a different take on systems thinking
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Systems Thinking
Use breakouts to describe systems thinking
8 minutes
One representative reports to group
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Purposes
Review approaches to systems thinking
Introduce a systems thinking tool
Detail some Learning Innovation Island issues
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Systems Thinking
Understanding how the parts of a particular system
interrelate
Understanding how the system works over time
Focuses on interconnections among parts rather than
just the parts
People and things are considered
Determine multiple potential outcomes byprobabilities
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Hopper Model of a System
INPUTS
PROCESS STEPS
HUMAN ENABLERS
PHYSICAL ENABLERS
INFORMATION ENABLERS
ENVIRONMENT
OUTPUTS
PURPOSE(S)
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Thinking Styles
Logical, causal
Reductionist
Holistic
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Logical, Causal
Linear
Rational
Objective Observe characteristics of specific situations &
derive general principles
One of the 7 elephant gurus
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Reductionist
Scientific Method
Looks at system
Restricts system components to make it possible to
observe repeatable experiments. Breaks situations into smaller parts where simple
cause & effects are likely
Backward looking
Problem Solving
Managerial Thinking
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Holistic Thinking
Wholes rather than parts
Sees the system as a whole
Information overload Brain becomes selective
Perspectives
Multiple partial views help to simplify Visionary Thinking
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A System MatrixFundamental Values Measures Control Interface Future
Purposes
Inputs
Outputs
Process Steps
Environment
Human
EnablersPhysical
Enablers
Information
Enablers
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Benefits of the Matrix
Unites holistic with some reductionist thinking
Simplifies information collection
Helps you know what you dont know Works both sides of your brain
Think like a leader
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Matrix Exercise
Issue. Learning Innovation Island needs to be
operational
Exercise: Complete Elements Fundamentalsand Output Dimensions
10 minutes
Representative report out to group
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Questions?
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References
Open University, Systems Thinking and Practice,http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=183660
World Future Society, Exploring Tomorrow: Keys to
Success in a Rapidly Changing World, 2005,Bethesday, MD
Nadler, Gerald & Hibino, Shozo, Breakthrough
Thinking: Why We Must Change the Way We Solve
Problems, and the Seven Principles to Achieve This,Rocklin, CA, 1990, Prima Publishing
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