Systems Thinking
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Systems thinking is the ability to understand how individual parts or elements connect and interact to accomplish the goal
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- Allows us to look at problems from a different perspective,
- Affects all parts of the system
- Accepts each solution can be debated
- The impact of each trade off; minimize severity
- Visualize and model objectives
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Open System- has external interactions. Ex: Stovetop- heat can be lost into the air
Closed System- isolated from surrounds; allows no exterior interactions
Model Types:
- input
- output
- process
feedback
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Thinking Smaller- Smaller elements and subsystems interact to achieve the goal of the system
Thinking Bigger- system interacts with other exterior systems; being able to predict the impact of other systems if change were occurring
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