchman. Rev. version, 26 March 2009 (last updated 15 Dec 2009; first published as "C. West Churchman – 75 years," Systems Practice, 1, No. 4, 1988, pp. 341-350). Werner Ulrich's Home Page, Section "A Tribute to C. West Churchman."
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/cwc_appreciation.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2002f.pdf

Can we secure future-responsive management through systems thinking and design? Rev. version, 20 March 2009 (last updated 14 Dec 2009; first published in Interfaces, 24, No. 4, 1994, pp. 26-37). Werner Ulrich's Home Page, Section "A Tribute to C. West Churchman."
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/frm.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_1994.pdf

Systems thinking for environmental responsibility (authors Fritjof Capra and Werner Ulrich). Chapter 12 in M. Reynolds, C. Blackmore, and M.J. Smith (eds), The Environmental Responsibility Reader, London and New York: Zed Books, 2009, pp. 123-137. Therein Reading 12c: Werner Ulrich, Can we secure future-responsive management through systems thinking and design? [ISBN 978-1-84813-317-4]  [Strongly abridged and edited version of a paper published under the same title in Interfaces, 24, No. 4, 1994, pp. 26-37]

Reflections on reflective practice (4/7): Philosophy of practice and Aristotelian virtue ethics. Ulrich's Bimonthly, January-February 2009 (28 January 2009).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_january2009.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_january2009.pdf  

2008

Practical reason: "Drawing the future into the present." Ulrich's Bimonthly, November-December 2008 (15 Decemnber 2008).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_november2008.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_november2008.pdf  

Information, context, and critique: context awareness of the third kind. Keynote presented to the 31st Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia (IRIS 31), Åre, Sweden, August 10-13, 2008. In V. Asproth (ed.), Proceedings of IRIS 31: Public Systems in the Future – Possibilities, Challenges and Pitfalls, Åre, Sweden, 18 Sept. 2008. [ISBN 978-91-86073-12-1]

Reflections on reflective practice (3/7): In search of practical reason. Ulrich's Bimonthly, September-October 2008 (8 Sep 2008).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_september2008.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_september2008.pdf  

Lugano Summer School memories. Ulrich's Bimonthly, July-August 2008 (9 July 2008).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_july2008.html (also accessible through the web site of the Lugano Summer School, page "Current Announcements" or left-hand menu, at https://www.lss.lu.unisi.ch/ )
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_july2008.pdf  

Reflections on reflective practice (2/7): Applied science and expertise, or the art of testing and contesting practical claims. Ulrich's Bimonthly, May-June 2008 (5 May 2008).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_may2008.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_may2008.pdf  

A postscript to 'Can nature teach us good research practice?' Journal of Research Practice, 1, No. 1 (March), 2005, Article R2, Postscript of 10 April 2008. [ISSN 1712-851X].
[HTML] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/comment/view/1/2/12 

Reflections on reflective practice (1/7): The mainstream concept of reflective practice and its blind spot. Ulrich's Bimonthly, March-April 2008 (1 March 2008).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_march2008.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_march2008.pdf  

2007

The greening of pragmatism (iii): the way ahead. (Reflections on critical pragmatism, Part 6). Ulrich's Bimonthly, September-October 2007.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_september2007.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_september2007.pdf  

Philosophy for professionals: towards critical pragmatism. Viewpoint, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58, No. 8 (August), 2007, pp. 1109-1113. [ISSN 0160-5682]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602336 (restricted acctess)
[HTML] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v58/n8/ (restricted access)
[PDF] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v58/n8/pdf/2602336a.pdf (restricted access)

The greening of pragmatism (ii): current issues in developing critical pragmatism – a methodological trilemma. (Reflections on critical pragmatism, Part 5). Ulrich's Bimonthly, May-June 2007.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_may2007.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_may2007.pdf  

ECOSENSUS: Developing collaborative learning systems for stakeholding development in environmental planning (authors: M. Reynolds, A. Berardi, M. Bachler, S. Buckingham Shum, C. Bernard, J. Mistry, and W. Ulrich). In OU Conference Curriculum, Teaching & Student Support Conference, 1- 2 May 2007, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. Available through Open Research Online, The Open University’s repository of research publications.
[HTML] https://oro.open.ac.uk/8580/
[PDF] https://oro.open.ac.uk/8580/01/ReynoldsECOSENSUS-OU_paper07.pdf

My self-portrait in a drawing and four sentences. Werner Ulrich's Home Page, Section "Werner Ulrich's Bio," Page "Mini Profile," 29 March 2007 (last updated 16 Apr 2015).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/profile.html

The greening of pragmatism (i): the emergence of critical pragmatism. (Reflections on critical pragmatism, Part 4). Ulrich's Bimonthly, March-April 2007.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_march2007.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_march2007.pdf

Theory and practice II: the rise and fall of the "primacy of theory." (Reflections on critical pragmatism, Part 3). Ulrich's Bimonthly, January-February 2007.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_january2007.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_january2007.pdf

2006

Theory and practice I: beyond theory. (Reflections on critical pragmatism, Part 2). Ulrich's Bimonthly, November-December 2006.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_november2006.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_november2006.pdf

Rethinking critically reflective research practice: beyond Popper's critical rationalism. Journal of Research Practice, 2, No. 2, 2006, Article P1 (10 October 2006). [ISSN 1712-851X].
[PID] https://hdl.handle.net/10515/sy5pc2tp3
[HTML] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/64/63
[PDF] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/64/120 or
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2006k.pdf
[PDF] https://www.academia.edu/8762556/Rethinking....

A plea for critical pragmatism. (Reflections on critical pragmatism, Part 1). Ulrich's Bimonthly, September-October 2006.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bimonthly_september2006.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/bimonthly_september2006.pdf

Critical pragmatism: a new approach to professional and business ethics. In L. Zsolnai (ed.), Interdisciplinary Yearbook of Business Ethics, Vol. I, Oxford, UK, and Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang Academic Publishers, 2006, pp. 53-85. [ISSN 1661-5999] [ISBN 3-03910-750-X] [US-ISBN 0-8204-8010-X]

ECOSENSUS (Electronic/Ecological Collaborative Sensemaking Support System) (authors A. Berardi, M. Bachler, C. Bernard, S.Buckingham-Shum, S. Ganapathy, L. Haynes, J. Mistry, M. Reynolds, I. Roopsind, and W. Ulrich). RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, 'Participatory Techniques Showcase’, 30 August-1 September 2006, Royal Geographical Society with IBG, London, UK.

