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Cultivating Systemic Thinking in the Next Generation of Business Leaders

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: In response to criticism that they do not train students to be effective decision makers, many business schools have attempted to modify their graduate management programs. We suggest that a primary ingredient missing from these attempts is a comprehensive treatment of systemic thinking. While most business functions teach about the systems housed within them, we suggest that few teach their students to think systemically. We propose a 3-part description of systemic thinking and provide results of a survey that investigates the claim that students are not being taught to think systemically.

Source: Academy of Management Learning and Education

DOI: 10.5465/amle.2008.31413859

Authors: J. Brian Atwater, Vijay R. Kannan, Alan A. Stephens

Institution: Utah State University

Language: English

Topic: Management and Marketing Education

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2017677761

FWCI: 16.65

Cites: 35

Cited by: 116

Related to: 10