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System Thinking
Become a better problem solver and improve the performance of your projects with system thinking.
- START DATE February 10, 2025 More Dates
- TIME COMMITMENT 4-5 Hours per Week
- DURATION 5 Weeks
- FORMAT Online
- CEUs 2.3
- PRICE $1,449
BECOME A VITAL PART OF YOUR ORGANIZATION'S FUTURE
We are surrounded by systems. The products, processes, and projects that we work on are increasingly complex and interrelated systems. Organizations are calling on you, their technical professionals, to drive and optimize complex projects under high-pressure conditions.
Through this online course, MIT faculty will teach you how to think of things as systems -- the process of understanding how entities influence one another within a whole. You’ll be able to then communicate that gaining insight and apply new methods, techniques, and vocabulary to your projects and processes. System thinking (or “systems thinking”) helps organizations examine complexity and simplify it; recognize patterns, and create effective solutions to challenges. Understanding and approaching problems from a systems perspective in technical environments is an essential skill for your career.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Apply system thinking to improve the performance of your projects. Understand how systems thinking is used in diverse areas such as logistics & transportation, project management, and computation. Participate in a project management simulation to apply the concepts learned, and engage in activities to contextualize each concept.
View the week by week schedule here.
MIT xPRO is collaborating with Global Alumni to offer this course in SPANISH (System Thinking: Gestión de Proyectos Basada en la Perspectiva de Sistemas) in collaboration with Global Alumni.
- Understand the foundation of system thinking and the concepts of emergence, function, and performance.
- Identify and describe the relationships among entities in systems applied to your own experience.
- Identify how system thinking is applied in technical environments such as logistics & transportation, and computation.
- Apply the system dynamic method to understand complex processes.
- Create models of systems based on networks and on dynamics.
- Practice concepts from the course through a project management simulation.
WHO SHOULD ENROLL
Technical professionals looking to advance their essential skills to improve the performance of their projects and processes.
Individual contributors who want to perform at their highest potential.
Managers intent on architecting successful, collaborative, and happy teams.
This course is especially relevant to project managers, product managers, and anyone working with complex, interrelated systems.
HOW YOU WILL LEARN
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LEARN BY DOING
Practice system thinking through activities, reflection, and simulations to apply the concepts to your personal and professional systems.
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LEARN FROM OTHERS
Connect with an international community of professionals while working on projects based on real-world examples.
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LEARN ON DEMAND
Access all of the content online and watch videos on your schedule.
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REFLECT AND APPLY
Bring your new skills to your organization, through examples from technical work environments and ample prompts for reflection.
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DEMONSTRATE YOUR SUCCESS
Earn a Professional Certificate and 2.25 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from MIT.
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LEARN FROM THE BEST
Gain insights from leading MIT faculty and industry experts.
WHAT LEARNERS ARE SAYING
TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM COMPANIES LIKE THOMSON REUTERS, REFINITV, AND BOEING HAVE COMPLETED THIS COURSE.
DAYANDA SHENOY, TECHNICAL LEAD AT THOMSON REUTERS
The course material is organized very well and intuitively. I can now visualize Systems in a different dimension and see different components and the…
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SUMITRA RAO, DIRECTOR, SECURITY CONSULTANCY AT REFINITIV
System Thinking course by MIT xPRO is an amazing course that I took just recently. It skillfully imparts the foundational concepts of Systems Thinkin…
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MAX OSBORNE, ENGINEERING MANAGER, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AT BOEING AEROSTRUCTURES AUSTRALIA
The MIT Systems Thinking course provided me with valuable insights, new language and concepts to apply to my job, and different ways of approaching e…
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DAYANDA SHENOY, TECHNICAL LEAD AT THOMSON REUTERS
The course material is organized very well and intuitively. I can now visualize Systems in a different dimension and see different components and their importance. This learning will be positively contributing to the success of my next project as well as expanding my career prospects.
SUMITRA RAO, DIRECTOR, SECURITY CONSULTANCY AT REFINITIV
System Thinking course by MIT xPRO is an amazing course that I took just recently. It skillfully imparts the foundational concepts of Systems Thinking, taking it to the next level in applying it to some complex interrelated systems and finally dynamic systems which was very interesting to learn. I liked the self-reflection exercises as it helped me understand the concept and apply it on a system that I had chosen. Not to mention, some exciting simulation exercises included! I will definitely be applying these concepts in my organization to holistically design and deliver a system or any processes going forward and completely recommend this course to anyone wanting to enhance the way they look at analyzing the systems regardless of their complexity.
MIT FACULTY AND INSTRUCTORS
Edward F. Crawley
Ford Professor of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
John Sterman
Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management
Daniela Rus
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Director CSAIL, MIT
Hamsa Balakrishnan
Associate Dean of Engineering and the William E. Leonhard (1940) Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT
News and Events
System Thinking: The Cognitive Skill of the 21st Century
MIT's Professor Ed Crawley presents on System Thinking, why it's important, and who can benefit from it
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3 Reasons Your Team Needs System Thinking Training
MIT Professor Edward Crawley, provides the top reasons leaders should invest in system thinking training for employees in 2023.
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Ask an MIT Professor: What Is System Thinking and Why Is It Important?
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