ECOSENSUS: A participatory spatial decision-support tool for natural resource management (authors A. Berardi, M. Bachler, C. Bernard, S.Buckingham-Shum, S. Ganapathy, L. Haynes, J. Mistry, M. Reynolds, I. Roopsind, and W. Ulrich). RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, 'Participatory GIS, 30 August-1 September 2006, Royal Geographical Society with IBG, London, UK.

The ECOSENSUS project: Co-evolving tools, practices and open content for participatory natural resource management (authors: A. Berardi, M. Bachler, C. Bernard, S. Buckingham Shum, S. Ganapathy, J. Mistry, M. Reynolds, and W. Ulrich). In Second International Conference on e-Social Science, 28-30 June 2006, Manchester, UK, Paper Session 2a. Also available through Open Research Online, The Open University’s repository of research publications.
[HTML] https://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/ecosensus/publications/index.html (for download)
[PDF] https://oro.open.ac.uk/2692/1/berardiecosensus.pdf
[PDF] https://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/ecosensus/publications/Berardi%20A%20et%20al%20(2006).pdf

The art of boundary crossing: another introduction to boundary critique. Ulrich's Bimonthly (formerly Picture of the Month), May 2006.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/picture_may2006.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/picture_may2006.pdf

A bibliography of C.W. Churchman's writings from 1938 to 2001. Revised and expanded version. Werner Ulrich's Home Page, 10 April 2006 (orig. 29 November 2002).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/cwc_bibliography.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2002g.pdf 

Against plagiarism. Ulrich's Bimonthly (formerly Picture of the Month), April 2006.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/picture_april2006.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/picture_april2006.pdf

The art of observation: understanding pattern languages. A review of Christopher Alexander’s "The Timeless Way of Building" (New York, Oxford University Press, 1979). Journal of Research Practice, 2, No. 1, 2006, article R1 (2 March 2006). [ISSN 1712-851X]
[PID] https://hdl.handle.net/10515/sy50r9mh8
[HTML] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/26/46
[PDF] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/26/72
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2006c.pdf  

Open doors: a plea for open-access publishing (Part 2/2). Ulrich's Bimonthly (formerly Picture of the Month), March 2006.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/picture_march2006.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/picture_march2006.pdf

Open doors: a plea for open-access publishing (Part 1/2). Ulrich's Bimonthly (formerly Picture of the Month), February 2006.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/picture_february2006.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/picture_february2006.pdf

2005

High-quality design (ii): towards literacy in pattern languages. Ulrich's Bimonthly (formerly Picture of the Month), November 2005.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/picture_november2005.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/picture_november2005.pdf 

A mini-primer of critical systems heuristics. Rev. version of "Critical systems heuristics," in H.G. Daellenbach and R.L. Flood (eds.), The Informed Student Guide to Management Science, London: Thomson Learning, 2002, p. 72f. A slightly expanded and adapted version is available in Werner Ulrich's Home Page, Section "Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH)," first published 17 October 2005, last updated 30 April 2018.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/csh.html

A mini-primer of boundary critique. Rev. version of "Boundary critique," in H.G. Daellenbach and R.L. Flood (eds.), The Informed Student Guide to Management Science, London: Thomson Learning, 2002, p. 41f. Werner Ulrich's Home Page, Section "Critical Systems Heuristics (CSH)," first published 17 October 2005, last updated 12 Jun 2017.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/boundary_critique.html

Werner Ulrich's Home Page: CSH. New section of the site with materials on CSH, 17 October 2005 (last updated 30 April 2018).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/csh.html

A brief introduction to critical systems heuristics (CSH). ECOSENSUS Publications, Knowledge Media Institute (KMI), The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, 14 October 2005, updated 3 December 2009.
[HTML] https://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/ecosensus/publications/index.html (for download)
[PDF] https://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/ecosensus/publications/ulrich_csh_intro.pdf (orig. version of 2005)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2005f.pdf (current version of 2009)

Critical systems heuristics. ECOSENSUS Project Web Site, Knowledge Media Institute (KMI), The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, 14 October 2005 (orig. in The Informed Student Guide to Management Science, ed. by H.G. Daellenbach and R.L. Flood, London: Thomson Learning, 2002, pp. 72-73.
[ISBN 1-86152-542-7]
[HTML] https://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/ecosensus/about/csh.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2002b.pdf

Boundary critique. ECOSENSUS Project Web Site, Knowledge Media Institute (KMI), The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, 14 October 2005 (orig. in The Informed Student Guide to Management Science, ed. by H.G. Daellenbach and R.L. Flood, London: Thomson Learning, 2002, pp. 72-73.
[ISBN 1-86152-542-7]
[HTML] https://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/ecosensus/publications/boundary_critique.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2002a.pdf 

The moon illusion – short history of a long-standing mystery of science. Ulrich's Bimonthly (formerly Picture of the Month), July 2005.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/picture_july2005.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/picture_july2005.pdf 

Human dignity first: Karol Wojtyla (1920-2005), Pope John Paul II (1978-2005). Ulrich's Bimonthly (formerly Picture of the Month), April 2005.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/picture_april2005.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/picture_april2005.pdf

High-quality design (i): the "Vitomatic effect," or timeless quality of quality. Ulrich's Bimonthly (formerly Picture of the Month), March 2005.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/picture_march2005.html

Can nature teach us good research practice? A critical look at Frederic Vester’s bio-cybernetic systems approach (book review). Journal of Research Practice, 1, No. 1, 2005, article R2 (5 March 2010). [ISSN 1712-851X]
[PID] https://hdl.handle.net/10515/sy57h1f13
[HTML] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/1/2
[PDF] https://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/1/1
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2005e.pdf

On plagiarism: considerations for authors and reviewers. Werner Ulrich's Home Page, 2 February 2005 (last updated 16 February 2005).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/plagiarism.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2005d.pdf

The New Globalization. Ulrich's Bimonthly (formerly Picture of the Month), February 2005.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/picture_february2005.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/picture_february2005.pdf

An appreciation of C. West Churchman (with a bibliography from 1938 to 2001 and a postscript of 5 March 2006). Web site of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), Section “Luminaries of the Systems Approach,” new Wiki version, January 2005 (orig. 1999; last updated 5 March 2006).
[PHP] https://projects.isss.org/c_west_churchman

