This perspective is best described as systems thinking, a concept brought into the managerial mainstream by Peter Senge in his book The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning ...

Shifting from examining frustrating issues in isolation to a systems thinking approach that identifies the patterns shaping ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3- Good health and wellbeing. The paradigms of action theory and control theory dominate both science and practice, based on the belief ...

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Dynamic systems pays attention to patterns of change over time. Source: Drawing by A. Danvers “Personal histories are processes of change in time, and the change itself is one of the things ...

Serendipity led Northwestern Engineering’s Marco Nie into transportation research. Purpose, however, has fueled his ongoing commitment to the deeply interdisciplinary field, which holds far-reaching ...

In a world where software code governs finance, logistics, and even legal processes, the profession of software engineer is no longer purely technical. Today, it is the role of a systems architect ...

At first glance, Amanda Stathopoulos seems a pinch out of place at Northwestern Engineering. After all, Stathopoulos is a trained economist intrigued by human behavior. On its surface, her work ...