PART-9: The Logical Thinking Process and System Complexity  [47 slides]

• Agenda

• Underlying Assumptions

• The Complexity Continuum

• Ordered, Unordered, and Disordered Systems

• The Environment Continuum

• Classifying Systems and Environments

  • Simple Domain

  • Complicated Domain

  • Complex Domain

  • Chaotic Domain

• Examples of Systems in the Four Domains

• Leadership versus Management

• Management Functions

• Limits to Effectiveness

• The Role of Tools and Methods

  • Distribution of Tools and Methods

  • Where The Logical Thinking Process Fits In

• Successful Application of the Logical Thinking Process

• What do we know?

• Thriving in the Complex and Chaotic Domains

• The OODA Loop

• Full-Spectrum Tools and Methods

• Option Creation

• Summary

• A Hierarchy of Systems