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OurWork/FacultyProjects/systemsthinking.pdf. SimpleMind Desktop | simplemind. Systems thinking primer printable version. THE LANGUAGE OF SYSTEMS THINKING Linear Thinking Focuses on the immediate cause and effect of events. Cause and effect are assumed to occur together. Systems Thinking Focuses on the interrelationship and dynamics among system components. Cause and effect are separated in time and space. Detail Complexity Characterized by many variables and complex arrangements.

Cause and effect occur together. It is the basis for linear thinking. Example of a reinforcing loop: Balancing Processes - stabilizing processes that operate whenever there is goal oriented behavior at work. All balancing processes contain a self-correcting or governing function that attempts to attain some goal or target. PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEMS THEORY System structure causes its behavior. System interrelationships cause their own crises. Understanding these structural interrelationships is necessary to understanding system behavior. Changing the output or behavior of human systems requires changing beliefs. Creating systems models. Www.fi.muni.cz/~xpelanek/IV109/jaro07/IST.pdf. 10 Useful Ideas on Systems Thinking - Futurist.com: Futurist Speaker Glen Hiemstra.

By Richard Wilkinson, 2001 “Real life is lived in a complex world system where all the subsystems overlap and affect each other.” At the heart of systems thinking is the principle of interconnectedness. I compiled the following list to make this core idea translatable to daily life. The ideas presented here are not meant to be the final word on the subject of systems thinking. Indeed, one author listed no less than 28 ideas(1), a couple of which found their way here, too. This list began in 1995 when the first two entries were shared, appropriately enough, at the conclusion of “The Beer Game”, the famous game developed at MIT to teach systems thinking. 1.

Real life is lived in a complex world system where all the subsystems overlap and affect each other. 2. This follows from the preceding idea. 3. Charlotte Roberts asks, “Who has the most influence on the performance of an ocean liner when it is out at sea in route to its destination?” 4. There is no inherent end to the system. 5. 6. 7. SimpleMind Desktop | simplemind. t552site. OurWork/FacultyProjects/systemsthinking.pdf.

Peter Senge and the learning organization. Contents: introduction · peter senge · the learning organization · systems thinking – the cornerstone of the learning organization · the core disciplines · leading the learning organization · issues and problems · conclusion · further reading and references · links Peter M. Senge (1947- ) was named a ‘Strategist of the Century’ by the Journal of Business Strategy, one of 24 men and women who have ‘had the greatest impact on the way we conduct business today’ (September/October 1999). While he has studied how firms and organizations develop adaptive capabilities for many years at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), it was Peter Senge’s 1990 book The Fifth Discipline that brought him firmly into the limelight and popularized the concept of the ‘learning organization’.

Since its publication, more than a million copies have been sold and in 1997, Harvard Business Review identified it as one of the seminal management books of the past 75 years. Peter Senge The core disciplines. Systems Thinking Resources - The Donella Meadows Institute. Concepts and Frameworks The Five Learning Disciplines Developed by renowned systems thinker Peter Senge, these five disciplines each enhance the ability of a person or organization to use learning effectively.

Leveraged together, they contribute heavily to the success of learning organizations, defined by Senge as, “…organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning to see the whole together.” The five learning disciplines are Personal MasteryMental ModelsShared VisionTeam LearningSystems Thinking For descriptions of each of these disciplines, visit the Society for Organizational Learning’s website. U Process U Process, also know as Theory U, is a useful methodology for collectively approaching difficult problems and developing innovative, appropriate solutions. Biomimicry Double Loop Learning Tools.