Question

system thinking....

QUESTION 39 The initial steps in systems thinking include which of the following? O A Identifying the most important influences on the outcome O B Using data from reductionist thinking O C. Both of these are correct
answer B is incorrect

Answer 1

Question 39.

Answer : C ( both these are correct)

System thinking.( developed by Jay Forrester)

Barry Richmond defines System thinking as " System thinking as an art and science of making reliable inferences about behaviour by developing an increasingly deep understanding of underlying structure".

The initial steps in system thinking includes :

The understanding of the problem ; go deeply into the whole system rather than the individuals parts.

Think about the problem ; think about the problem and identify the most important influences on the outcome

Going deeper into issues: it involves reductionism( an approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them into set of a simpler components) even though system thinking is a holistic approach, it is characterised by interconnectedness and in particular by feedback loops. Breaking down complex things into parts is an act of system thinking as much as seeing things in' whole'. Part - whole balance is a necessary step in system thinking.