Happy New Year? Reflecting on some conditions of peace – Kant's vision of world citizenship and peace. Ulrich's Bimonthly (formerly Picture of the Month), January 2005.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/picture_january2005.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/picture_january2005.pdf

2004

The safe-harbor metaphor: a mistaken conception of professional competence. Ulrich's Bimonthly (formerly Picture of the Month), November 2004.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/picture_november2004.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/picture_november2004.pdf 

Reply to the comments of Ormerod: the history of ideas of CST. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 55, No. 11 (Nov.), 2004, pp. 1238-1241.
[ISSN 0160-5682]
[HTML] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v55/n11/ (restricted access)
[PDF] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v55/n11/pdf/2601852a.pdf (restricted access)

Obituary: C. West Churchman, 1913-2004. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 55, No. 11 (Nov.), 2004, pp. 1123-1129. [ISSN 0160-5682]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601825 (restricted access)•
[HTML] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v55/n11/ (restricted access)
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Nordic transparency, or: Kant's quest for critique. Ulrich's Bimonthly (formerly Picture of the Month), July 2004.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/picture_july2004.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/picture_july2004.pdf

In memory of C. West Churchman (1913-2004): reminiscences, retrospectives, and reflections. Organisational Transformation and Social Change, 1, No. 2/3, 2004, pp. 199-219. [ISSN 1477-9633]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jots.1.2.199/0 (restricted access)
[HTML] https://www.atypon-link.com/INT/doi/abs/10.1386/jots.1.2.199/0 (restricted access)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2004d.pdf (prepublication version)

Four philosophical discourses on business ethics. Transcribed and edited debates (in German language) of the "St. Galler Forschungsgespräche 2003," organized by the Institute for Business Ethics at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, in February 2003. In P. Ulrich and M. Breuer (eds.), Wirtschaftsethik im philosophischen Diskurs, Würzburg, Germany: Königshausen & Neumann, 2004. First debate: "Lebensweltliche Wendung der Diskursethik?" (pp. 81-110). Second debate: "Wirtschaftsethische und politisch-philosophische Ansätze als Zugänge zu praktischer Orientierung?" (pp. 163-183). Third debate: "Ökonomie als implizite Ethik oder Ethik als explizites Moment guter Ökonomie?" (pp. 253-271). Fourth debate: "Interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit – Renaissance der aristotelischen Trias?" (pp. 283-303). [ISBN 3-8260-2685-3]

Reply to the comments of Bowen. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 55, No. 5 (May), 2004, pp. 553-554. [ISSN 0160-5682]
[HTML] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v55/n5/ (restricted access)
[PDF] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v55/n5/pdf/2601709a.pdf (restricted access)

Remembering C. West Churchman (1913-2004). Ulrich's Bimonthly (formerly Picture of the Month), April 2004.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/picture_april2004.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/picture_april2004.pdf

Blue winter evenings, or the ongoing monetarization of research. Ulrich's Bimonthly (formerly Picture of the Month), February 2004.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/picture_february2004.html

2003

Reply to the comments of Jackson. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 54, No. 11 (Nov.), 2003, pp. 1226-1229. [ISSN 0160-5682]
[HTML] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v54/n11/ (restricted access)
[PDF] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v54/n11/pdf/2601631a.pdf (restricted access)

Sozialplanung [social planning]. In E. Carigiet, U. Mäder, and J.-M. Bonvin (eds), Wörterbuch der Sozialpolitik [Dictionary of Social Policy], Zurich, Switzerland: Rotpunktverlag, 2003, pp. 300-301. On-line version of the Dictionary: https://www.svsp.ch/woerterbuch-online.html [ISBN 3-85869-253-0] 
[HTML] https://www.socialinfo.ch/cgi-bin/dicopossode/show.cfm?id=615 

Beyond methodology choice: critical systems thinking as critically systemic discourse. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 54, No. 4 (April), 2003, pp. 325-342. [ISSN 0160-5682]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601518 (restricted access)
[HTML] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v54/n4/ (restricted access)
[PDF] https://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v54/n4/pdf/2601518a.pdf (restricted access)

A brief introduction to "Critical Systems Thinking for Professionals & Citizens." Werner Ulrich's Home Page, 21 April 2003.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/cst_brief.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2003b.pdf

Pragmatizing critical systems thinking for professionals and citizens. Werner Ulrich's Home Page, 7 March 2003.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/cst_pragmatizing.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2003a.pdf  

2002

A professional bibliography. Werner Ulrich's Home Page, 1 Dec 2002 (continously updated since).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/publications.html

A short professional biography. Werner Ulrich's Home Page, 9 Nov 2002 (continously updated since).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/bio.html

Critical heuristics of social systems design. In G. Midgley (ed.), Systems Thinking, Four-Volume Set, London: Sage, 2002, Vol. 4, Ch. 2. [Reprinted from European Journal of Operational Research, 31, No. 3, 1987, pp. 276-283.] [ISBN 0-7619-4959-3] [See 1987 original version for online access]

A bibliography of C.W. Churchman's writings from 1938 to 2001. Updated and considerably expanded version of a bibliography first published in 1999 as an appendix to the essay "An appreciation of C. West Churchman (with an extensive bibliography from 1938 to 2000)" in the Section "Luminaries of the Systems Approach" of the web site of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS). Werner Ulrich's Home Page, 29 November 2002 (last updated 10 April 2006).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/cwc_bibliography.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2002g.pdf 

An appreciation of C. West Churchman. Revised version of a contribution to the section "Luminaries of the Systems Approach" of the web site of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), first published on 29 August 1999. Werner Ulrich's Home Page, 12 November 2002 (last updated 12 March 2006).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/cwc_appreciation.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2002f.pdf

Can we secure future-responsive management through systems thinking and design? Revised version of an article originally published in Interfaces, 24, No. 4, 1994, Special Section In Celebration of C.W. Churchman's 80 years, ed. by E. Koenigsberg and J.P. van Gigch, pp. 26-37. Werner Ulrich's Home Page, 12 November 2002.
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/frm.html
[PDF] https://.wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_1994.pdf

Werner Ulrich's Home Page, first published 10 November 2002; new form 12 January 2004; new domain name (https://wulrich.com/) 26 Oct 2009 (continuously updated).
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/  (previously: https://geocities.com/csh_home/)  

