Systems Thinking Practice T 205 Block 2 week
Systems Thinking & Practice (T 205) Block 2 week 3 You and Your Relationship
Block 2 You and Your Relationship Ø Week 3 -
You and Your Relationship Block 2 Week 3 Session 1 – Introduction to week 3 q Session 2 – Your mess-of-the-week q Session 3 – Your system of interest q Session 4 – Transactional analysis q Session 5 – Using role play q Session 6 – Listening q Session 7 – Developing ideas q Session 8 – Structures for group learning q Session 9 – Using sign graphs q Summary of week 3
Introduction to week 3 Block 2 week 3 Session 1 Work on second mess example, with a focus on the part that communication and relationship can play in messy situations concentrate on sessions 2, 3 and 9 covering primary system topics and also from sessions 4 to 8
Your mess-of-the-week Block 2 week 3 Session 2 Ø Select a new mess from your own experience, to work on over the remaining two weeks of the block Ø As part of TMA 02 you will be asked to submit your work on either this mess, or previous mess Ø Selecting a good mess Ø Reflect & write – Before drawing a rich picture jot-down the ideas you already have. Ø Reflect & Draw – Draw a rich picture of your own mess Ø Reflect & write – Write-down the insights you have had in your learning file
Your system of interest Block 2 week 3 Session 3 Ø Identify a system of interest within your mess, as you did in week 1 Ø Remember the four techniques to be used in this week Ø Concept of unintended consequences Ø Concept of worldview Ø Concept of purpose Ø System map to explore possible boundaries Ø Drawing a systems map The work on the exercises below can be used for TMA 02 Ø Ø Ø Activity – Reflect and draw – Draw your own systems map Reflect and write – Write-down what you have learned about your own mess during this session.
Transactional Analysis Block 2 week 3 Session 4 Read concept file 2 The Individual from the Introduction to Section III Communication and Reading 13 ‘Personality dynamics and transactional analysis’
Using Role Play Block 2 week 3 Session 5 • Understanding phase • Five essential stages • Planning the role play • Getting into role • Performing the role play • Getting out of role • Giving feedback • Two words of warning • Used light heartedly in a group • Used in certain forms of counselling or psychodrama • Don’t use role play out situations that you have very strong feelings about • Applying role play to your mess
Listening Block 2 week 3 Session 6 Ø Two effects of listening ØBeing the listener listened to
Developing Ideas Block 2 week 3 Session 7 Communication Power, conflict and games Read from The Individual Reading 15 ‘Developing ideas and resolving disagreements’
Structures for group learning Block 2 week 3 Session 8 Ø Organizational learning: Groups teams and leadership Ø Apply Kolb’s learning model to communication between people who meet to learn about a situation they are part of. Ø Listening and the learning cycle Ø Structure for group learning must provide Ø Either provide or bring to mind experiences the group can learn from Ø Ø Ø Experience provided at the meeting itself Prior experience Experience commissioned in preparation for the meeting Ø Provide time to reflect on these Ø A good way of making time for reflection in a meeting is to ask participants to write down their thoughts, or to sketch a diagram to illustrate their experience
Structures for group learning Block 2 week 3 Session 8 cont……. . Ø Provide the opportunity to articulate individual responses and reflections Ø Reluctance to speak Ø Eagerness to speak Ø Taking turns Ø Tea breaks Ø Reflect & Draw: Use system map to show the structure of unsatisfactory meeting you attended Ø Reflect & Write: Note your ideas to redesign the structure of the meeting in your learning file
Using Sign Graphs Block 2 week 3 Session 9 – Reread Diagramming – – Section 3. 2. 2, Diagrams for connectivity Section 3. 2. 3, Diagrams for further analysis and quantitative model building Appendix A. 2. 4 ‘Sign graph diagrams’ Run the sign graph sessions on the T 552 CD ROM Creating a sign graph from a multiple cause diagram Feedback loops – Reflect & Draw: Try to convert your multiple cause diagram for your own mess-of-the-week – See if you can identify any feedback loops in your sign graph TMA 02 has a question based on a similar exercise Use T 205 Sign graphs conference this with other students and the Block Consultants
Block 2 Week 3 Summary
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