Editing Systems thinking (section)

{{Short description|Examining complex systems as a whole}}
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[[Image:Systems thinking about the society.svg|thumb|upright=1.2|right|Depiction of systems thinking about society]] 
{{Complex systems}}
'''Systems thinking''' is a way of making sense of the complexity of the world by looking at it [[holism|in terms of wholes]] and [[Relationalism|relationships]] rather than by splitting it down into its parts.<ref name="andersonJohnson1997">Anderson, Virginia, & Johnson, Lauren (1997). ''Systems Thinking Basics: From Concepts to Causal Loops''. Waltham, Mass: Pegasus Comm., Inc.</ref><ref>Magnus Ramage and Karen Shipp. 2009. Systems Thinkers. Springer.</ref> It has been used as a way of exploring and developing effective action in complex contexts,<ref>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/285442/12-1043-introduction-to-systems-thinking-gse-seminar.pdf Introduction to Systems thinking]. Report of GSE and GORS seminar. Civil Service Live. 3 July 2012. Government Office for Science.</ref> enabling [[#Applications|systems change]].<ref name="stem">Sarah York, Rea Lavi, Yehudit Judy Dori, and MaryKay Orgill [https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00261 Applications of Systems Thinking in STEM Education] ''J. Chem. Educ.'' 2019, '''96''', 12, 2742–2751 Publication Date:May 14, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00261</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=School of System Change: Why Systems Change? |url=https://schoolofsystemchange.org/systems-change/why-systems-change |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=School of System Change: Learning to lead change in a complex world |language=en}}</ref> Systems thinking draws on and contributes to [[systems theory]] and the [[Systems science|system sciences]].<ref name="ackoff">Systemic Thinking 101 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGN5DBpW93g Russell L Ackoff From Mechanistic to Systemic thinking], also awal street journal [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbLh7rZ3rhU (2016) Systems Thinking Speech by Dr. Russell Ackoff] 1:10:57</ref>