In assessing a Swedish undergraduate study program in information systems development the proposition is put forward that a process oriented curricula could be a promising alternative to mainstream content based ones. By further stressing a user perspective, creativity, and systemic thinking, conditions are created for putting technology to its best possible use in its service of human needs.

The elements of a pluralist systemic framework for the evaluation of factors affecting software development productivity are discussed. The framework is based on the Multiple Perspectives concept by Linstone, Multimethodology by Mingers and Critical Systems Thinking. The proposed mix of methods complements existing cost estimation techniques by providing deeper understanding of the role of the ...

The article is devoted to the development of systems thinking students. Systems nowadays becomes crucial for specialists in field environmental management. However, peculiarities modern education since school are not conducive widespread formation system skills. authors propose use cognitive modeling develop students, as well assess degree these

The aim of this article is to reflect about the relevance incorporating paradigm complexity in psychomotor thinking, which involves different epistemic frames. It describes simplifying thinking that reduces and fragments areas knowledge, as opposed complex integrates them a systemic way. At same time, it presents reflection its possible influences on foundation psychomotricity health area pract...

Human behavior is an underlying cause for many of the ecological crises faced in the 21st century, and there is no escaping from the fact that widespread behavior change is necessary for socio-ecological systems to take a sustainable turn. Whilst making people and communities behave sustainably is a fundamental objective for environmental policy, behavior change interventions and policies are o...

Advocates of systems thinking approaches argue that accident prevention strategies should focus on reforming the system rather than on fixing the "broken components." However, little guidance exists on how organizations can translate incident data into prevention strategies that address the systemic causes of accidents. This article describes and evaluates a series of systems thinking preventio...

Orientation: Leaders need goodness-of-fit with the context in which they are leading, and coaching is considered an effective strategy to achieve this. Research purpose: To critically problematise current dominant strategies terms of their underlying worldviews, order assess potential effectiveness relevance enhancing context‒leadership goodness-of-fit, given emerging faced by leaders. Motivati...

We offer a reflection on our own praxis as designers and developers of a learning system for mature-age students through the Open University (OU) UK’s internationally recognised supported-open learning approach. The learning system (or course or module), which required an investment in the range of £0.25–0.5 million to develop, thus reflects our own history (traditions of understanding), the hi...

Ideas from complexity science and systems thinking are demonstrably helpful in a shift from exploring (systematic) linear net effects of an intervention towards exploring wider (systemic) effects occurring elsewhere. But where these ideas of ‘impact’ are coupled with a narrow use of the contingency approach, some less helpful ‘triangulated’ relationships might be evident. These relationships mi...