Systems Thinking as an Emergent Team Property: Ongoing Research into the Enablers and Barriers to Team-level Systems Thinking
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Twomey Lamb, Caroline
Rhodes, Donna H.
Date Issued
April 7, 2008
Abstract
This paper describes ongoing research exploring systems
thinking at the team level. Termed collaborative systems thinking by
the authors, the concept of higher level systems thinking is
envisioned as a means both to build workforce competency and to
explicitly deal with system complexity at a higher level within an
organization. This paper introduces the key research questions, an
initial definition of collaborative systems thinking, demographic and
technical motivators, and summarizes the research progress to date
and plan for completion. The results of this research will inform
the design of technical processes and provide empirical knowledge
to support workforce development interventions aimed at developing
systems thinking within engineering teams. The role of
organizational culture is also considered as a factor in enabling
collaborative systems thinking.
Subjects
systems thinking
collaborative systems thinking (CST)
standard technical process
organizational culture
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