Systems Thinking
Systems thinking, according to Haynes (2002), is a new way of looking at problems. ... Origins of systems thinking begun with Newton who introduced thinking of the world as a whole composed of machinery that all work together and create the world as we see it now. That led to book General Systems Theory written by Von Bertalanffy in 1954. In 1958, Forrester started simulating with systems dynamics in economics, environment and in organizations. Several decades later, in eighties, Checkland introduced a soft systems methodology, which is usually referred to as "British" approach or soft operations research (Haynes, 2002). That is also a qualitative approach whereas MITs approach developed by Foster is based on mathematical explanations of thinking and problem solving methods. Besides thorough research, the first implementation of systemic thinking was seen in Native American cultures where the symbol of the circle represented totality (Bixler et al. ... Even though systems thinking is a relatively new way of thinking, it is widely spread in todays language.