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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.

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Applying the Power of Systems Thinking to Innovation

By Daniel Aronson - This short article can only provide the flavor of systems thinking. If I have whetted your appetite, you may want to pursue this subject by reading Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization and his The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook (Currency Doubleday, New York, 1990, 1994). (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 386 )

Rethinking What We Do And How We Do It

By Malis E. Huston - Learn how applying systems thinking strategies can improve business processes. Results to date suggest that dialogue-driven systems thinking tools can inform deep systemic change which encourages heightened levels of team work. Cross training is a particularly useful strategy for furthering collaborative relationships. With a new emphasis on processes over structure, we now create flatter hierarchies. (Added: 13-Dec-2006 Hits: 425 )

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: 348 )

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