Salmon P.M., Stanton N.A., Walker G.H., Hulme A., Goode N., Thompson J., Read G.J.M. Handbook of Systems Thinking Methods

Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2022. — 331 p. — ISBN 9780367220174, 0367220172The systems thinking philosophy has become popular in human factors and ergonomics and safety science. These methods are being used to understand and resolve complex societal problems in areas such as transport safety, workplace safety, medication error, disaster management, child abuse, financial crises, terrorism, climate change and public health and wellbeing. This handbook presents practical step-by-step guidance for practitioners and researchers wishing to use these methods to tackle complex problems. Each method includes an example case study which demonstrates how the method can be applied and how the results can be interpreted and translated into practical recommendations.
The book presents practical guidance on state-of-the-art systems thinking methods and offers case study applications describing systems thinking methods in novel areas. It explains how to translate the outputs of systems thinking methods in practice and introduces systems thinking with an overview of Human Factors and Ergonomics applications.
This book will serve as a great reference for students and engineers in the field of systems engineering, complex systems and the design and development of systems, including ergonomics/human factors and systems engineers, designers, architects, industrial engineers, project management engineers, reliability engineers, risk engineers, software engineers and computer engineers.Acknowledgements
Author Biographies
Introdction to Systems Thinking
Introduction to Systems Thinking in Human Factors and Ergonomics and Safety
Risk Assessment Methods
The Networked Hazard Analysis and Risk Management System (Net-HARMS)
The Event Analysis of Systemic Teamwork Broken Links (EAST-BL)
The Systems Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA) Method
Systems Analysis and Design Methods
Hierarchical Task Analysis (HTA)
Cognitive Work Analysis (CWA
The Event Analysis of Systemic Teamwork (EAST)
Causal Loop Diagrams (CLDs)
Accident Analysis Methods
The Accident Mapping (AcciMap) Method
The Accident Network (AcciNet)
The Systems Theoretic Accident Model and Process-Causal Analysis based on Systems Theory (STAMP-CAST) Method
Computational Modelling Methods
Agent-Based Modelling (ABM)
System Dynamics
Many Model Systems Thinking
A Many-Model Systems Thinking ApproachRecommended reading