NDLI: When systems thinking is not a natural act

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Valerdi, R. Rouse, W.B.
Copyright Year	2010
Description	Author affiliation: Georgia Institute of Technology, Tennenbaum Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA (Rouse, W.B.) \|\| Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Cambridge, MA, USA (Valerdi, R.)
Abstract	Competence in systems thinking is implicitly ssumed among the population of engineers and managers - in act, most technical people will self-identify as systems hinkers. But systems thinking competencies are not as revalent as these assertions might lead one to assume. ontrolled experiments show that systems thinking erformance, even among highly educated people, is poor. This aper provides a set of systems thinking competencies and emonstrates how these are not as common as advertised. We lso discuss how these competencies can be measured. Our ain thesis is that systems thinking is not a natural act because volution has favored mechanisms tuned to dealing with mmediate surface features of problems. We discuss the mplications of this philosophy and provide recommendations or closing the gap between the demand and supply of systems hinking.
Starting Page	184
Ending Page	189
File Size	704942
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424458820
e-ISBN	9781424458844
DOI	10.1109/SYSTEMS.2010.5482446
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-04-05
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	systems thinking Technological innovation Technology management systems engineering competencies Engineering management Government Innovation management Systems engineering and theory Control systems Educational institutions Nonlinear dynamical systems Face detection
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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