The Complete Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning
- 4h 48m
- Stephen G. Haines
- Human Resource Development Press
- 2000
The Complete Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning uses the Systems Thinking Approach to guide transformation change in our personal lives and organizations. Systems Thinking was first popularized in 1990 by Peter Senge with his best-selling book, The Fifth Discipline. Unlike Analytical Thinking where the parts are primary and the whole is secondary, in Systems Thinking, the whole is primary and the parts are secondary.
The Complete Guide to Systems Learning & Thinking explains how to use simple concepts and specific tools to move you from theory to practice and from chaos and complexity to elegant simplicity. This book will enable you to make the shift from seeing elements, structures, and functions to seeing the process, interrelationship, and outcomes.
About the Author
Stephen G. Haines is president and founder of the Centre for Strategic Management and an internationally recognized leader in strategic planning and strategic change. He has over 25 years of diverse international executive and consultant experience in virtually every part of both the private and public sectors. Systems Thinking has been a part of his orientation to life for twenty years.
In this Book
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Acknowledgments
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Comprehensive Outline of the Tools
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Prologue
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Introduction to Systems Thinking and Learning
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Application: Standard Systems Dynamics
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Application: Phase A—The Outcome Thinking Tools
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Application: Phase B—Feedback and Learning Tools
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Application: The A-B-C-D Systems Thinking Approach and Model
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Application: Seven Levels of Living Systems
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Application: The Rollercoaster of Change
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Summary Applications
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Summary of Systems Thinking and Learning
