Organizations as Systems

The Management of Innovation

Tom Burns, G. M. Stalker · 1994 · 4.4K citations · Full text

Management, Innovation Management, Innovation +8

Will a Large Complex System be Stable?

Robert M. May · Nature · 1972 · 3K citations

Engineering, Systems Engineering, Complex Systems +10

Foundations of the Theory of Organization

Philip Selznick · American Sociological Review · 1948 · 1.2K citations

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +16

Connectance of Large Dynamic (Cybernetic) Systems: Critical Values for Stability

MARK R. GARDNER, W. Ross ASHBY · Nature · 1970 · 757 citations · Full text

Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering +14

Number of trophic levels in ecological communities

Stuart L. Pimm, John H. Lawton · Nature · 1977 · 689 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Community Ecology +12