Systems thinking is a way of seeing the woods rather than a few close-by and obvious trees.
Maani and Cavana present a comprehensive introduction to the method and history of systems thinking. Systems thinking involves a systematic and diagrammatic approach to understanding your business. Without such methods, the authors consider the human brain all too often fails to comprehend the complexity of a situation and misses the real solutions. Examples, including some in-depth case studies, permeate the book and bring its relevance to the fore. While the conclusions of some of the case studies used could be questioned, there is no doubt of the usefulness of systems thinking for understanding the complex relationships that exist between different actions and consequences.