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The Complete Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning
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The Complete Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning

by Stephen G. Haines
January 2000
Beginner
400 pages
12h 18m
English
HRD Press
Content preview from The Complete Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning
C
HAPTER
II
A
PPLICATION
: S
TANDARD
S
YSTEMS
D
YNAMICS
This chapter presents the 12 key questions and tools good Systems Thinkers know and use, as
well as the principles they are based on.
Tool
No.
The Applications
1 Systems Preconditions: Question—Which Entity?
What entity (system or “collision” of systems) are we dealing with, and what are its
boundaries?
2 #1 Systems Question—Desired Outcomes
What are the desired outcomes?
3 #2 Systems Question—The Need for Feedback
How will we know we have achieved the desired outcomes?
4 #3 Systems Question—Environmental Impact
What is changing in the environment that we need to consider?
5 #4 Systems Question—Looking ...
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