Whole Systems Modelling with iThink™ or STELLA™
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| Subject | Introduction to Systems Thinking and the new iThink™/STELLA™ v.9 software |
| Suitable for | Anyone with responsibility for improving organisational performance |
| Duration | Two day workshop |
| Format | Interactive and participative using the iThink™and STELLA™ software to develop skills in whole systems modelling |
| Venue | Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire |
| Date | Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd October 2008 |
| Cost | £695 + VAT (£550 + VAT for Public Sector/voluntary organisations) |
Synopsis
A practical programme developed for public service professionals at all levels, especially business planners and analysts with strategic or operational change management responsibilities. Learning of systemic tools and techniques for business planning and improvement is consolidated in a two-day workshop, which is designed to allow participants to practise their skills in realistic business situations.
Benefits
Participants return to their organisations able to:
- Think about strategic and operational issues in systemic terms
- Formulate strategies that are aligned with operational reality
- Design effective business processes
- Explore different options and assess their costs and benefits
- Reveal hidden problems of change
- Use simulation to identify and avoid actions which are counter productive
- Explore their own business issue or project in systemic terms
Programme
Day 1 – Overview of whole systems modelling with iThink™ and STELLA™
- Introduction to whole systems modelling; background, benefits, applications, key learning opportunities
- Problem identification and systems mapping – causal loop diagrams and ‘behaviour over time’
- Mapping systems as processes – introduction to stocks and flows
- Developing understanding of system performance – simulation models
Day 2 – Applying whole systems modelling to address participants’ own issues
- Review of Day 1
- Issue definition or revisiting existing Issues and models
- Qualitative mapping
- Quantitative modelling
- Policy and scenario testing
- Model reviews and next steps
Location
The historic market town of Knaresborough stands on the River Nidd at the edge of the scenic Yorkshire Dales. There is good access by road (via the A1(M)) or by rail (via Leeds or York).
The venue for the workshop is Conyngham Hall, one of Knaresborough's best-known and most prestigious Grade II listed buildings, and a former home of the Mackintosh family.
Situated within beautifully landscaped gardens, and with access to riverside walks, the Hall is now run commercially as a business centre and conference venue.
For those people who require overnight accomodation, we have negotiated a discounted rate for B&B at the nearby Dower House Hotel. Details of other local accommodation can be supplied on request.
To find out more about our system dynamic workshops, please send us an email, or use the enquiry form