Public policy analysis. In H.G. Daellenbach and R.L. Flood (eds), The Informed Student Guide to Management Science, London: Thomson, 2002, pp. 213-215. [ISBN 1-86152-542-7]
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2002c.pdf  (also accessible via https://wulrich.com/downloads.html )

Critical systems heuristics. In H.G. Daellenbach and R.L. Flood (eds), The Informed Student Guide to Management Science, London: Thomson, 2002, pp. 72-73. [ISBN 1-86152-542-7]
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/csh.html (adapted prepublication version)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2002b.pdf (prepublication version)

Boundary critique. In H.G. Daellenbach and R.L. Flood (eds), The Informed Student Guide to Management Science, London: Thomson, 2002, pp. 41-42. [ISBN 1-86152-542-7]
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/boundary_critique.html (adapted prepublication version)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2002a.pdf (prepublication version)

2001

A discursive approach to reflective practice in ISD, Part 2: Critically systemic discourse. JITTA, Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application, 3, No. 3, 2001 (Special issue: the role of dialogue in information systems development, ed. by M. Metcalfe), pp. 85-106. [ISSN 1532-4516]
[HTML] https://aisel.aisnet.org/jitta/vol3/iss3/10/ (restricted access)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2001c.pdf (also accessible via https://wulrich.com/downloads.html )

A discursive approach to reflective practice in ISD, Part 1: A philosophical staircase for information systems definition, design, and development. JITTA, Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application, 3, No. 3, 2001 (Special issue: the role of dialogue in information systems development, ed. by M. Metcalfe), pp. 55-84. [ISSN 1532-4516]
[HTML] https://aisel.aisnet.org/jitta/vol3/iss3/9/ (restricted access)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2001b.pdf (also accessible via https://wulrich.com/downloads.html )

Lugano Summer School of Systems Design, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland. Website of the University of Italian Switzerland, 30 March 2001 (with regular updates since).
[HTML] https://www.lss.lu.unisi.ch (orig. URL: https://www.lu.unisi.ch/lss)

The quest for competence in systemic research and practice. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 18, No. 1, 2001, pp. 3-28. [ISSN 1092-7026 print, ISSN 1099-1743 on-line]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sres.366 (restricted access)
[HTML] https://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jissue/76509522 (restricted access)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2001a.pdf
[PDF] https://www.academia.edu/10634401/The_quest_for_competence...

2000

Critically Systemic Discourse, Emancipation, and the Public Sphere. Faculty of Business and Management Working Papers, No. 42, University of Lincolnshire & Humberside, Hull and Lincoln, UK, October 2000, 48 pp. [ISSN 1465-2838] (hard copy available from the author, see https://wulrich.com/offers.html )

Reflective practice in the civil society: the contribution of critically systemic thinking. Reflective Practice, 1, No. 2, 2000, pp. 247-268. [ISSN 1462-3943 print, ISSN 1470-1103 on-line]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/713693151 (restricted access)
[HTML] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/713693151 (restricted access)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_2000a.pdf (prepublication version; also accessible via https://wulrich.com/downloads.html )

1999

1998

Praxiology, action research, and critical systems heuristics. In W.W. Gasparski and D. Botham (eds), Praxiology, The International Annual of Practical Philosophy and Methodology, Vol. 6: Action Learning, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, and London, UK: Transaction Publishers, 1998, pp. 91-101. [ISBN 1-56000-371-5]

Systems Thinking as if People Mattered: Critical Systems Thinking for Citizens and Managers. Working Paper No. 23, Lincoln School of Management, University of Lincolnshire & Humberside, June 1998, 19 pp. [ISBN 1-86050-146-X] (hard copy available from the author, see https://wulrich.com/offers.html)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_1998c.pdf (also available via https://wulrich.com/cst_pragmatizing.html , there bottom of page)
[HTML] https://openlibrary.org/works/OL12358732W/Systems_thinking_as_if... (bibliographic entry)

Expanded version 22 Nov and 27 Dec 2017, in two parts (HTML and PDF formats): see entry under year 2017.

If Systems Thinking is the Answer, What is the Question? Working Paper No. 22, Lincoln School of Management, University of Lincolnshire & Humberside, June 1998, 19 pp. [ISBN  1-86050-145-1] (hard copy available from author, see https://wulrich.com/offers.html )
[HTML] https://openlibrary.org/works/OL12358731W/If_Systems_Thinking... (bibliographic entry)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_1998b.pdf (rev. version of 6 April 2017)

Expanded version 27 August 2017, with a new focus on research competence and corresponding new subtitle "Discussions on research competence," in two parts (HTML and PDF formats): see entry under year 2017.

Glossar der Armutsforschung. In W. Ulrich and J. Binder, Armut erforschen: eine einkommens- und lebenslagenbezogene Untersuchung im Kanton Bern, Zurich, Switzerland: Seismo Sozialwissenschaften und Gesellschaftsfragen, 1998, pp. 365-382. [ISBN 3-908239-22-2]

1997

Erfolgskontrolle der Zuschüsse für minderbemittelte Personen nach Dekret im Kanton Bern (authors: B. Baumann, P. Gerber, and W. Ulrich). Sozialarbeit, 29, 1997, No. 11 (June), pp. 22-26. [ISSN 1015-4507]

1996

Critical systems thinking for citizens. Chapter 9 in R.L. Flood and N.R.A. Romm (eds), Critical Systems Thinking: Current Research and Practice, New York: Plenum (now Springer), 1996, pp. 165-178. [ISBN 0-306-45451-3 and 978-0-306-45451-6 (print), 978-0-585-34651-9 (online)]  
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-34651-9_9 (restricted access)
[PDF] www.springerlink.com/index/l403010k4626754u.pdf (restricted access)

Krankenversicherung: Plausibilität der Prämienentwicklung. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 15 November 1996, 12 pp. + Appendix.

Critical systems thinking for citizens, or: systems thinking as if people mattered. In G.E. Lasker (ed.), Advances in Sociocybernetics and Human Development, Vol. III, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics (InterSymp' 96) in Baden-Baden, Germany, August 14-18, 1996. Windsor, Ontario, Canada: The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics, 1996, pp. 28-32. [ISBN 0-92183-647-3]

Erfolgskontrolle der Zuschüsse für minderbemittelte Personen nach Dekret im Kanton Bern, Kurzfassung des Berichts. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 31 July 1996, 28 pp.

