Are you thinking about studying Systems Thinking at postgraduate level and want to become equipped with the knowledge and skills to do so successfully? Do you want to develop new ways of thinking about and approaching situations that cross multiple discipline and skills boundaries? Do you want to learn to think more holistically about complex and messy situations, understand the roles other people play, taking account of the interconnectedness of all the components making up the problem situations and working more collaboratively? If so, then this free badged course, Mastering systems thinking in practice, is for you.

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• challenge systematic thinking and systematic approaches to understanding and working with complex situations
• explain how and why different systems of interest can be defined and described within complex situations
• recognise that each person brings with them their own perspective on a situation and to work with those multiple perspectives
• relate key ideas, techniques and approaches in systems thinking to professional practice when working with complex situations
• plan how to take the study of systems thinking in practice further for professional development.