END 215 - System Thinking and Analysis

Course Objectives

Understanding of systems and system concepts
Ability to view an organization as a system
Identifying problems, analyzing the system, designing a new system, preparing for implementation, and implementing the new system

Course Description

System definition,
systems hierarchy,
basic principles of the systems approach,
basic system concepts,
system as a black box,
system analysis, system design, system preparation, system implementation,
soft systems methodology and steps,
systems thinking, feedback loops, behavior types