Gary Metcalf
Gary S. Metcalf (1957) is an American organizational theorist, management consultant, and faculty member in the Organizational Systems concentration at Saybrook Graduate School.
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[edit] Biography
Gary Metcalf received a B.S. in Education in 1981 from the North Texas State University, an M.S.S.W. in Social Work in 1985 from the University of Texas at Arlington, and a Ph.D. in Human Science in 2000 at the Saybrook Graduate School. This study under the mentorship of Béla H. Bánáthy focused on Social Systems Design and Organizational Development.
Metcalf began his professional career as a systems-oriented family therapist, working with teenagers and their families in short-term residential facilities. He next spent twelve years in large, US corporations, involved in employee assistance, health promotion, human resources and organizational development. In 1998 he founded InterConnections, LLC,[1] an organizational consulting firm based in Ashland, KY, USA. He is also a part-time faculty member in the Organizational Systems concentration at Saybrook Graduate School, with the Federal Executive Institute, Office of Personnel Management, US Federal Government, and since 2005 with the Bhavan Marshall MBA Program in Bangalore, India.[2][3]
Gary Metcalf is a past president for the International Society for the Systems Sciences (2007–2008). Currently, in 2008, he also serves as a Vice President on the Executive Committee for the International Federation for Systems Research.
[edit] Work
Gary Metcalf is a theorist and author in the fields of development and evolution of people, organizations, and social systems.
[edit] Publications
Gary Metcalf is author and coauthor of several books and articles. A selection:
- 1985. An Evaluation of Family Therapy at a Runaway Shelter. University of Texas at Arlington, 1985.
- 2001. The management of people in mergers and acquisitions. With Teresa A. Daniel. Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books. ISBN 1567203698
- Articles and papers
- 1999. "A Critique of Social Systems Theory". In M. L. W. Hall & J. Wilby (Eds.), Humanity, Science, Technology: The Systemic Foundations of the Information Age. From the 43rd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, Presented at the ISSS conference in Asilomar, CA, June 1999
- 2002. "Rigor and relevance in systems work" Isss journal 2002.
- 2003. "Learning to Design Systems". In: World Futures: Journal of General Evolution, Vol 59(1), 21-36
- 2003. "Dialogue and Ecological Engineering in Social Systems Design". In: Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the ISSS, Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the ISSS.
- 2003. "Right choices in a complex world" paper LLC InterConnections at systemicbusiness.org
- 2005. "The Science of Motivation". With Dr. Teresa A. Daniel.
- 2004. "Implements and images: The making of social systems" paper LLC InterConnections at systemicbusiness.org
- 2005. "The Fundamentals of Employee Recognition", With T.A. Daniel. Society for Human Resource Management white paper.
- 2010. "John Bowlby - Rediscovering a systems scientist". International Society for the Systems Sciences.
[edit] References
- ^ InterConnections, LLC. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
- ^ Bhavan Marshall MBA Program. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
- ^ ISSS Tokyo 2007 Featured Speakers. Retrieved 3 June 2008.
[edit] External links
- Gary Metcalf homepage and blog.
- "Rigor and Relevance in Systems Work" ISSS presentation Tokyo 2007 by Gary Metcalf.
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