We invite submissions to a special issue of Systemic Practice and Action Research on "From Social Systems Theory to Systemic Practice: Tools for Management, Consulting, and Organisational Research".
The issue explores how concepts from social systems theory can be translated into practical instruments for organisational analysis, facilitation, change, and learning. Contributions should move beyond abstract theoretical discussion or loose "application" and examine the conditions, limits, and methods of theory–practice transfer.
Submission deadline: 1 December 2026
Further details: https://link.springer.com/collections/ccfbgjjceg
Please feel free to circulate this call among interested colleagues.
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Professor Steffen Roth
Full Professor of Management, Excelia Business School La Rochelle, France
Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UK
myURL:
http://derroth.comORCID:
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8502-601XX: derrothdotcom
Recent publications
ORGANISATION AND FUNCTION. Reclaiming the Third Mandate in the Age of Grand Challenges @OS:
https://wp.me/pvO07-2nDREIMAGINING ESG: A tetralemma approach to multifunctional sustainability reporting@O&E:
https://wp.me/pvO07-2gsMULTIFUNCTIONAL TETRALEMMA. Framework for the Strategic Management of Moral Trade-offs @JBusEthics:
https://wp.me/pvO07-2e5IDEOLOGICAL REPURPOSING OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER MANAGEMENT EDUCATION. Historical Lessons and Contemporary Imperatives @SRBS:
https://wp.me/pvO07-2gUGUIDING DISTINCTIONS OF SOCIAL THEORY. Results from two online brainstormings and one quantitative analysis of the ISA Books of the XX Century corpus @CurSoc:
https://wp.me/pvO07-24Z------------------------------