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Systems Thinking Introduction

Preface

Preparation for Learning

What Is Systems Thinking, and Why Does It Matter in the Modern World?

What to Learn and Why in the Modern World

Intellect Stack and Self-Development Stack

Systems Thinking vs. Being Systematic

What Is Systems Thinking?

What Does It Mean to Apply Systems Thinking?

Classic Systems Approach 1.0

System Function

Key Concepts of Systems Thinking

About Communication: Form vs. Content

Complexity

Systems Approach 2.0

Conclusions of the Section and Main Concepts

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 1.1 Concepts

Questions for Review, Discussion, and Reflective Writing

Homework Assignment

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 1.2. Discipline (Theory, Model)

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 1.3. Mastery

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 1.4. System Characteristics

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 1.5. System Function

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 1.6. Classic System Properties

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 1.7. Form and Content

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 1.8. Grounding Abstract Texts

System Implementation and Description

Physical World and Mental Space

Description and Implementation of the System

System Documentation

Is Documentation a System? Is a Work Artifact a System?

System and Its Role-Based Behavior

Word, Object, System

Systems and Functions: Names Matter

Example: How to Prepare for a Trip Using a Systems Approach

Composition Relationship

Complex Systems

Conclusions of the Section and Main Concepts

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 2.1 Concepts

Questions for Review, Discussion, and Reflective Writing

Homework Assignment

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 2.2. Physical World and Mental Space

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 2.3. The System and Its Description

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 2.4. Implementation, Description, and System Documentation

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 2.5. Description and Method of Description (Practice)

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 2.6. Functional Object, Constructive Object

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 2.7. Complex Systems

Roles and a Successful System

Theatrical Metaphor

Role as a Model of Thinking

Roles and Role Performers

Role as Part of a System or Activity

Project Roles, Their Methods, and Work Artifacts

Subject of Interest, Role Interest, or Preference

Successful System

Role Performer, Role, Function, and System Names

Role Performers: Agent and Their Intent, Strategy, and Plans

Physical and Functional Objects

Role and Method

Position, Successful System, and Intelligence

Conclusions of the Section and Main Concepts

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 3.1. Concepts

Questions for Review, Discussion, and Reflective Writing

Homework Assignment

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 3.2. Role and Role Performer

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 3.3. Role, Role Performer, Title, and Position

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 3.4. External and Internal Roles in the Project

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 3.5. Roles Performed by a Manager

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 3.6. Subjects of Interest to the System

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 3.7. Intention, Preference, and Subject of Interest

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 3.8. Identifying Roles and Role Expectations

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 3.9. The Work of an Analyst

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 3.10. Who Attended the Last Meeting

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 3.11. External Project Roles and System Success

Types of Systems: System of Interest, Supersystem, Creation Systems, and Others

Three Systems

Types of Systems

System of Interest and Collective Systems Thinking

Our System

Supersystem, System Levels, and Recursion

Example: Supersystem for Men and Women

Creation Systems

Process, System, and System Behavior

Function and Service

Service Example - "Haircut"

Essence of Systems Thinking

Conclusions of the Section and Main Concepts

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 4.1. Concepts

Questions for Review, Discussion, and Reflective Writing

Homework Assignment

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 4.2. Five Main Types of Systems

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 4.3. Identifying the Type of System of Interest from Descriptions

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 4.4. System of Interest and Its Supersystem

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 4.5. System of Interest and "Our System"

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 4.6. Services

System Levels, Creation Chains, Areas of Interest

Project Activities and Three Main Roles

Areas of Interest

Subject Areas of Interest for Entrepreneurs, Engineers, and Managers

System Breakdown

Meta-System Transition and Emergence

Creation Chain

Creation Chain Diagram

Systems Approach 3.0

Stages of Immersion in Systems Methodology Using the "Hammer" Example

Conclusions of the Section and Main Concepts

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 5.1. Concepts

Questions for Review, Discussion, and Reflective Writing

Homework Assignment

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 5.2. Type Annotation Using Notation ::

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 5.3. Areas of Interest of the Supersystem

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 5.4. Identify System Levels

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 5.5. Creation Chains

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 5.6. Time Allocation for Three Areas of Interest

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 5.7. 3x3 Table

Systems Modeling

How to Think About Systems

System Documentation

System Descriptions and Systems Language

Role Descriptions and Models

Description Method

Connection of the Description Method to the Subject of Interest, Project Roles, and the System

Models, Meta-Models, Multi-Models, Mega-Models

Meta-Modeling and Modeling

Describing the System as a "Black Box"

System Characteristics, System States, Characteristic Indicator

What Is a System Interface?

Main Descriptions of the System as a "Transparent Box"

Examples of Describing a System as a Transparent Box

Descriptions and Documentation of Various Areas of Interest

Example of Describing the Supersystem's Area of Interest

Example of Describing the Connection Between the Interests of the Supersystem and the System of Interest

Conclusions of the Section and Main Concepts

Questions for Review, Discussion, and Reflective Writing

Homework Assignment

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 6.1. Concepts

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 6.2. Role, System, Subject of Interest, Description Method, and Work Artifact

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 6.3. Project (Enterprise) Documents

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 6.4. My Roles and My Description Methods

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 6.5. Models, Meta-Models, Multi-Models, Mega-Models

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 6.6. Operational Model, Meta-Model Types, Meta-Meta-Model Types

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 6.7. Functional and Constructive Descriptions

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 6.8. Describing the System as a Black Box

Creation and Development

How Systems Thinking Helps in Work Activities

Organization as a System

Method (Practice) – Discipline and Tools

Work and Task

Stages and Phases

Increment and Iteration

Work Management

Organizational Units, Services

Roles, Stages, Methods

Practice Management

Systems Thinking as a Way to Build a Successful System

Why and How to Explain Systems Thinking

Tips for a Young Manager: Key Focus Areas

Conclusions of the Section and Main Concepts

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.1 Concepts

Questions for Review, Discussion, and Reflective Writing

Homework Assignment

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.2. Method: Discipline and Tools

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.3. Role Performer Qualification

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.4. Professional Communities on SOTA Methods

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.5. Methods and System Levels

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.6. Role, Method, and Work Artifact

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.7. Stages and Methods

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.8. System and Process

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.9. Formulating the Work

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.10. Changes in the Enterprise

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.11. Assigning Organizational Units to Organizational Roles Executing Methods

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.12. Examples of Brief Project Descriptions (Project Summary)

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.13. My Roles, Methods, and Priority Projects

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.14. Degree of Thinking Mastery

Complete the Modeling Exercise: 7.15. My Aisystant Qualification

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