Overview/Description
Systems repeatedly fall into common patterns. In this course, you will learn five system archetypes, patterns that appear in every organization. By becoming aware of an archetype and learning how to identify it in your work situations, you gain a strong tool for assessing the structure and forces at work in your organization. Archetypes are used to clarify and test models as well as compile the many details involved in systems thinking that can so easily overwhelm the beginning systems thinker. Using archetypes simplifies the process of looking at your systems and gives structure to the steps needed to work within those systems.