System Thinking

Course guarantor:

Jakub Kraus

Lecturer:

Jakub Kraus

Tutor:

Jakub Kraus

Supervisor:

Department of Air Transport

Synopsis:

System, its structure, algorithmization, complexity, emergence, mind setting, critical thinking, teamwork, feedback and communication, goal setting, uncertainties and arguments, decision making under uncertainty.

Requirements:

none

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

The aim of the course is to build engineering thinking in relation to the acquired knowledge within the master's study.

Study materials:

Checkland, P.: System Thinking, System Practice 1981

Weinberg, G.: An Introduction to General System Thinking 1975

Dekker, S. The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'. Burlington: Ashgate. 2014.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed	roomHO:A-322 Kraus J. 08:45–10:30 (lecture parallel285) Horská 3 (stará budova)
Thu
Fri	roomHO:A-349 Kraus J. 13:15–14:45 (lecture parallel292) Horská 3 (stará budova) roomHO:A-349 Kraus J. 15:00–16:30 (lecture parallel292) Horská 3 (stará budova)

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Master Full-Time PL from 2022/23 (compulsory course)
• Master Part-Time PL from 2022/23 (compulsory course)
• Master Full-Time PL from 2023/24 (compulsory course)
• Master Part-Time PL from 2023/24 (compulsory course)