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Showing 1 to 20 of 329 for “"Systems Thinking"”.
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Collaborative systems thinking : an exploration of the mechanisms enabling team systems thinking
Aerospace systems are among the most complex anthropogenic systems and require large quantities of systems knowledge to design successfully. Within the aerospace industry, an aging workforce places those with the most systems experience near retirement at a time when fewer new programs exist to …
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Systems Thinking for Social Changemakers
Social change makers are intuitive systems thinkers, but to be successful they need to develop more intentional system-level perspectives to coordinate and implement more meaningful and effective solutions that result in positive social and environmental impact outcomes. The social impact space is …
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Enabling process improvements through systems thinking
… improvement project is different, using the systems thinking approach decreases the risk of failure as the implementer(s) is/are more aware of critical items on the fringe which might otherwise be neglected. Process metrics are vital for many reasons including motivating employees, …
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Systems Thinking Applied to Digital Divide
… to tackle these challenges by leveraging the systems thinking approach. It provides with a beneficiary-first perspective of the issue, and derives a revised definition for this issue that is relevant for the current timeframe (2022). Finally, a root-case analysis model in conjunction with …
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Universal health coverage: a systems thinking approach
This dissertation uses a systems thinking approach to investigate how current health system frameworks conceive of universal coverage schemes and the conditions which led to their implementation and sustainability.
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Applying systems thinking to healthcare data cybersecurity
… 2009, adoption of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems in US healthcare organizations has increased significantly. Along with the rapid increase in usage of EHR, cybercrimes are on the rise as well. Two recent cybercrime cases from early 2015, the Anthem and Premera breaches, are examples of the …
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Applying systems thinking towards countering hybrid warfare
… approach, normative research, case study and systems thinking are applied to analyze the hybrid warfare threat and then construct a suitable response framework, treating it as system with interrelated constituent parts, synergistically working together over time, within the wider international …
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Developing a Measure of Systems Thinking Competency
… second manuscript develops a tool to measure 'systems thinking,' a competency that describes the sort of cognitive flexibility that might be beneficial for graduates to be emerging leaders capable of addressing critical societal issues. A framework for considering systems thinking competency is …
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Exploring systems thinking and middle school principal leadership
… model, the ways these descriptions reflect systems thinking concepts, and how these systems thinking concepts influence these leadership practices. Nine acting middle school principals were interviewed using a semi structured interview protocol that included 10 predetermined interview …
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The architecture and acuity of critical systems thinking
… thesis looks at two critical urges in Critical Systems Thinking that both complement and critique each other. Firstly, there is an urge to construct in a critical manner. Secondly, there is an urge to be critical about such constructions. They complement and critique each other in the manner in …
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Critical systems thinking and pluralism : a new constellation
… and the solutions offered by various critical systems writers. The problems of "imperialism" are outlined together with an analysis of the meta-theoretical views which purport to avoid imperialism. It is suggested that researchers attempting to understand alien or incommensurable paradigms or …
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Systems Thinking, Mental Representations, and Unintended Consequence Identification
… and practitioners recently have asserted that systems thinking (ST)---the language, cognitive tool set, and perspectives that facilitate decision makers' mental representations of complex environments---improves accountants' thinking about causality (Bell, Peecher, and Solomon 2002). We have …
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Systems thinking applied to automation and workplace safety
… presents the results of a study to compare Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA), a hazard analysis methodology based on a new model of accident causation called Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP), with the traditional assessments recommended by industry standards for …
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Re-examining the implications of systems thinking for evaluation
… and using ideas, theories, and methods from the systems and complexity fields with little research on the implications of this trend for the evaluation field. This thesis examines this borrowing to identify over-arching implications for evaluation theory and practice. The first paper reviews …
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Student experiences of learning in a systems thinking course
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-77).
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Health systems thinking : the need for a more critical approach
… to bring more insights and added value to health systems thinking using systems ideas. It inquires about the current state of health systems thinking, analyses different strengths of alternative systems approaches, and suggests what systems thinking can offer in order to improve the current …
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Designing Student Interactions to Explore Systems Thinking in Augmented Reality
… headset based AR can be used to teach complex-systems learning in middle school classrooms as well as providing a platform to develop similar experiences. These concepts will also be discussed at a broader scale, first presenting considerations based on the affordances of AR and current …
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A systems thinking approach to defining a space force architecture
… of the Armed Forces. This thesis applies a systems thinking method to designing the structure and function of the Space Force. Through review of open-source literature, the study summarizes the current state of the military space enterprise and assesses the arguments made by advocates of …
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Systems Thinking for Prioritizing Technology Research & Development in Public Administration
In Japan's policies on science and technology, the distribution of resources may be done without any theoretical basis. The Cabinet Office, which prepares the basic plan for science and technology policy, and the ministries and agencies that specifically implement science and technology policy …
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AutomaTiles : tangible cellular automata for playful engagement with systems thinking
… that our world is an aggregate of complex systems, emergent behavior, and system dynamics. The perceptual and analytical tools for exploring and studying these systems, however, have generally been relegated to scientists (whether mathematicians, physicists, biologists, economists, or …
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