Unit 1- One Minute Paper
Systems Thinking From its etymological meaning, a system is the uniting or putting together of different units or components to form a new whole. A system is a set of interacting or interdependent parts coming together to form a complex whole. The essence and the idea of systems is the “bringing together of interdependent components and sub-components with the view of creating a new whole to achieve a set goal or objective” The structure of a system is static whiles the behaviour is dynamic due to the effect produced by a system in operation. (Kreps, 2016) An efficient system should be self-regulating to allow for the sub-components to provide feedback to the other interdependent components. Sub-components of an information system should be arranged and fitted in an environment to enable them to become self-organizable and governed by feedback. In his publication, SYSTEMS THINKING: WHAT, WHY, WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW? Michael Goodman further espouses “systems thi...