TY - BOOK ID - 145038354 TI - Systems Thinking AU - Whitcomb, Cliff AU - Davidz, Heidi AU - Groesser, Stefan PY - 2020 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - History of engineering & technology KW - systems philosophy KW - heuristic systems principles KW - scientific systems principles KW - general systems principles KW - specialized systems principles KW - general systems theory KW - GST KW - sustainability KW - systems thinking KW - UN sustainable development goals KW - mental models KW - neoliberalism KW - ecological economics KW - isomorphic systems processes (ISPs) KW - Monterey Phoenix (MP) KW - behavior modeling KW - emergent behavior KW - cycles and cycling KW - systems processes theory (SPT) KW - family KW - family system KW - natural systems thinking KW - Murray Bowen KW - integrative theory KW - competence KW - maturity models KW - worldview KW - Worldview Inquiry Framework KW - General Inquiry Framework KW - system thinking KW - systems approach KW - capacity for systems thinking KW - Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality type test KW - concept map KW - termbase KW - systems perspective KW - ontology of systems KW - frontier research KW - shadow IT KW - IT integration KW - IT integration drawbacks KW - application integration KW - path dependency KW - path biography KW - switching costs KW - education for sustainable development KW - teacher education KW - systems education KW - soft systems methodology (SSM) KW - bibliometrics KW - academic impact of SSM KW - data visualization KW - systems engineering KW - healthcare system design KW - clinical models KW - socio-technical system KW - model-based systems engineering UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145038354 AB - This Systems Thinking Special Issue contains 12 papers on the nature of systems thinking as it applies to systems engineering, systems science, system dynamics, and related fields. Systems thinking can be broadly considered the activity of thinking applied in a systems context, forming a basis for fundamental approaches to several systems disciplines, including systems engineering, systems science, and system dynamics. Although these are somewhat distinct fields, they are bound by common approaches in regard to systems. Whereas systems engineering seeks to apply a multidisciplinary, holistic approach to the development of systems, systems science seeks to understand the basics related to systems of all kinds, from natural to man-made, and system dynamics seeks to understand system structures in order to influence its dynamics. Man-made systems have become more ubiquitous and complex. The study of systems, both natural and engineered, presents new challenges and opportunities to understand emergent, dynamic behaviors that inform the process of sense-making based on systems thinking. ER -