Systems Thinking and Associated Methodologies (William Hutchinson). ISBN: 0 646 34145 6. Systems Thinking and Associated Methodologies gives an overview of contemporary systems thinking. The book is designed as an introductory text for courses in systems thinking for students and professionals across a wide range of disciplines and provides a quick and easy reference about contemporary systems methodologies The book introduces the idea of systems thinking and describes the history and development of methodologies used to find system problem solutions. It provides a conceptual framework that places each methodology in terms of the problem type that it is most suited to and its relevance to ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ systems analysis. Detailed overviews are given of the developing area of critical systems thinking, Flood and Jackson’s total systems intervention, Ulrich’s critical system heuristics, Checkland's soft systems, Beer's organisational cybernetics and Forrester's system dynamics.