About this course
A two-day course on systems thinking as a way to define system boundaries, understand relationships, articulate challenges and analyse trade-offs. It covers system characteristics and classification, cause and effect in system dynamics and complexity, handling negative behaviour, and an overview of thinking tools and standard perspectives, with three workshops applying the tools to participants' own challenges. Runs in Zürich and Munich.
Presented by
PhD (Nuclear Engineering) · Master's (Operational Research) · Professor at a technical university (as stated by SE-Training)
Systems architect and consultant from the fusion-energy sector who co-devised the public ADEPT architecting methodology and trains for SE-Training GmbH.
Architecture & designMBSE & modellingFoundations & practitioner development
- Works with
- SE-Training GmbH
Who should attend
- Managers and leading engineers facing complicated problems
- Engineers moving into management
- Systems engineers who want to use and go beyond systems thinking
Learning outcomes
- Understand what a system is and what types of systems exist.
- Appreciate the importance of boundaries.
- Cluster and classify systems by defined characteristics.
- Understand complexity and how it affects system dynamics.
- Know the strengths and weaknesses of systems thinking tools, and apply some of them.
Training areas
Related discipline: Systems Thinking & Complexity
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- Access
- Public enrolment · Private / corporate
- Delivery
- Face-to-face · Live online
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- Access
- Public enrolment · Private / corporate
- Delivery
- Face-to-face · Live online
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