In Systems Dynamics, doctoral students will explore the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes needed to manage public service organizations strategically. Using a systems theory perspective, students will examine organizational structures and processes for organizational change. In this course, students will be prepared to be current and future managers of public educational organizations in leadership roles.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of this course you will be able to:
1. Evaluate systems thinking concepts in comparison to organizational situations.
2. Outline the five major disciplines in systems thinking.
3. Analyze the integration of systems theory for organizational change.
4. Relate various applications of systems theory to the workplace.
5. Analyze feedback loops in organizations as supportive or hindering of systems goals.
6. Compare and contrast personal mastery with typical goals of employees in their system.
7. Present an organizational setting within a greater systems view.
COURSE CONCEPTS:
1. System structure and behavior
2. System traps and opportunities
3. Creating change—leverage points
4. Self-limiting and self-sustaining growth
5. The five core systems disciplines
6. The leader’s new work
PRIMARY RESOURCES:
These resources are required to complete the course.
Please make sure that you purchase the primary textbook(s) that match the syllabus you are issued. Please let your assigned Faculty know through the NCU messaging system
what text(s) you have purchased. NCU cannot be responsible for Student purchase of books that do not match assigned syllabi.
Book:
Meadows, D. H., & Wright, D. (2010). Thinking in systems: A primer. White River Junction, VT Chelsea Green Publishing.
ISBN: 9781603580557
Please make sure that you purchase the primary textbook(s) that match the syllabus you are issued.