Systems Thinking Practice T 205 Block 1 Learning
Systems Thinking & Practice (T 205) Block 1 Learning about systems
Block 1 Learning about Systems Ø Week 1 - Getting started Ø Week 2 - Ways of learning & thinking Ø Week 3 - Systems thinking Ø Week 4 - Systems concepts; learning models Ø Week 5 - Diagramming Ø Week 6 - TMA 01 and looking a head
TMA 01 and looking a head Block 1 Week 6 q Session 1 – Becoming a systems practitioner q Session 2 – Checking assertions and arguments q Session 3 – Completing TMA 01 q Session 4 - Summary of week 6
Introduction to week 5 Block 1 week 5
Becoming a systems practitioner Block 1 week 6 Session 1 Ø Complete the reading of Learning (Concept file 1, thinking and doing) Ø Read – Learning – reading 4 “ Learning to act: managing and systems practice” Ø System thinking and “traps” – study block 1 in section 2 of the primer Ø Tools used in system thinking to avoid traps Ø Read – scan read concept file 2” The individual” work place and self development
Checking assertions and arguments Block 1 week 6 Session 2 Ø Read – Concept file 2 “The individual Reading 16 “ assertion and Ø Ø argument” Information, feedback and control – Primer section 7. 3 Perspective and worldview – Primer section 2. 6 Traps – Primer section 2
Completing TMA 01 Block 1 week 6 Session 3 Tutor Marked Assignment –TMA 01 complete if you have not completed
Summary of the week 6 Block 1 week 6 Session 4 What you should have learned in this week Ø What this course means by “managing” Ø Why becoming familiar with ideas about managing is an important part of becoming a system practitioner Ø What kind of topics block 2 covers Ø How to read critically, being alert to misleading arguments, and conversely, how ensure your own arguments and analyse are evidence-based.
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