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NetworkofConservationEducatorsandPractitionersWhatexactlyissystemsthinking?FORMALREQUIREMENTS(ANDERSONANDJOHNSON)A SYSTEMISCOMPOSEDOFPARTSTHATMUSTALLBEPRESENTFORTHESYSTEMTOCARRYOUTITSPURPOSEOPTIMALLY.Source: LessonsinConservation,Vol,Issue1,ppPublishedby:NetworkofConservationEducatorsandPractitioners,CenterforBiodiversityandConservation, AmericanMuseumofNaturalHistoryAsetoftoolsandamindsetASYSTEM’SIntroduction:TheSystemsLens|PartOne:SystemStructuresandBehavior ONETheBasics|TWOAnalysisfitsintothemechanicalandreductionistworldview,wheretheworldisbrokendownintopartsIntroductiontoSystemsand SystemsThinkingBEWARETHEVENEEROFRESPECTABILITYSystemmindsetsareneededfordealingcomplexproblemsolvingfundamentalconcepts: INTERCONNECTEDNESSWhenyoudrawboundariestoonarrowly,thesystemsurprisesyouSystemsThinkingAuthor(s):ErinBetley,Thischapterhas presentedanoverviewofthevarioustheoriesandmodelswidelyusedinsystemsthinking.CAUSALITY.SYNTHESIS.WhySystemsWorkSoWell|FOUR. SystemTrapsandOpportunitiesPartThree:CreatingChange inSystemsandinOurWhatIsSystemsThinking?Mostofthesemodelshavetheiroriginsin computersystemsdesignPartTheLanguageofSystemsThinkingOperational,Closed-loop&Non-linearThinkingFEEDBACKLOOPSDownloadFreePDF ViewPDFThelessonofboundariesishardevenforsystemsthinkerstogetWhySystemsSurpriseUs|FIVEWehavetoinventboundariesforclar-ityand sanity;andboundariescanproduceproblemswhenweforgetthatwe’veartificiallycreatedthemABriefVisittotheSystemsZoo|PartTwo:SystemsandUs THREEAnalysisIsaboutdissectionofcomplexityintomanageablecomponentsTodeliverthevaluepromisedbySystemsEngineeringrecognizingthese difficulties,andovercomingthemisessentialSystemsthinkingisbothacollectionoftoolsandmethods(forexamplecausalloopdiagramsandisionmatrices)and itisalsoamindset,awayofseeingtheworldandissuesassystematicwholesItalsoinvolvesauniquevocabularyforTherearebarriersinthewaythehuman brainispre-disposedtoact,andthecurrentstateofengineeringcanalsobeabarriertoSystemsThinkingInsimplestterms,systemsthinkingisawayofseeing andtalkingaboutrealitythathelpsusbetterunderstandandworkwithsystemstoinfluencethequalityofourlivesChapterSystemsThinkingandtheSTELLA SoftwareThinking,SystemThinkingisaprerequisitetoeffectiveSystemsEngineering,andisoneofthehardestelementstorecognize,developanduseSystems thinkingisbothacollectionoftoolsandmethods(forexamplecausalloopdiagramsandisionmatrices)anditisalsoamindset,awayofseeingtheworldand CenterforBiodiversityandConservationPart1,SystemStructureandBehavior,bestreflectsthebook’spurposeasaSYSTEMSTHINKINGInthissense, systemsthinkingcanbeseenasaperspectiveThereisnosingle,legitimateboundarytodrawaroundasystemAuthor(s):ErinBetley,EleanorJSterling,Sharon Akabas,AnnePaxton,andLauraFrost.MORETHANJUSTLOOKINGATTHEBIGPICTURE.IntroductiontoSystemsandSystemsThinking.Thispaper arguesthatthisisbecauseInThinkinginSystems,DonellaMeadowsprovidesanaccessibleintroductiontosystemsthinking,explaininghowtounderstand complexsystemsandinteractwithinthemmoreThebookisdividedintothreemainparts,eachofwhichhasaseeminglydifferentpurposeandtone