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Money & Business
Systems thinking: a select glossary
...systems thinking...[Woman thinking] This glossary contains definitions of some generalized system concepts used in Systems Practice. What is a mess? and how does it differ from a difficulty? Find out here! One of the key principles in Systems Thinking is feedback. If you want to know more about Systems Thinking, the Open University course T205 ......
Science, Maths & Technology
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
...Systems engineering: Challenging complexity, examines system engineering and why it is important. You will learn to identify and evaluate the importance of relationships within the process and assess the relative importance of stakeholders. You will also be able to classify a systems engineering project in terms of the balance of demands, choice and constraints...This...
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Science, Maths & Technology
Mastering systems thinking in practice
...systems thinking in practice, provides a primer for someone wanting to take the postgraduate qualifications in Systems Thinking in Practice. It will help you develop new ways of thinking about and approaching situations that cross multiple discipline and skill boundaries. You will learn to think more holistically about complex and messy situations, understanding the roles...
Money & Business
Systems explained by Humberto Maturana
...systems...In this set of YouTube videos based on material filmed at The Open University in 1997 the late Prof. Humberto Maturana discusses some of his key ideas. The segments come from an edited conversation between Humberto Maturana and Prof. Ray Ison, Professor of Systems at the OU. Prof Raul Espejo who worked with Humberto in Chile during the Allende years and later...
Science, Maths & Technology
Systems Thinking: Diagramming Tutorials
...systems diagrams and learn how to draw them - from spray, rich picture, systems map, influence, multiple cause and sign...Systems diagramming Take a look at some of the generic diagramming teaching used in Open University courses. Systems thinking practitioners at the OU have supported and developed the use of a range of diagramming techniques as the principal tools...
Society, Politics & Law
Managing complexity: a systems approach
...systems approach, is a free course that examines how systemic thinking and practice enables you to cope with the connections between things, events and ideas. By taking a broader perspective complexity becomes manageable and it is easier to accept that gaps in knowledge can be acceptable...Do you need to change the way you think when faced with a complex situation?...
Money & Business
Systems explained by Peter Checkland
...Systems Thinking has been described as multi-disciplinary and is associated with a well established academic and practitioner community. It arose out of necessity. As society has become increasingly connected and the interactions between peoples have increased, traditional ways of operating have no longer sufficed. Through no clearly discernible reasons, projects overran...