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What is Mastering Systems Thinking in Practice about?

Introduction and guidance 9 Introduction and guidance 10 What is a badged course? 13 How to get a badge 15 Acknowledgements 16 Week 1: Systems thinking in practice 17 Introduction 18 1 Who uses systems thinking? 19 2 What are you hoping to learn? 24 3 Learning by experience 28 4 Something different 31 5 This week’s quiz 44 6 Summary 45 Week 2: Systems thinking and complexity 49 Introduction 50 1 Distinctions between messy and difficult situations 51 2 Distinctions between rational and emotional reactions to situations 56 3 Distinctions between hard and soft complexity 59 4 Choosing to distinguish between complex situations and complex systems 64 5 Distinctions between systemic and systematic practice 67 6 This week’s quiz 72 7 Summary 73 Week 3: Identifying systems of interest 74 Introduction 75 1 Distinguishing and defining systems 76 2 The language of systems 81 3 The naming of systems 85 4 Levels of systems 93 5 Categories of systems 101 6 This week’s quiz 106 7 Summary 107 Week 4: Representing systems of interest 109 Introduction 110 1 Setting the scene 111 2 What are systems diagrams for? 115 3 Drawing systems diagrams 117 4 This week’s quiz 120 5 Summary 121 Week 4 Guidelines

Author

The Open University

Publisher

The Open University

Language

EN