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Tool #13 System Dynamics Overall
Application of Systems Dynamics #4: Input-Output Model;
and #5: Feedback
Standard “systems dynamics” are the basis of Concept #1 of our Systems Thinking
SM
framework.
• The dysfunctional patterns of behaviors show up time and time again in organizations
and systems. Recognizing these trends, patterns, and loops, first defined by Peter
Senge of MIT, is crucial to changing and modifying them.
• Changing them is a process of diagnosis and discovery.
A. Typical Dysfunctional Patterns of Behavior—Part of Your
Diagnostic Repertoire
1. The Quick Fix That Backfires
• only short-term ...