Action research as critically-heuristic practice. In J. Wilby (ed.), Forum One: Action Research and Critical Systems Thinking, Contributions to a Discussion organised by the Centre for Systems Studies, University of Hull, Hull, UK, 29 April - 1 May 1996, pp. 91-98. [ISBN 0-85958-925-0]

A Primer to Critical Systems Heuristics for Action Researchers. Centre for Systems Studies, University of Hull, Hull, UK, 31 March 1996, 58pp. Rev. online version, 10 August 2014, 58pp.
[ISBN 0-85958-872-6] (available from the author)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_1996a.pdf

1995

Critical Systems Thinking for Citizens: A Research Proposal. Research Memorandum No. 10, Centre for Systems Studies, University of Hull, Hull, UK, 28 November 1995, 31 pp. [ISBN 0-85958-873-4] (hard copy available from the author, see https://wulrich.com/offers.html )
[HTML] https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18102147M/Critical_Systems_Thinking...

Aufgabensteuerung in der öffentlichen Verwaltung. Überlegungen zur Umsetzung des Verfassungsauftrags der Überprüfung der Staatsaufgaben im Kanton Bern. VOP, Fachzeitschrift für öffentliche Verwaltung, 17, No. 3, 1995, pp. 148-156.

1994

Can we secure future-responsive management through systems thinking and design? Interfaces, 24, No. 4, 1994, Special Section In Celebration of C.W. Churchman's 80 years, ed. by E. Koenigsberg and J.P. van Gigch, pp. 26-37. [ISSN 0092-2102].
[HTML] https://wulrich.com/frm.html
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_1994.pdf

Armut im Alter: Befunde und Überlegungen aus der Sicht der Armutsstudie des Kantons Bern. In H.-D. Schneider (ed.), Gerontologie und Ökonomie / Gérontologie et Economie, Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Gerontologie (SGG) vom 14. bis 16. Oktober 1993 in Fribourg. Bern: Bargezzi, 1994, pp. 106-123. [ISBN  3-85550-004-5]

1993

Some difficulties of ecological thinking, considered from a critical systems perspective: a plea for critical holism. In I. Tsivacou (ed.), A Challenge for Systems Thinking: The Aegean Seminar, Athens, Greece: University of the Aegean Press, 1993, pp. 67-93. [Reprinted in slightly modified form from Systems Practice, 6, No. 6, 1990, pp. 583-611]. [ISBN 960-7475-00-3]

Some difficulties of ecological thinking, considered from a critical systems perspective: a plea for critical holism. Systems Practice, 6, No. 6, 1993, pp. 583-611. [ISSN 0894-9859].
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01059480 (restricted access)
[PDF] https://www.springerlink.com/content/v6887r245467m511/ (restricted access)
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_1993.pdf (post-publication version of 12 March 2006; also accessible via https://wulrich.com/downloads.html)
[PDF] https://www.academia.edu/11302813/Some_difficulties_of_ecological_thinking (postpublication version of 2006)

A heroic systems approach with insufficient means. Appendix II to Kristo Ivanov, Belief and Reason, Power and Heroism in the Task of the Systems Designer, Working Papers in Information Processing and Computer Science No. 47, Institute of Information Processing, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden, 31 August 1993, pp. 39-41, and 2nd ed., 25 September 1993, pp. 58-60.

Pauvreté, emploi et formation dans le canton de Berne (authors: P. Ammann, J. Binder, and W. Ulrich). La Vie économique, Revue de politique économique, 66, No. 1, 1993, pp. 52-56. [ISSN 1011-386X].

Armut, Arbeitsmarkt und Bildung im Kanton Bern (authors: P. Ammann, J. Binder, and  W. Ulrich). Die Volkswirtschaft, 66, No. 1, 1993, pp. 52-56. [ISSN 1011-386X].

1992

Ein Sechstel der Berner Bevölkerung lebt in Armut, Kurzbericht über die Armutsstudie des Kantons Bern (authors: W. Ulrich, J. Binder, and C. Alfirev-Bieri). Zeitschrift für öffentliche Fürsorge, 89, No. 10, 1992, pp. 146-154.

Armut im Kanton Bern: Bericht über die kantonale Armutsstude (vereinfachte Fassung). Ein Bericht der Abteilung für wissenschaftliche Auswertung. [Media Report on the Poverty Study of the Canton of Bern. A Report by the Office of Evaluation Research] (authors: W. Ulrich and J. Binder). Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 18 June 1992, 76 pp., available in German and in French language.
[LCCN] Library of Congress Control No. 95167805 and 94108035
[HTML] https://lccn.loc.gov/95167805 and https://lccn.loc.gov/94108035
[HTML] https://openlibrary.org/b/OL880255M/Armut-im-Kanton-Bern

Armut im Kanton Bern: Zusammenfassung. Summary Report on the Poverty Study of the Canton of Bern. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 9 June 1992, 8 pp., available in German and in French language .

The ISSS publications scenario. General Systems Bulletin, 21, No. 2, Spring 1992, pp. 6-15.

Armut in der Schweiz (authors: R.E. Leu, S. Burri, W. Schweizer, and W. Ulrich). National Research Programme No. 29, Bulletin No. 3, February 1992, pp. 5-8. Bern, Switzerland: Swiss National Science Foundation 1992.

1991

Systems thinking, systems practice, and practical philosophy: a program of research. In R.L. Flood and M.C. Jackson (eds), Critical Systems Thinking: Directed Readings, New York: Wiley, 1991, pp. 245-268. [Reprinted from Systems Practice, 1, No. 2, 1988, pp. 137-16] [ISBN 0-471-93098-9].

Testament to conversations on critical systems thinking between two systems practitioners (authors: R.L. Flood and W. Ulrich). In R.L. Flood and M.C. Jackson (eds), Critical Systems Thinking: Directed Readings, New York: Wiley, 1991, pp. 185-206. [Reprinted from Systems Practice, 3, No. 1, 1990, pp. 7-29] [ISBN 0-471-93098-9].

Critical heuristics of social systems design. In R.L  Flood and M.C. Jackson (eds), Critical Systems Thinking: Directed Readings, New York: Wiley, 1991, pp. 103-115. [Reprinted from European Journal of Operational Research, 31, No. 3, 1987, pp. 276-283] [ISBN 0-471-93098-9] [See 1987 original version for online access]

Dezentrale Pflegestationen: Ein Pilotversuch im Kanton Bern mit Pflegewohnungen für Betagte, Kurzfassung. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 18 April 1991. 42 pp. + Appendix, available in German and in French language.

