Skip to Content
The Complete Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning
book

The Complete Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning

by Stephen G. Haines
January 2000
Beginner content levelBeginner
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 ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Learning Systems Thinking

Learning Systems Thinking

Diana Montalion
Critical Systems Thinking

Critical Systems Thinking

Michael C. Jackson
Systems Thinking, 3rd Edition

Systems Thinking, 3rd Edition

Jamshid Gharajedaghi

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780874255713Publisher Support