Systemic thinking : building maps of worlds of systems /

• Main Author: Boardman, John, 1946-
• Other Authors: Sauser, Brian
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2013]
• Subjects: Systems engineering.; System theory.; Problem solving.; System design.; Systemigrams.; Systems analysis.; PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.; SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.; Electronic books.

Providing a complete overview of systems thinking, Systemigrams explores the graphical technique for understanding and identifying new ways to more efficiently solve problems and create solutions. Demystifying the conjunction of systems concepts and systemic diagramming techniques, this comprehensiv...

Table of Contents:

• Where we start from
• Systemic introduction
• Raining on my cascade
• It's the whole, stupid!
• The answer is, "pioneer acron pancakes"
• Frameworks
• The conceptagon
• Boundaries, interiors, and exteriors
• Parts, relationships, and wholes
• Inputs, outputs, and transformations
• Control, command, and communication
• Structure, process, and function
• Variety, parsimony, and harmony
• Openness, hierarchy, and emergence
• What??
• Why??
• When??
• How??
• Who??
• Where??
• To arrive where we started.