Society for General Systems Research (later ISSS)

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The Society for General Systems Research, founded in 1954 and later renamed the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), was a founding step in establishing systems thinking as a recognized field of study.
The founding of the Society for General Systems Research in 1954 (later the ISSS), which he co-founded, seemed like a pivotal moment in establishing this as a legitimate field of inquiry.

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