END 215E - System Thinking and Analysis

Course Objectives

I. Ability to understand systems and system concepts
II. Ability to perceive an organization as a system
III. Ability to define the problems, analyze the system, design a new system, set up the preparation phase of the new system and learn the application phases

Course Description

System definition, hierarchy of systems, principles of systems approach, system concepts, system as a black box, system analysis, system design, implementation, operation, soft systems methodology and stages, system thinking, feedback loops, behaviors of systems.