Gary S. Metcalf is an American organizational theorist, management consultant, and faculty member in the Organizational Systems concentration at Saybrook Graduate School.

Biography

Gary Metcalf received a B.S. in Education

Education

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

 in 1981 from the North Texas State University, an M.S.S.W. in Social Work

Social work

Social Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...

 in 1985 from the University of Texas at Arlington

University of Texas at Arlington

The University of Texas at Arlington is a public research university located in Arlington, Texas, United States. The campus is situated southwest of downtown Arlington, and is located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. The university was founded in 1895 and served primarily a military...

, and a Ph.D. in Human Science

Human Science

Human science refers to the investigation of human life and activities via a phenomenological methodology that acknowledges the validity of both sensory and psychological experience...

 in 2000 at the Saybrook Graduate School. This study under the mentorship of Béla H. Bánáthy

Béla H. Bánáthy

Béla Heinrich Bánáthy was a Hungarian linguist, systems scientist and a professor at San Jose State University and UC Berkeley. Bánáthy was the founder of the White Stag Leadership Development Program whose leadership model was adopted across the United States...

 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, 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.

Gary Metcalf is a past president for the International Society for the Systems Sciences

International Society for the Systems Sciences

The International Society for the Systems Sciences is a world-wide organization for systems sciences.- Overview :The initial purpose of the society was "to encourage the development of theoretical systems which are applicable to more than one of the traditional departments of knowledge."The idea...

  (2007–2008). Currently, in 2008, he also serves as a Vice President on the Executive Committee for the International Federation for Systems Research

International Federation for Systems Research

The International Federation for Systems Research is an international federation for global and local societies in the field of systems science...

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Work

Gary Metcalf is a theorist and author in the fields of development and evolution of people, organizations, and social systems.

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
  Jennifer Wilby
  Jennifer M. Wilby is an American management scientist, and past Director of the Centre for Systems Studies, and a lecturer and researcher in management systems and sciences in The Business School, University of Hull...
  
   (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
  International Society for the Systems Sciences
  The International Society for the Systems Sciences is a world-wide organization for systems sciences.- Overview :The initial purpose of the society was "to encourage the development of theoretical systems which are applicable to more than one of the traditional departments of knowledge."The idea...
  
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External links

• Gary Metcalf homepage and blog.
• "Rigor and Relevance in Systems Work" ISSS presentation Tokyo 2007 by Gary Metcalf.