A 1989 book celebrating “Eric Trist in Canada”, with a chapter by David Morley (Dean, York University (Toronto) Faculty of Environmental Studies, 2001-2004), filled in gaps between the 1965 Fred E. Emery “The Causal Texture of Organizational Environments” to current day systems thinking on organizations.
http://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/trist-in-canada-organizational-change-action-learning/
This is deep review with digressions for clarify, estimated for 40 minutes reading time. If it makes you feel better, I’ve been working on this (and a complementary blog post to come) for 2 weeks!
