While the cycle time research literature often advocates the principle of “cyclical thinking,” it also often fails to disclose important assumptions, requirements, and ramifications of the use of this tool. As a result, practitioners may encounter significant roadblocks in applying “cyclical thinking” to their cycle time reduction projects. These critical prerequisite and ensuing conditions hav...

Developing systems thinking skills in school can provide useful tools to deal with a vast amount of medical and health information that may help learners in decision making in their future lives as citizen. Thus, there is a need to develop effective tools that will allow learners to analyze biological systems and organize their knowledge. Here, we examine junior high school students' systems th...

in today's business environment, complex changes and non-linear and discontinuous changes impossible to predict the future and has forced organizations, to comply with changed. in these volatile times, strategic thinking can be the way to survive. strategic thinking is a specific activity that aims to discover creative and innovative strategies that can be played by that rule changes and a...