What prompted the idea for the course? As a control systems researcher, I have long felt that control systems – and systems science in general – have much to contribute to solving social problems.

Course Overview and Introduction - Introduction to Systems Thinking Course structure, syllabus review, reading assignments, projects and mentoring, grading, expectations (students and faculty) A ...

The room hummed with giggles and mutters of “one, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war,” as a few dozen educators thumb-wrestled their way through a presentation on systems thinking. Sound strange?

There are systems all around us, if we know where to look. A family unit is one system, while the community in which we live is another. That community is part of a bigger system of a county or city.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is bringing its campuswide commitment to and expertise in the science of systems thinking and engineering to a top international body for the field, the ...

The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water are spending $76,000 to send select staff on a "systems thinking training course".

Chemistry is the central science. However, research indicates that current methods of chemistry teaching and learning do not always prepare students to understand and address the complex global ...

Systems Thinking is a way of looking at the way things are made in the world and understanding how processes influence one another in a larger system. Linear thinking is a narrow way of looking at the ...