1990

Revision der bernischen Psychiatrieversorgung: Bestandesaufnahme der Probleme (authors: W. Ulrich and J. Binder). Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 25 July 1990, 11 pp. + Appendix, available in German and in French language.

Diseño de sistemas para resolución de problemas. Teoría General de Sistemas al Día, No. 7. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Associación Argentina de Teoría General de Sistemas y Cibernética, 1990, 12 pp. [Spanish translation of "The design of problem-solving systems,” orig. in Management Science, 23, No. 10, 1977, pp. 1099-1108].

Critical systems thinking and future generations: the place of future generations in systems thinking. In B.H. Banathy and B.A. Banathy (eds), Toward a Just Society for Future Generations, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) in Portland, Oregon, 8-13 July 1990. 2 vols., Ponoma, Calif.: ISSS, 1990, Vol. 1, pp. 279-299.

Critical systems thinking and ethics: the role of contemporary practical philosophy for developing an “ethics of whole systems.” In B.H. Banathy and B.A. Banathy (eds), Toward a Just Society for Future Generations, op.cit., Vol. I, pp. 52-75.
[HTML] https://unifr.academia.edu/WernerUlrich/
[PDF] https://www.academia.edu/23198824/Critical_systems_thinking_and_ethics...
[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/ulrich_1990.pdf  

What is called “critical systems thinking”? The programmatic intent and current state of “liberating systems theory”. In B.H. Banathy and B.A. Banathy (eds), Toward a Just Society for Future Generations, op.cit., Vol. I, pp. 4-14.

Critical systems thinking: liberating systems theory for the future. Brief statement of purpose. In B.H. Banathy and B.A. Banathy (eds), Toward a Just Society for Future Generations, op.cit., Vol. 1, p. 3.

Testament to conversations on critical systems thinking between two systems practitioners (authors: R.L. Flood and W. Ulrich). Systems Practice, 3, No. 1, 1990, pp. 7-29. [ISSN 0894-9859]
[HTML] https://www.springerlink.com/content/n2166gq6254j0881/ (restricted access)

Krankenhaus-Versorgungsindikatoren in der Schweiz. Auf dem Weg zu einem führungsrelevanten Kennzahlensystem. Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen / Journal for Public and Nonprofit Services, 13, No. 1, 1990, pp. 53-80. [ISSN 034-9777]
[HTML] https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/20763409?... (restricted access)

1989

Was ist und will die "Kritische Heuristik"? Kursunterlage zum Projekt Nr. 5 der Allgemeinen Ökologie an der Universität Bern im Wintersemester 1989/90 über "Iterativ-vernetzte Planung: Die Brücke zwischen Theorie und Praxis, Wissenschaft und Lebenswelt," 4 pp., 12 Dec. 1989.

Zur Planungskultur in der Schweiz (authors: D.A. Keller and W. Ulrich). Schweizer Ingenieur und Architekt / Swiss Engineer and Architect, 107, No. 46, 16 November 1989, pp. 1243-1247.
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.5169/seals-77201
[HTML] https://www.baufachinformation.de/zeitschriftenartikel.jsp?z=1989089004580
[HTML] https://retro.seals.ch/digbib/view?rid=sbz-003:1989:107::4727&id=&id2=&id3=
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[PDF] https://wulrich.com/downloads/keller_ulrich_1989.pdf

Zum Stand der schweizerischen Armutsforschung. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, No. 168, 22/23 July 1989, Supplement Zeitfragen, p. 21.

Critical heuristics of social systems design. In M.C. Jackson, P. Keys and S.A. Cropper (eds), Operational Research and the Social Sciences, New York: Plenum, 1989, pp. 79-87. [Reprinted from European Journal of Operational Research, 31, No. 3, 1987, pp. 276-283.] [ISBN 0-306-43149-1].
[See 1987 original version for online access]

Liberating systems theory: four key strategies. In P.W. Ledington (ed.), Proceedings of the 33th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) in Edinburgh, Scotland, 2-7 July 1989. 4 vols., Louisville, Kentucky: ISSS, 1989, Vol. II, pp. 252-261.

Die Armutsstudie des Kantons Bern: Forschungsplan (authors: W. Ulrich and J. Binder). Working Papers of the Office for Evaluation Research, No. 8. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 9 May 1989, 56 pp.

Zum Stand der schweizerischen Armutsforschung. Working Papers of the Office for Evaluation Research, No. 7. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 13 April 1989, 26 pp.

Una crítica al pensamiento cibernético: la experiencia chilena (proyecto CYBERSYN). Traducido y comentado por Gustavo González; Ernesto Lleras; Mauricio Wiesner. Memos de Investigación, No. 36. Bogotá, Colombia: Universidad de los Andes, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones de la Facultad de Ingenería (CIFI), March 1989, 30 pp. [Spanish translation of "A critique of pure cybernetic reason: The Chilean experience with cybernetics,” Journal of Applied Systems Analysis, 8, 1981, pp. 33-59]

Systemtheorie der Planung. In N. Szyperski (ed.), Handwörterbuch der Planung, Stuttgart: Poeschel, 1989, columns 1971-1978. [ISBN 3-7910-8020-2]

1988

Churchman's „process of unfolding“ – its significance for policy analysis and evaluation. Systems Practice, 1, No. 4, 1988, Special Issue: C. West Churchman – 75 Years, ed. by W. Ulrich, pp. 415-428. [ISSN 0894-9859]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01066583 (restricted access)
[HTML] https://www.springerlink.com/content/q260651703652858/ (restricted access)

C. West Churchman – 75 Years. Guest Editorial. Systems Practice, 1, No. 4, 1988, Special Issue: C. West Churchman – 75 Years, ed. by W. Ulrich, pp. 341-350. [ISSN 0894-9859]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01066576 (restricted access)
[HTML] https://www.springerlink.com/content/ql0818w6524631u3/ (restricted access) 

Statistik ambulanter psychiatrischer Einrichtungen (authors: J. Binder and W. Ulrich). Working Papers of the Office for Evaluation Research, No. 6. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 9 September 1988, 63 pp.

