1-4: Systems Thinking 11 unread reply.44 replies. Purpose This assignment is intended to help you learn to apply a systems viewpoint to business organizations. Action Items View the 12-minute video by Russell AckoffLinks to an external site. on systems thinking. Review a one-page summary of Marvin Weisbord's system modelLinks to an external site.. Read the more detailed description of the Weisbord six box system modelLinks to an external site.. Practice applying the six-box system model to your own organization by employing your answers to the Table 1 questions for each box from the above article. Prepare a 1-2 page paper that responds to the following: What ideas were new to you? Provide your answers to each of your selected Weisbord model questions. What did you learn about your organization from the practice application of Weisbord's model? What might be some of the practical implications of using a systems thinking approach in your organizational unit