Collaborative Systems Thinking Research: Exploring Systems Thinking within Teams
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Lamb, Caroline T.
Rhodes, Donna H.
Date Issued
2008
Abstract
This paper describes ongoing research that seeks to develop an empirical basis
for collaborative systems thinking, defined as “an emergent behavior of teams resulting
from the interactions of team members and utilizing a variety of thinking styles, design
processes, tools, and communication media to consider system attributes,
interrelationships, context and dynamics towards executing systems design”. This type
of thinking is critically important to addressing engineering systems challenges, and the
research seeks to inform and enable effective systems engineering practice in
contemporary engineering enterprises. Focusing on the aerospace domain, collaborative
systems thinking is examined through the alignment of enterprise culture and standard
technical processes. This paper draws on a variety of literature to compose a definition
of collaborative systems thinking and propose a research agenda going forward.
Subjects
collaborative systems thinking (CST)
teams
engineering systems
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