SystemsThinking

Context: OnSystems

(ReadWith) SystemsDynamics / OnSystems)

"Systems Thinking" is both the name of an interesting book which I'm going to explain ideas from at some point, and a more general topic.

I take it that a system is a network of heterogeneous components all of which can be interactive with an influence on each other.

A system is dynamic, it's constantly changing, though may be in an equilibrium of balancing forces, a limited cycle, a chaotic cycle or completely random.

See also :

• MIT teaching Systems Dynamics and Systems Thinking : http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/~gossimit/eng/sdyneng.htm

• http://www.thesystemsthinker.com/tstgdlines.html

• http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/6925/causeeffeff_txt.html

See also OnInterventions, SystemInflowRights, BusinessProcessManagement