GEOG 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Systems Theory, Food Security, Systems Analysis
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Traditional analytical thinking means making decisions on simplistic models (as they are narrow in scope) This is also because every type of specialized knowledge is incredibly narrow and specialized --> i. e. in a university setting, there are a number of different faculties/departments that branch off to different faculties. Conventional thinking prepares people poorly to the real world. It is not enough to see how these systems relate to each other, but. Systems thinking: a new way of thinking, thinking in the broad view, solutions that go beyond specialized knowledge and symptom treatment, cross-disciplinary with collaborative efforts. Stepping back and looking at the entire picture as a whole, seeing the relationships and how they are connected together (rather than just focusing on a single aspect/component) The role of geography --> a good example of systems thinking, incorporates a number of different fields, has the ability to step back and look at how things are connected (especially between systems and specializations)
