Introduction Session 1 (COPS Lesson 1)
Welcome to the course
You have taken the first step in kickstarting your systems thinking
Please watch the video, download the readings and references and follow the instructions in the last slide of the video. See you in the next live Zoom session. Note the Facebook group mentioned in the video has been changed to the LinkedIn group ‘systems thinking and beyond’. So please request to join that group instead.
Note the notes may have been updates since the lectures were recorded. Feel free to raise any questions in the live class sessions.
Notes
- 0001 Introduction and overview notes (Version 1.12.16)
Readings
- 0000 Study guide
- 0002 Introducing knowledge readings YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NltGcO2cmJg&t=474s
- 0003 Introducing the balanced classroom: Applying systems engineering to systems engineering education, The Voice of the Systems, The Journal of the Israeli Systems Engineers, Issue 18, June 2016
Note that Reading 0003 on the balanced classroom is optional. It is a work in progress that applies systems thinking to the course and explains why the format (as of 2016) is the best. The updated format of the 2021 class with its self-pacing timeline is even better.
Text books
- Kasser J E., Systemic and Systematic Project Management, CRC Press
- Kasser J E., Systems Thinker’s Toolbox, CRC Press
- Kasser J E., Holistic Thinking (pdf version)
- Kasser J E., A framework for understanding systems engineering (FUSE) (pdf version)
- Kasser J E., Perceptions of systems engineering (pdf version)