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Systems thinking in practice is an exciting and emerging management discipline, providing tools to think strategically and challenge your approach to complex situations.
The Open University has over 40 years' experience, leadership and international recognition in the field of systems thinking.
As an early pioneer of the subject, our qualifications in systems thinking in practice have broken new ground in how to teach systems ideas, and have been studied by more than 30,000 people.
We offer the following qualifications:
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Our portfolio of Systems Thinking in Practice qualifications provides students with:
There are four books which accompany your studies. These books were edited and co-authored by highly respected OU academics, with significant contributions in some of the books from internationally recognised experts in systems thinking. The books were co-published by The Open University with Springer. Find out more here.
You can find out more about studying systems thinking through our free learning materials on OpenLearn as well as on the resources page of the Applied Systems Thinking in Practice (ASTiP) group at the OU.
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Find out how systems thinking can help you.
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