Foundations of Systems Thinking

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Session 5: System behaviour and performance Dynamics and relationships

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This short session is the first of a pair (5 &amp; 6) that could sensibly be taken together, and they are part of a ten-session Foundations of Applied Systems Thinking course.This session covers three main topics:1.<span style="font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Essentials of system behaviour: the relationships (interactions) between variables.2.<span style="font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Understanding Causal Loop Diagrams.3.<span style="font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Using Causal Loop Diagrams for collaborative learning.During the session, we will take you through the following methods, tools and models: system variables, relationships and loops (balancing and reinforcing); Causal Loop diagrams and their notation.<h3 id="bf01ba2a-eaca-44ee-af6c-b34064f70249" data-toc-id="bf01ba2a-eaca-44ee-af6c-b34064f70249" style="margin: 6pt 14.15pt 0cm 0cm; text-align: left; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.2;">Objectives</h3>Following this session, you will:o<span style="font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; Understand the looped nature of systems and how the interaction of system variables results in system behaviour (performance).o<span style="font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; Learn how to read and to annotate Causal Loop Diagrams.o<span style="font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; Learn how to use Causal Loop Diagrams to understand system behaviour.o<span style="font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; Understand how perspective, purpose, and boundary shape your models of systems.o<span style="font-variant: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-language-override: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp; See systems as dynamic and adaptive (ie complex adaptive systems).

This short session is the first of a pair (5 & 6) that could sensibly be taken together, and they are part of a ten-session Foundations of Applied Systems Thinking course.

5. System behaviour and performance: Dynamics and relationships

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