EducationEnvironmental SciencePsychology

J. Sterman

1994.6.1SYSTEM DYNAMICS REVIEW

DOI: 10.1002/sdr.4260100214

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Change is accelerating, and as the complexity of the systems in which the authors live grows, so do the unanticipated side effects of human actions, further increasing complexity.

Abstract

Change is accelerating, and as the complexity of the systems in which we live grows, so do the unanticipated side effects of human actions, further increasing complexity. Many scholars call for the development of systems thinking to improve our ability to manage wisely. But how do people learn in and about complex dynamic systems? Learning is a feedback process in which our decisions alter the real world, we receive information feedback about the

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STERMAN, J. Learning in and about complex systems. SYSTEM DYNAMICS REVIEW, 1994, 10: 291–330.