Chapter 2 System Thinking
2.1 Introduction
System thinking is, quite simply, thinking about a question, circumstance, or problem explicitly as a system—a set of interrelated entities. System thinking is not thinking systematically. The objective of this chapter is to provide an overview and introduction to systems and system thinking.
System thinking can be used in a number of ways: to understand the behavior or performance of an existing system; to imagine what might be if a system were to be changed; to inform decisions or judgments that are of a system nature; and to support the design and synthesis of a system, which we call system architecture.
System thinking sits alongside other modes of reasoning, such as critical reasoning (evaluating ...
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