Systems thinking skills enable employees to successfully perform work tasks by understanding relationships among the components of a system. They include:
- Understands and uses systems
- Monitors systems
- Improves systems
The following initiatives identified systems thinking as an important employability skill. Rollover the matrix content to see descriptions of the skills from primary sources.
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| Resource |
Systems Thinking |
| Understands & uses systems |
Monitors systems |
Improves systems |
| 21st Century Skills for Workplace Success, NOCTI |
X Understands the "big picture" |
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| Arizona's New Workplace Skills, Arizona Department of Education |
X Functions effectively within an organizational culture |
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| Career Clusters Framework, National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium |
X Understands roles within teams, work units, departments, organizations, inter-organizational systems, and the larger environment |
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| Comparative Analysis of Soft Skills: What is Important for New Graduates? U.S. Department of Agriculture |
X Sees the "big picture" and thinks strategically |
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| Industry Competency Models, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor |
X Understands business fundamentals |
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| National Work Readiness Credential |
X Understands systems |
X Uses systems |
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| O*NET, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor |
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X Evaluates and analyzes systems |
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| Partnership for 21st Century Skills |
X Uses systems thinking |
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| Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS), U.S. Department of Labor |
X Understands systems |
X Monitors and corrects performance |
X Improves or designs systems |
NOTE: These examples represent a sample of employability standards and assessments compiled during an inventory of employability skills conducted in 2012. They do not represent an exhaustive list of employability skills but rather include sources that are widely cited. The content of these sources may change over time to address skills that are not reflected in the above matrix.