Systems thinking, systems practice, and practical philosophy: a program of research. Systems Practice, 1, No. 2, 1988, pp. 137-163. [ISSN 0894-9859]
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1987

Critical heuristics of social systems design. European Journal of Operational Research, 31, No. 3, 1987, pp. 276-283. [ISSN 0377-2217]
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Spitalkennzahlen: Überlegungen zu einem System der Zukunft (III) – Der Grundriss. Schweizer Spital / Hôpital suisse, 51, No. 7, 1987, pp. 15-23.

Spitalkennzahlen: Überlegungen zu einem System der Zukunft (II) – Die Standardisierung. Schweizer Spital / Hôpital suisse, 51, No.  6, 1987, pp. 49-52.

Spitalkennzahlen: Überlegungen zu einem System der Zukunft (I) – Die Grundlagen. Schweizer Spital, 51 / Hôpital suisse, No. 5, 1987, pp. 20-23.

Neue Möglichkeiten der Standardisierung von Spitalkennzahlen. Grundriss eines Spitalkennzahlensystems. Working Papers of the Office for Evaluation Research, No. 4. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 3rd rev. edition, 15 April 1987.
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The metaphysics of social systems design. In J.P. van Gigch (ed.), Decision Making About Decision Making: Metamodels and Metasystems, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK: Abacus Press, 1987, pp. 220-228. [Slightly expanded version of “The metaphysics of design,“ Interfaces, 10, No. 2, 1980, pp. 35-40] [ISBN 085626-200-5]

Planung und Evaluation der Sozialpsychiatrie im Kanton Bern. Schweizerische Ärztezeitung / Bulletin des médecins suisses, 68, No. 2, 14 January 1987, pp. 57-63.

1986

Neue Möglichkeiten der Standardisierung von Spitalkennzahlen. Grundriss eines Spitalkennzahlensystems. Working Papers of the Office for Evaluation Research, No. 4. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 12 August 1986 (1st ed.) and 12 September 1986 (2nd ed.)
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Planung und Evaluation der Sozialpsychiatrie im Kanton Bern. Ein Zwischenbericht. Working Papers of the Office for Evaluation Research, No. 3. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 7 July 1986, 13 pp.

Critical Heuristics of Social Systems Design. Paper presented at EURO VII, The 7th European Congress on Operational Research, Bologna, Italy, June 16-20, 1985. Working Paper Series, No. 10, Department of Management Systems and Sciences, University of Hull, UK, March 1986, 15 pp.

1985

The way of inquiring systems. Review of „The Design of Inquiring Systems“ by C. West Churchman, New York, Basic Books, 1971. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 36, No. 9, 1985, Special Issue: Systens Thinking in Action, Special Book Selection: Signposts to Successful Systems Practice, ed. by M.C. Jackson and P. Keys, pp. 873-876. [ISSN 0160-5682 / ISBN 0-08-033413-X]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jors.1985.155 (restricted access)
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Bericht über den Psychiatriestützpunkt am Regionalspital Biel: Summary. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 2 April 1985, 21 pp. (available in German and French language).

Bericht über den Psychiatriestützpunkt am Regionalspital Biel: Short Report. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 14 March 1985, 140 pp. (available in German and French language).

Schlüsselkonzepte zu einem Szenario der regionalen psychiatrischen Versorgung (authors: W. Ulrich and J. Binder). Working Papers of the Office for Evaluation Research, No. 1. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 3rd rev. edition, 2 April 1985, 94 pp.

1984

Management oder die Kunst, Entscheidungen zu treffen, die andere betreffen. Zum Begründungsproblem der Managementlehre als angewandter Wissenschaft. Die Unternehmung, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis / Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice, 38, No. 4, 1984, pp. 326-346. [ISSN  0042-059X]
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Bericht über den Psychiatriestützpunkt am Regionalspital Biel. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 1 July 1984, 279 pp. + Appendix (available in German and French language).

Schlüsselkonzepte zu einem Szenario der regionalen psychiatrischen Versorgung (authors: W. Ulrich and J. Binder). Working Papers of the Office for Evaluation Research, No. 1. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 26 June 1984, 90 pp.

1983

Planning, the systems approach, and the problem of practical reason. On the idea of a critical heuristics of social planning. Introduction to W. Ulrich, Critical Heuristics of Social Planning: A New Approach to Practical Philosophy, Bern, Switzerland, and Stuttgart, Germany: Paul Haupt, 1983, pp. 19-37. Pb. reprint edn., Chichester, UK, and New York: John Wiley, 1994 (same pagination). [ISBN 0-471-95345-8]

1982

Zusammenarbeit zwschen Bezirksspitälern im Bereich der Notfalldienste an Wochenenden. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 20 December 1982, 32 pp.

Wissenschaftliche Evaluation als Aufgabe der Gesundheitsdirektion: Kanton Bern. In F. Gutzwiller and G. Kocher (eds), Die Qualität medizinischer Leistungen: Konkrete Möglichkeiten der Qualitätsmessung, - kontrolle und - förderung. Zurich, Switzerland: Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Gesundheitspolitik / Swiss Society for Public Health Policy (SGGP), SGGP Publications Series, Vol. 5, 1982, pp. 61-79.

Spitalkennziffern 1980: Ein interkantonaler Vergleich von Durchschnnittswerten für Akutspitäer. Bern, Switzerland: Department of Public Health and Social Welfare of the Canton of Bern, 26 April 1982, 95 pp.

1981

Systemrationalität und praktische Vernunft – Gedanken zum Stand des Systemansatzes. Introduction to C. West Churchman: Der Systemansatz und seine „Feinde," Bern, Switzerland, and Stuttgart, Germany: Paul Haupt, 1981, pp. 7-37. [ISBN 3-258-02991-1] (book available from the author, see https://wulrich.com/offers.html )

The systems approach and its enemies. Counterpoint to Christenson's critique – a dialogue (authors: C.W. Churchman, T.A. Cowan, and W. Ulrich). Journal of Enterprise Management, 3, No. 2, 1981, pp. 200-202.

