Participating in the Transition 


Part 1.  Period of Collapse of the USSR and Formation of a New Political and Economic System

"American and Soviet Discussions of the Foundations of Cybernetics and General Systems Theory."
Stuart Umpleby. 1991.

"Conceptual Difficulties Involved in Relations between the United States and the USSR."
Stuart Umpleby. 1991.

"A Preliminary Inventory of Theories Available to Guide the Reform of Socialist Societies."
Stuart Umpleby (Paper). 1991.

"Comparing Conceptual Systems: A Strategy for Changing Values as well as Institutions."
Stuart Umpleby (Paper). EMCSR 1990.

"What is to be Done: Learning Democracy while Improving Organizations."
Stuart Umpleby. EMCSR 1992.

"Psychological Adjustments in Transition Societies."
Stuart Umpleby. 1992.

"Managerial Personnel in the Commonwealth of Independent States."
Vladimir Rapopport, Valeria Ryssina, Stuart Umpleby and William Halal. 1993.

"Lefebvre and Kohlberg on Psychological Adjustment To Economic Change."
Stuart Umpleby (Paper). 1995.

"International Cooperation in Teaching Management Courses: Using Email to Link Student Group Projects in two Countries."
Stuart Umpleby and Pavel Makeyenko (Paper). 1997.


Part 2.   The Transition Period in the Russian Economy:  Multiple Views

"Russian Business Culture in an Age of Globalization."
Irina Alyoshina.

"A Comparison of Social Systems."
Irina Naoumova and Stuart Umpleby. (Not Finished).

"Some Policy Implications of Lefebvre's Theory of Ethical Cognition."
Suart Umpleby (Paper). 1987.

"Meeting the Transition Head On:  New Ways of Thinking."
Charles Toftoy and Marina Shakalova. 1994/1995.

"A Comparison of the Stability of the Socio-Economic Systems of the U.S. and Russia."
S. Umpleby, Pavel Makeyenko (Paper). EMCSR 1996.

"Will Russia Become an Industrial or a Post-Industrial Society?."
S. Umpleby, V. Gouchtchina (Paper). EMCSR 1998.

"Identifying the Russian Cultural Constitution."
V. Gouchtchina, S. Umpleby. EMCSR 1998.

"Societal Self-Awareness as an Aid to Societal Development."
T. Medvedeva, S. Umpleby. 1998.

"Cultural Differences in Business Relations between Europeans and Russians."
Natalia Fedotova and Alain Fromental. 2000

"The Problem of Social-Labor Relations Management:  A Methodological Aspect."
Tatyana Medvedeva. 2000.

"Social Learning through Process Improvement in Russia."
T.A. Medvedeva, S.A. Umpleby (Paper). EMCSR 2002.

"Regional Particularities of the Market Transition in Russia:  The Case of the Urals Region."
Olga Oyner. 1996/2002.

"Quality of Products and Organizational Culture."
Vera Gouchtchina. 2000/2002.

"Comparing Cultural Systems: Comparative Analysis of Russian and American National Mentalities." 
N. Prokopishina (Paper). 2002.

"Psychological Adjustment to Economic and Social Change."
Stuart Umpleby and Tatyana Medvedeva (Paper). 2001. *

Part 3.  

"Two Methods Useful for Starting a Quality Improvement Program."
Irina Naoumova and Stuart Umpleby with assistance from Natalia Totskaya (Paper). 2001.

"Transforming the Global University System Into a Resource for Social Improvement."
Stuart Umpleby and Svitlana Shandruk (Paper). 2003.

"A Method for Improving the Management of Organizations in Post-communist Countries."
Tatyana Medvedeva and Stuart Umpleby (Paper). ISSS 2003.

"The Technology of Participation as Means of Improving Universities in Transitional Economies."
Stuart Umpleby, Tatyana Medvedeva and Alisa Oyler (Paper). 2003.

"A Comparison of Priorities in an American Academic Department and a Russian Academic Department."
Stuart Umpleby, Irina Naoumova and Saadia Khilji (Paper | Figures). 2004.

 

"Improving the Performance of Universities in Transitional Economies."
Yaroslav Prytula and Stuart Umpleby (Paper). 2004.

 

"Franco-Russian Cross-Cultural Research: Theoretical and Methodological Foundation."
Natalia Guseva (Paper). 2004.

"Four Methods for Describing Systems with Examples of How Management is Changing in the US and Russia".

Tatyana Medvedeva and Stuart Umpleby (Paper). EMCSR 2004.

 

"Theories of Change as an Intellectual Technology: Toward a Third Order Cybernetics."
Oleksandr M. Melnychenko (
Paper | Table). EMCSR 2004.

 

"Informal Systems Thinking About Innovation - The Case of Slovenia."
Zdenka Zenko, Matjaz Mulej, Vojko Potocan , Marjan Pivka and Dusko Ursic - Nastja Mulej (Paper).

EMCSR 2004.

 

"Self-Transformation, A New Approach To Development."
Vladimir Pozdniakov (Paper). EMCSR 2004.

"Doing Business in Russia: Foreign Investors’ Needs and Expectations."
Natalia Guseva (Paper).
2005.

"The Adoption of Service-learning in Universities around the World."

Stuart Umpleby and Gabriela Rakecevick (Paper). 2007.

 

 
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