System: An interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized in a way that achieves something.
(Source: Meadows, Donella H., and Diana Wright. Thinking in Systems: A Primer. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Pub., 2008. 10. Print.)
Systems Theory: The trans-disciplinary study of the abstract organization of phenomena, independent of their substance, type, or spatial or temporal scale of existence. It investigates both the principles common to all complex entities, and the (usually mathematical) models which can be used to describe them.
(Source: Bertalanffy, Ludwig Von. General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications. New York: G. Braziller, 1973. Print.)
Systems Analysis: The process of studying a procedure or business in order to identify its goals and purposes and create systems and procedures that will achieve them in an efficient way.
(Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/systems%20analysis)
Systems Thinking: The art and science of making reliable inferences about behavior by developing an increasingly deep understanding of underlying structure.
(Source: http://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/SystemsThinking.htm)
Stock and Flow Diagram: A visual interpretation of stocks and flows.
(Source: Meadows, Donella H., and Diana Wright. Thinking in Systems: A Primer. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Pub., 2008. 10. Print.)
Systems Theory: The trans-disciplinary study of the abstract organization of phenomena, independent of their substance, type, or spatial or temporal scale of existence. It investigates both the principles common to all complex entities, and the (usually mathematical) models which can be used to describe them.
(Source: Bertalanffy, Ludwig Von. General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications. New York: G. Braziller, 1973. Print.)
Systems Analysis: The process of studying a procedure or business in order to identify its goals and purposes and create systems and procedures that will achieve them in an efficient way.
(Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/systems%20analysis)
Systems Thinking: The art and science of making reliable inferences about behavior by developing an increasingly deep understanding of underlying structure.
(Source: http://www.thwink.org/sustain/glossary/SystemsThinking.htm)
Stock and Flow Diagram: A visual interpretation of stocks and flows.