A critique of pure cybernetic reason: the Chilean experience with cybernetics. Journal of Applied Systems Analysis, 8, 1981, pp. 33-59. [ISSN  0308-9541]

On blaming the messenger for the bad news. Reply to Bryer's comments. Omega, The International Journal of Management Science, 9, No. 1, 1981, pp. 7. [ISSN 0305-0483]
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1980

The status of the systems approach. Reply to R.A. Bryer (authors: C. West Churchman and W. Ulrich). Omega, The International Journal of Management Science, 8, No. 3, 1980, pp. 277-280. [ISSN 0305-0483]
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The metaphysics of design: a Simon-Churchman debate. Interfaces, 10, No. 2, 1980, pp. 35-40. [ISSN 0092-2102]
[DOI] https://dx.doi.org/10.1287/inte.10.2.35 (restricted access)
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1979

Zur Metaphysik der Planung. Eine Debatte zwischen Herbert A. Simon und C. West Churchman. Die Unternehmung, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis / Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice, 33, No. 3, 1979, pp. 201-211. [ISSN 0042-059X]
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1978

Human systems management: overcoming the irrelevance syndrome. HSM Co-Enzyme, Communicator of the Circle of Human Systems Management, No. 10, February 1978, pp. 4-6.

1977

The design of problem-solving systems. Management Science, 23, No. 10, 1977, pp. 1099-1108. [ISSN 0025-1909]
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Produktivitätsziel und Qualität des Arbeitslebens. Tendenzen der Organisationsentwicklung in den USA – Folgerungen für Europa. Industrielle Organisation, 46, No. 7/8, 1977, pp. 317-323.

Review of „Industrielle Arbeitswelt, Grundriss einer kritischen Betriebssoziologie“ by Fritz Vilmar, Nuremberg, Germany: Laetare, and Fribourg, Switzerland: Imba, 1974. Industrielle Organisation, 46, No. 6, 1977, pp. 291-292.

Intuitive Heuristik: Schöpferische Entwicklung. Einführung in die heuristischen Methoden VI. Das Wirtschaftsstudium, 6, No. 9, 1977, pp. 395-401. [ISSN 0340-3084]

Intuitive Heuristik: Die Synektik, 2. Teil. Einführung in die heuristischen Methoden V. Das Wirtschaftsstudium, 6, No. 6, 1977, pp. 247-253. [ISSN 0340-3084]

Intuitive Heuristik: Die Synektik, 1. Teil. Einführung in die heuristischen Methoden IV. Das Wirtschaftsstudium, 6, No. 5, 1977, pp. 199-204. [ISSN 0340-3084]

Intuitive Heuristik: Einführung in die gruppendynamischen Methoden des Problemlösens; das Brainstorming. Einführung in die heuristischen Methoden III. Das Wirtschaftsstudium, 6, No. 2, 1977, pp. 51-56. [ISSN 0340-3084]

1976

Procès-verbal d'une séance de synectique. Revue d'Economie d'Entreprise Coop, 9, No. 3/4, 1976, pp. 28-32.

Diskursive Heuristik als Systemmethodik und Systemanalyse. Einführung in die heuristischen Methoden II. Das Wirtschaftsstudium, 5, No. 9, 1976, pp. 401-406. [ISSN 0340-3084]

Einführung in die heuristischen Methoden des Problemlösens (I): Abgrenzung, Systematisierung und verhaltenswissenschaftliche Grundlegung. Das Wirtschaftsstudium, 5, No. 6, 1976, pp. 251-256. [ISSN 0340-3084]

1975

Review of „The Logic of Social Systems. A Unified, Deductive, System-Based Approach to Social Science“ by Alfred Kuhn, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1974. Die Unternehmung, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis / Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice, 29, No. 4, 1975, pp. 321-322. [ISSN 0042-059X]

Review of „Design for Evolution. Self-Organisation and Planning in the Life of Human Systems“ by Erich Jantsch, New York: Braziller, 1975. Die Unternehmung, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis / Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice, 29, No. 4, 1975, pp. 319-320. [ISSN 0042-059X]

„Sei die Spinne, nicht die Fliege!“ Über einige Voraussetzungen des kreativen Denkens in Alltag und Wissenschaft. Chemische Rundschau, 28, No. 41, 22 October 1975, pp. 10-13.

Analyse und Gestaltung problemlösender Systeme: ein Konzeptualisierungsversuch. Die Unternehmung, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis / Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice, 29, No. 3, 1975, pp. 197-217. [ISSN 0042-059X]

1974

Die Förderung des kreativen Denkens in der Unternehmung, Teil II: Schöpferisches Arbeiten in kleinen Gruppen. Fachblatt für Unternehmungsführung / Revue d'économie d'entreprise, 7, No. 11, 1974, pp. 14-19.

Die Förderung des kreativen Denkens in der Unternehmung, Teil I: Ansatzpunkte einer systematischen Förderung der Kreativität in der Unternehmung. Fachblatt für Unternehmungsführung / Revue d'économie d'entreprise, 7, No. 10, 1974, pp. 12-18.

Systematische Kreativitätsförderung in der Unternehmung: zehn Thesen zur Entwicklung eines Gesamtkonzepts. Zeitschrift für Organisation, 43, No. 7 (October), 1974, pp. 391-396.

Falsch verstandenes Management by Objectives: Kritische Hinweise zur Handhabung eines anspruchsvollen Führungskonzeptes. Fachblatt für Unternehmungsführung / Revue d'économie d'entreprise, 7, No. 8, 1974, pp. 4-9.

Kurzeinführung in die Fragestellung der multivariaten Analyse (Faktorenanalyse, Clusteranalyse, mehrdimensionale Analyse). In E.B. Blümle and W. Ulrich (eds), Perspektiven des Marketing im Handel / New Patterns in Marketing of Retailing, Fribourg, Switzerland: Fribourg University Press, 1974, pp. 127-142. [ISBN 3-7278-0120-4]

1972

Der internationale Vergleich als Hilfsmittel der Prognose im Handel, dargestellt am Beispiel der Entwicklung der Selbstbedienung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Oesterreich und der Schweiz (authors: E.B. Blümle and W. Ulrich). In E.B. Blümle and F. Fleck (eds), Festgabe für Professor Joseph Schwarzfischer zu seinem 70. Geburtstag, Fribourg, Switzerland: Fribourg University Press 1972, pp. 293-321.

Selbstmotivation, Selbstvertrauen und Selbstkontrolle als Grundlage kreativer Leistungen. Fachblatt für Unternehmungsführung / Revue d'économie d'entreprise, 5, No. 2, 1972, pp. 10-16.

1971

Die zunehmende Bedeutung von Produkt- und Marketinginnovationen. Fachblatt für Unternehmungsführung / Revue d'économie d'entreprise, 4, No. 7, 1971, pp. 8-12.

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