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Systems Thinking - Value Networks Value networks are a graphical way of showing how value flows around a system. The system could be as large as an industry, all the way down to the connections within a department. The value network is drawn with the individual units within the system as nodes and the flow of value as links. This flow can be hard (e.g. a physical delivery of equipment) or soft (e.g. information or influence, often represented by a dotted line in the diagram). The concept of the value network is closely linked to the value chain, a process flow concept that describes the end to end route of value creation in a process. |
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Feedback Loops Causal Loop Diagramming (CLD) or Feedback Loop diagramming provides a way of drawing and analysing the impact of different variables of systems on each other. More details are in the tools page→. Links to Systems Thinking websites are on the Links page→. Also look at the books section→. |