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Systemist, Vol. 23(SE), Nov. 2001 ISSN 0961-8309Volume 23, Special Edition, Nov. 2001 _______________________ Proceedings of a Workshop on The Systems Practice for Managing Complexity Network _______________________ SYSTEMIST The Publication of The United Kingdom Systems Society- 1 - Editorial Editorial Introducing the Systems Practice for Managing Complexity Network * * * elcome to this special edition of Systemist. This edition constitutes the 1Wproceedings of an initial stakeholder workshop for a new EPSRC (Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council)-funded project entitled “Systems Practice for Managing Complexity Network” (SPMC). This workshop was called a ‘pre-launch’ event for reasons that are fully explained in the papers which follow. We are planning a major public launch of the Network in 2002. The launch events will include participation from international contributors to our network (see the sections Some Final Words and Future Plans). We believe these proceedings will be of interest to UK Systems Society (UKSS) members, to current and potential participants in the network, to members of the Open University Systems Society (OUSys) and to anyone interested in the further development of systems thinking and practice in both practical and theoretical terms. The impetus for this project started with a sense of concern within the EPSRC. These concerns can be summarised as follows: (i) systems theory ...