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Lean Systems Thinking

By Paul Mullenhour and Jamie Flinchbaugh - Successful quality improvement involves using all the tools and methodologies at your disposal. Traditional lean efforts will help you reduce flow time and waste, leading to improvements that will boost overall quality. Six Sigma, with its focus on statistics, will help you deliver a more consistent product. But to fully support your long-term goals, you need the all-important third component: the cultural change that comes with adopting lean rules, principles and vision. (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 213 )

Archetypes - Interaction Structures of the Universe

By Gene Bellinger - This article is essentially a continuation of Systems Thinking: An Operational Perspective of the Universe in which the Reinforcing and Balancing structures were developed. This article develops a set of frequently recurring structures resulting from various combinations of Reinforcing and Balancing structures. (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 203 )

Leadership And Systems Thinking

By Col. George E. Reed - Learn how to apply systems thinking to enhance leadership skills. Also learn about the author's three-prong approach to systems thinking. (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 303 )

Applying Systems Thinking To Understand Canadian Sports

By Rose Mercier - This article addresses how the Canadian sporting system contributes to challenges and issues facing women coaches. It also suggests strategies for change. (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 170 )

System Dynamics

By n a - System dynamics is the same as systems thinking. Read this description and learn how to apply such holistic thinking to your life. (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 149 )

Successful Meta-Strategies using Systems Thinking

By Ian Robson - Change projects often fail because they a based on the wrong mete-strategies (Added: 2-Jun-2003 Hits: 1304 )

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Systems Thinking - Systems thinking involves understanding a business process, practice or problem in terms of a bigger picture, where all parts are inter-related. Find articles on system thinking, definitions, and help in understanding systems.