Handbook

Systems Dynamics is a science that has its origins in engineering control theory, although systems concepts cross most disciplines. System Dynamics is the rigorous study of organisational problems, from a holistic or systemic perspective, where there is dynamic behaviour (quantities changing over time) and where feedback impacts significantly on system behaviour. It provides the framework and rules for qualitative description, exploration and analysis of such systems in terms of their processes, information, boundaries and strategies, thereby facilitating quantitative computer simulation modelling and analysis to assist understanding of system structure and control. This course focuses on the application of system dynamics modelling in strategic and corporate environments, with an emphasis on Defence. The course has wide applicability across technical, environmental and social systems.