Tag: block 1

Examine the initial responses you identified in the light of the stakeholding you identified earlier in Activity 13. Are they related in any way? The previous activity shows that I…

Identify and record any stake you hold in this situation. I wouldn’t have had much of a stake in the CSA situation back in the 90s, other than as a…

Look at your rich picture. Check you have not fallen into the trap of an over hasty identification of the problem. This is the “representing the problem and not the…

Review your rich picture. When you come back after a break, spend about 5 minutes taking a good look at the rich picture. Is it as complete as you thought…

Read the case study in Appendix B and draw a rich picture. The case study describes the mess created when the government started the CSA back in the 90s. I…

How do you read most effectively? Oh crap. Well, I don’t think that I have an effective way of reading. I tend to just, you know, read stuff then hope…

How do you understand the focus on your own responses in the activities and in the reading you have done so far? I’m still a little bewildered by it all…

Do you feel able to adopt any of the attitudes I have suggested? These attitudes are as follows: Being open and sensitive to all kinds of information about a situation:…

Looking through your previous notes and my previous questions, identify and record any ways your expectations have changed. I think the only way my expectations have changed is in regards…

Make notes on what you think are the main features of systems thinking. Systems thinking, for me, involves the process of describing and understanding systems as wholes. Rather than taking…

More questions about my expectations of this course. What activities do you expect to undertake in studying a level 3 course? Short answer? Similar to a level 3 course but…

This one is going to be very short. Add any further thoughts about your expectations. You may feel some of the expectations you had have already been changed. Add any…