Handbook of Systems Thinking Methods

The 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.

Paul M. Salmon is a Professor in Human Factors and is the Director of the Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

Neville A. Stanton is a Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Ergonomist and Chartered Engineer. He holds the Chair in Human Factors Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton in the UK.

Guy H. Walker is a Professor within the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.

Adam Hulme is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

Natassia Goode is a Program Manager at WorkSafe Victoria, and Adjunct Fellow within the Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

Jason Thompson is an Associate Professor the University of Melbourne’s School of Medicine and Melbourne School of Design.".

Gemma J. M. Read is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems at the University of the Sunshine Coast.