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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Systems thinking approach"”.
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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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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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A systems thinking approach to business intelligence solutions based on cloud computing
… large amounts of money and effort using this approach. This document identifies the main challenges companies encounter while working on business intelligence applications in the cloud, such as security, availability, performance, integration, regulatory issues, and constraints on network …
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A Systems Thinking Approach to Hispanic Engineer’s Involvement in Corporate Diversity Networks
… of ten participants, and a thematic analysis approach used to analyze the data into the following five themes: diversity considerations for school and job selections, employee perspective on ERGs, sense of belonging and generational differences, the meaning of inclusiveness, and continued …
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Investigating project management practice in Nigerian government construction organisations: a systems thinking approach.
… developing countries. However, the reductionist approach applied in these investigations means that components were defined in terms of a singular aspect in relation to the organisation. Such a singular focus on the challenges of developing project management practice has not been sufficient to …
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Analyzing the United States Air Force agile transformation using a systems thinking approach
… up with industry in developing state of the art systems in a timely manner. Although many argue that the landscape for the Department of Defense (DoD) has complex and unique factors this does not make the needs of the warfighter to be less urgent. To improve its current state, the USAF has been …
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Architecting Innovative Engineering Organizations within Large Technology Enterprises Using a Systems Thinking Approach
… is to investigate key factors, strategies, and approaches that foster an innovative environment to drive organizational innovation. Additionally, it demonstrates how a systems thinking approach can holistically analyze an enterprise and generate crucial considerations for designing future …
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Analysis of the performance challenges affecting state-owned refineries in Nigeria: a systems thinking approach.
… and legal (PESTEL) framework. A mixed methods approach incorporating the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), validated through interviews, was applied using a multi-case study research strategy to prioritise and rank the factors according to their significance. These factors were used to …
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A critical systems thinking approach for the planning of information technology in the information society
… Planning (ICTP) from the perspective of Critical Systems Thinking (CST). Nowadays with the increasing use of information and communications technologies and the possibilities of management of information, organisations and people in general focus attention on the planning of these technologies. …
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A systems thinking approach to IT process automation gaining efficiencies in very large multi-service data centers
… efficiently manage increasingly massive pools of systems and services under any particular IT Service Provider's management domain. A successful process workflow, run book, automation, and orchestration framework implementation requires a high degree of flexibility and scalability to be …
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Evaluating the SFLC Industrial Operations Organization and delivery of depot maintenance to stakeholders through a systems thinking Approach
… organization. Additionally, it evaluates how can systems-thinking inform future enterprise transformation opportunities for improved efficiencies in the delivery of depot-maintenance to the surface fleet. Moreover, the objective is to propose alternative enterprise architectures that deliver value …
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The role of trust in relation to how quality in mental health services is perceived : a critical systems thinking approach
… out within an overarching framework of Critical Systems Thinking (CST), using a modified form of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) (Checkland and Scholes, 1990; Checkland and Poulter, 2006) to structure the process of gathering information regarding perceptions of service quality, communication …
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A Systems Thinking Approach to Examine Local Food Systems Planning Through a Climate-Biodiversity-Health Lens: A Comox Valley Case Study
Food systems are highly vulnerable to the effects of anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation. At the same time, food systems contribute significantly to the production of greenhouse gases that drive climate change and negatively impact ecosystems. Such a vicious cycle of cause …
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Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions using the sustainable systems-thinking approach by utilizing cost-effective hydrogen production with a lower environmental footprint
Hydrogen (H₂) is an important energy carrier that can fuel the future as society seeks to engage in energy transition with sustainable, emission-free solutions. Hydrogen is a clean-burning fuel to generate energy as only water is produced when it is burned. Currently, nearly all commercially …
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From biosphere to noosphere: Vladimir Vernadsky's theoretical system as a conceptual framework for universal sustainability education
… Development (2005-2014), a common conceptual approach to teaching sustainability does not exist. We face a paradoxical situation. Students often are frustrated by information regarding the developing ecological crisis and feel hopeless about their uncertain future, while educators are not only …
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The Democratization of Coaching in Canadian Public Healthcare Systems
… workers. Using an interpretive qualitative approach, the study gathers rich narratives from healthcare professionals across Canada to uncover the barriers and support factors to make coaching accessible. The findings highlight the necessity of updating outdated mental models, securing …
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Inundated: Holistically Improving Institutional Coordination And Crisis Management Following Superstorm Sandy
… due to the lack of utilizing a holistic and systems thinking approach. Using the Rockaway Peninsula as a fractal exemplar of the region, this document identifies ways to improve preparation, response and recovery in a resilient fashion through improving communication, establishing trust, …
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Systems analysis of crime in Trinidad and Tobago, focusing on the cocaine trade
… still increasing. In this paper, I argue that a systems-thinking approach is needed to understand crime in T&T and to evaluate potential interventions. Using systems analysis, international and national datasets, system dynamic models as well as newspaper reports, I review recent experience, …
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Enabling process improvements through systems thinking
… that can guarantee success, therefore the approach, and not necessarily the process, is critical. Since every process 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 …
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A Systems Approach to Ocean Plastics Governance in Ghana
… a qualitative methodology, underpinned by a systems thinking approach, to examine ocean plastics from a governance perspective in Ghana. The findings reveal that ocean plastic pollution is an emerging problem in Ghana with limited national attention. It also reveals low visibility for the …
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