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Stevens Institute System Thinking SDOE 775
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Stevens Institute System Thinking SDOE 775
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2009-11-17
The ability to ""think"" and ""act"" in terms of systems is a prerequisite to being able to organize and operate organizations and their enterprises so that business purpose, goals and missions can be actively pursued. Systems thinking, also called the systemic approach, has evolved, through multiple contributions during 2000th century, into a discipline that can be applied in gaining an understanding of the common denominator aspects of various types of systems and, in particular, the dynamic and temporal relationships between multiple systems in operation. Through systems thinking organizations and their enterprises can learn to identify system problems and opportunities and to determine the need for, as well as to evaluate the potential effect of, system changes. Having decided upon the need for new systems, removal of systems and/or structural changes in one or more existing systems, it is vital to deploy a controlled means of ""acting"" for managing the changes in an expedient and reliable manner. In this regard, the international standard ISO/IEC 15288 (System Life Cycle Processes) provides relevant guidance for the management of the life cycle of any type of man-made system.
