ISY202B: Systems Thinking & Practice
The course develops skills of thinking systemically and creatively about issues of complexity. It also appreciates and manages these issues in ways that can lead to improving a situation or case. This course adopts the most recent and innovative advances in systems thinking and applies them to topical areas of concern such as Information systems as well as other areas. It is also about systems practice and managing complexity in the domain of information systems. This course supports students in bringing awareness to their systems practice by reflecting on that practice and their role in it. It also draws on and extends a range of approaches to complexity management, which have been developed by internationally recognized systems practitioners such as the soft systems methodology, viable systems method, and the hard systems approaches.