Part 1 Foundations: Introduction -- Complexity -- System Governance -- Systems Theory -- Management Cybernetics -- Complex System Governance -- Complex System Governance Reference Model -- Part 2 CSG Fundamentals: Contextual Aspects for Complex System Governance -- Metasystem Pathologies in Complex System Governance -- Environmental Scanning for Complex System Governance -- Communications in Complex System Governance -- Performance Perspective for Complex System Governance -- Part 3 CSG Development: Complex System Governance Development Methodology -- Individual Capacity for Systems Thinking -- System Leadership for Complex System Governance -- Systemic Intervention for Complex System Governance -- Conclusion: Future Challenges for Research and Practice for the Complex System Governance Field.

This book explores Complex System Governance (CSG)-an emerging field concerned with the design, execution, and evolution of essential functions necessary to ensure continued viability of a system. The book focuses on three primary development areas to better understand and utilize current developments CSG. First, the conceptual foundations for CSG are developed, from systems theory, management cybernetics, and governance. Second, a set of critical CSG topics are examined from conceptual as well as practice perspectives. Third, several development and application issues are discussed. Ultimately, CSG is positioned as an emerging field with strong theoretical grounding and significant implications for improving practices and performance to better address complex systems and their problems.