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Direction: Answer The Following Questions As Indicated.: System Design in Management Final Exam April 29, 2019
Direction: Answer The Following Questions As Indicated.: System Design in Management Final Exam April 29, 2019
1. Three common ways of thinking are: analytical thinking, statistical thinking, and
systems thinking. Discuss fully the nature of each. Are all 3 useful?
2. One of the key elements in systems thinking is feedback. What are the 2 kinds of
feedback and how does each affect the system? Include diagrams to enrich your
discussion.
3. In systems thinking, two important concepts come up: synergy and emergence.
Discuss the similarity and difference between these two concepts. Give examples as
needed.
5. In your own kind of work, discuss a problem that has arisen because of failure to
think in terms of a system.