Lighting up the roads of the future
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Updated 29 Apr 2013
How far down the road are we in the technological evolution of our highways?
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Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers
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Introductory Level
Duration 10 mins
Updated 12 Nov 2012
One of the pioneers of systems thinkiing shares his vision.
Guide to diagrams
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Introductory Level
Duration 30 mins
Updated 29 Aug 2012
Diagrams allow us to think in new ways and approach problems differently. Learn five invaluable diagramming techniques with this video series and quiz
Systems Practice - Video menu
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 01 Jul 2009
See how systems thinking can make a difference for you by watching our selection of videos.
In search of intelligence
Introductory Level
Duration 10 mins
Updated 11 Mar 2009
Ivan Horrocks takes a look at the data trail we leave behind ourselves
IT failures, organisational amnesia and the "myth" of evidence based policy making
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 15 Jan 2009
Ivan Horrocks explores why we don't learn from our mistakes, and repeatedly ignore evidence based policy making when it comes to IT projects
A third runway for Heathrow?
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 28 Feb 2008
'Heathrow: Ready for Take Off?' considers the possibility of a third runway for the airport - a controversial decision affecting many different groups of stakeholders.
How to make a Rogue Trader?
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 29 Jan 2008
What makes a rogue trader?
Systemic Inquiry
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 19 Oct 2005
The Eurofighter multi-national design and construction project was a textbook case in systems thinking and the study of complexity. Simon Bell explains why
Systems explained: What do we mean by feedback?
Introductory Level
Duration 5 mins
Updated 18 May 2005
Why is feedback so essential to keep on the right course?
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Understanding the environment: A systems approach
Intermediate Level
Duration 1 hour
Updated 20 May 2013
There is increasing recognition that the reductionist mindset that is currently dominating society, rooted in unlimited economic growth unperceptive to its social and environmental impact,...
Managing Complexity: A Systems Approach
Advanced Level
Duration 20 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
Do you need to change the way you think when faced with a complex situation? This unit examines how systemic thinking and practice enables you...
Systems diagramming
Introductory Level
Duration 12 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
Pictures speak louder than words. But how can you use diagrams to help you? This unit looks at how diagrams can be used to represent...
Systems modelling
Introductory Level
Duration 4 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
Maps and plans, architects and engineers, drawings, graphs and tables: all are models we use in everyday life. This unit will introduce you to the...
Systems thinking and practice
Intermediate Level
Duration 8 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
What is systems thinking and practice? The essence of systems thinking and practice is in ‘seeing’ the world in a particular way, because how you...
The database development life cycle
Advanced Level
Duration 12 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
No idea how relational database systems are constructed? Did you know that they underpin the majority of the managed data storage in computer systems? This...
Models and modelling
Advanced Level
Duration 14 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
Models are mechanisms for communication. This unit looks at what a model is and what the process of modelling is about. The techniques discussed here...
Software development for enterprise systems
Advanced Level
Duration 8 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
Enterprise systems are software applications that automate and integrate all many of the key business processes of an organisation. With some understanding of software development,...
Knowledge technologies in context
Masters Level
Duration 22 hours
Updated 20 May 2013
This unit explores knowledge technologies, that is, software systems that can represent, interpret, formalise or interrogate phenomena and create models of how the world works....
Cyborgs and cybernetics
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Introductory Level
Duration 15 mins
Updated 18 Feb 2010
What are cyborgs? Would a cyborg future deliver positive human advances or a Hollywood-style nightmare in which human beings have become a sub-species? Could we...
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Thinking strategically: systems tools for managing change
Masters Level
Duration 300 hours
Updated 14 Apr 2013
Register by 31 Mar 2014
Improve your management skills by exploring different approaches to engaging with complex situations and by developing your understanding of how cognitive processing shapes practice.By studying...
Research project
Masters Level
Duration 600 hours
Updated 29 Mar 2013
Register by 31 Jul 2013
This research course enables you to gain an MSc by building on the postgraduate diploma that you already hold. You’ll develop and submit a dissertation.You...
Managing systemic change: inquiry, action and interaction
Masters Level
Duration 300 hours
Updated 21 Jun 2012
Register by 30 Sep 2013
Develop your understanding of systemic inquiry, systemic action research and social learning in order to extend your skills of project, programme and change management.By studying...
The MSc professional project
Masters Level
Duration 300 hours
Updated 21 Jun 2012
Register by 30 Sep 2013
This highly intensive research based course enables you to design, conduct, analyse and report on a research project of your own choosing.You must already hold...
MSc in Systems Thinking in Practice
Duration 1800 hours
Updated 11 Feb 2012
Building on your Postgraduate Diploma in Systems Practice you can achieve an MSc by undertaking a project module where you apply your systems practice.This MSc...
Postgraduate Certificate in Systems Thinking in Practice
Duration 600 hours
Updated 11 Feb 2012
This postgraduate certificate equips you with the essential skills for understanding complexity and managing change in an uncertain world.The postgraduate certificate course will help you...
Postgraduate Diploma in Systems Thinking in Practice
Duration 1200 hours
Updated 11 Feb 2012
This postgraduate diploma teaches practical skills for understanding complexity and taking action in an uncertain world, through applying systems thinking to a range of situations.This...
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