Introduction to Systems Thinking
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The document discusses systems thinking in organizations, emphasizing its importance in solving complex problems through a holistic understanding of interdependent components. It references the theories of Ludwig von Bertalanffy and W. Edwards Deming, illustrating how traditional analytical approaches can fall short. The author promotes systems thinking as essential for agile and quality-centered organizational practices.
Introduction to Systems Thinking
- 1. TJ Gokcen | @tjgokcen
- 2. • Acquate: helping organizations become Agile, Lean, Customer & Quality Centric through data analysis & software development • Global Partner of The Deming Institute • Software Architect • Manufacturing experience in Paper Industry • Avid Systems Thinker
- 3. • What is Systems Thinking? • Benefits of Systems Thinking • Systems Thinking Techniques • Systems Thinking Examples • Case Studies
- 4. You can't solve the problems created by current pattern of thought using current pattern of thought.
- 8. General System Theory - 1954
- 9. How and why requires that we understand what a system is
- 10. why analysis can't answer critical questions about systems
- 11. The automobile
- 12. Answers to “Why” Questions are Explanations
- 13. To explain you need to understand
- 19. Systems Thinking
- 20. a network of interdependent components that work together to try to accomplish a common aim
- 24. An engine is an essential part of a car
- 26. A system is defined by the interaction of its parts and not the actions of its parts taken separately
- 27. A system is never the sum of its parts.
- 28. Business Schools – Studying The Parts
- 34. More Complicated Causal Loop
- 35. Feedback Loop
- 38. Dr. W. Edwards Deming
- 39. Production Viewed as a System