Systems thinking

Introduction Systems thinking, as defined by today’s scholars, has been around for decades and continues to grow as researchers turn to the past, present, and future to gain a better understanding. In fact, concepts found in systems thinking go back to the time of Aristotle (Mele, Pels, & Polses, 2010; Ing, 2013). This method points out how systems have no ends, are all interconnected, and that it is impossible to completely comprehend anything (Senge, 2014). Since humans tend to want to control and understand everything, this may be hard to handle but puts everything in perspective at the same time. The term system has a variety of definitions, but a broad description is a “complex of interacting components together with the relationships…

Systems thinking (ST) is a concept to understand how a complex system (e.g. health management) functions as a whole by examining how the components (subsystems) of the entire system are connected and interact dynamically instead of as individual stakeholders. Historically, ST was developed and used by various disciplines in the twentieth century to transfer methods across disciplines known as interdisciplinary (Peters, 2014). Multiple disciplines can collaborate about methods and conceptual…

competencies includes “quality improvement, evidenced-based practice, informatics, patient-centered care, and teamwork and collaboration” (Dolansky & Moore, 2013, p. 2). Systems thinking relates to an individual’s environment to his or her behavior (Dolansky & Moore, 2013). Teaching systems thinking to students is advantageous to their success in the program and clinical practice. Critical thinking skills and knowledge are connected to system thinking. This is a problem in the Delta school…

Systems Thinking Businessdictionay.com defines an organization as a social unit of people that is structured and managed to meet a need or pursue collective goals. (Businessdictionary, 2016) The needs of an organization could be a financial, social, moral, or a combination of multiple needs. Nonetheless, a root word in word organization is, ation. Ation means the act or process of doing something. (Marriam-Webster, 2016) This root word creates an important distinction in the term, organization…

When analyzing the data collected from the SWOT analysis, Siemon must use a system thinking approach to determine how all internal and external factors collectively affect their organization and planning efforts. “System thinking is a way of conceiving and projecting the outcome of a system comprised of many elements” (Mroz, Unit 4, 2015). System thinking also allows Siemon to see a big picture view of all the factors contributing to the Business Strategy Planning effort. Opportunities/Growing…

lives in and an individual’s race, gender, values and culture. If everybody develops differently why is it that some children are being denied proper education, friendships and a chance to show the world their strengths before they even step foot in a school? The answer can be found in deficit thinking in the education system. Deficit thinking assumes “at-risk” children such as children coming from poverty, a different race, or children with mental or behavioral issues are not as ready for…

To be effective in systems thinking I would want to apply a collective balance as a whole in performance in academic studies. If I was performing poorly I would want to take a moment to analyze all aspects of my academics and view what is working and what areas are not working. It’s an inventory that provides me an opportunity for my own feedback. Then I would implement a new strategy to change the poor performance by coming up with a new process that can balance myself in a more effective…

Philosophy is the fundamental nature and process of understanding the disparate aspects of existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language through the problems presented by these matters of life. In order to examine and formulate a philosophy of global citizenship, a deep understanding of the aspects of life and the underlying social, political, economical, ecological, and technological problems and nature of globalization is necessary. The principal branch of philosophy that analyzes…

Human beings are designed to cooperate and collaborate with systems, their bodies are organisms that work in cooperation. In fact, every aspect of biology is interdependent of each other. Interdisciplinary curriculums with an integrated learning approach (I-I), constitutes an exterior representation of our interior-natural functionality and consequently, a natural way of learning. An overall implementation of an (I-I) methodology in the American educational system will ensure students into…

new strategies for care delivery. Medical Surgical Unit Nursing units are social systems that allow for care delivery, organization, and measurement of quality outcomes (Diers, Hendrickson, Rimar, & Donovan, 2013, p. 110). Shands Live Oak has a 25-bed…