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Links to Systems and Systems ThinkingSystems and Systems ThinkingSystems Practice Website, by the Open University and the BBC. Wonderful interactive site for learning about systems thinking and stakeholder perspectives. If you have Quicktime on your computer, a good connection, and time to play and learn - then visit this site! Read and hear from Peter Checkland, Russel Ackhoff and Sir Geoffrey Vickers. Do the interactive case study! Introduction to Systems Thinking, by Daniel Aronson. Simple introduction to the subject, with an agricultural example based on insects and pesticide use. Systems by Ed Hessler. Gives a number of definitions to "system", introduces systems thinking and gives some hints on how to provide opportunities for learning about systems. What is systems thinking? Short but good description from Pegasus Communications. Changing Forestry Education: Enhancing Beta/Gamma Professionalism. Interesting reflection by Niels Röling on the roles of technical and social sciencies, and the "soft system" perspective. Toward Integrated Assessment in Agriculture. Systems traditions in agriculture. Pages from the Extension Dept. University of Wisconsin. Systems thinking page of the Learning for Sustainability website. Lead in to some nice resources (and check out the rest of the main site!) Soft Systems MethodologyIntroduction to Soft Systems Methodology by the Operational Research Society. These pages represent the roots of "soft systems methodology". Soft System Methodolgy. Another (less detailed, fewer illustrations) report from Dale Couprie et al at the University of Calgary. International Society for the Systems Sciences. For those who really want to get into this stuff.... Systems Diagrams
Systems Thinking and Practice - Diagramming. Set of tutorials on systems diagramming from an Open University systems course. Great audiovisuals explain different sorts of systems diagrams, how they can be used and constructed. If you have a decent internet connection, go visit this site! Rich pictures: A tool for reasoning about work context. From Andrew Monk and Steve Howard. Pretty, ten page pdf document on rich pictures and how to draw them. The Concept Mapping Homepage, by the late Jan Lanzing. Good place to start on this topic. Mind Mapping. By illumine training, the world's leading provider of Mind Mapping training for business. How effective is Concept Mapping as a learning tool. Using concept mapping to aid learning. There are several software programs for concept maps and similar, including:
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