A great piece on systems thinking but related to buildings:
Systems approach to building design and construction
Too often we occupy ourselves the the parts instead of the whole.
Many concepts important to quality are shared with value:
Value in building design and construction
Here we can see some of the latest thinking on value.
Increasingly it is being recognized that all organizations provide a service that may or may not accompany a product.
Servitisation in construction
Construction is now waking up to this opportunity.