Overview
What you will learn
The Systems Thinking in Practice course offered by Cranfield University will equip students to see problems ‘as a whole’ and appreciate different viewpoints, aiding their ability to draw out the key factors of any problematic situation, the form and structure of systems and to represent the systems’ dynamics.
The course will develop the broad range of critical and reflective thinking skills to develop ways of dealing with multiple stakeholder perspectives, leverage points, new disciplines and to work through influence activities required to achieve desired outcomes. In particular, the appreciative inquiry-based approaches will help to question and challenge what appears to be a ‘given’ constraint or policy-based limitation, identifying and challenging any assumptions.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Use of Rich Pictures
- Methods for Multi-perspective views
- System mapping
- Soft Systems methods
- Dependency Modelling
- Metaphors for organisation
- Methods for Assumption surfacing and checking
- Scenario Planning for plausible futures
- Systems diagnostics tools (e.g. Viable Systems Model)
- Systems Dynamics Influence and Causal Loop diagrams.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Delivered
Disciplines
Business Information Systems View 11 other Short Courses in Business Information Systems in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Accidents
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Systems Analysts and Engineers of all disciplines
- Managers/decision makers/policy makers
- Individuals who need critical thinking skills to achieve successful outcomes in a complex working environment
Tuition Fee
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International
1925 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1925 GBP for the full programme during 5 days. -
National
1925 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1925 GBP for the full programme during 5 days.
Living costs for Cranfield
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.