This book is a venture in the worlds of modeling and of
metamodeling. At this point, I will not reveal to readers what
constitutes metamodeling. Suf fice it to say that the pitfalls and
shortcomings of modeling can be cured only if we resort to a higher
level of inquiry called metainquiry and metadesign. We reach this
level by the process of abstraction. The book contains five
chapters from my previous work, Applied General Systems Theory
(Harper and Row, London and New York, First Edition 1974, Second
Edition 1978). More than ten years after its publication, this
material still appears relevant to the main thrust of system
design. This book is dedicated to all those who are involved in
changing the world for the better. In a way we all are involved in
system design: from the city manager who struggles with the
problems of mass transportation or the consolidation of a city and
its suburbs to the social worker who tries to provide benefits to
the urban poor. It includes the engineer who designs the shuttle
rockets. It involves the politician engaged in drafting a bill to
recycle containers, or one to prevent pesticide contamination of
our food. The politician might even need system design to chart his
or her own re-election campaign."
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