Collaborative Systems Thinking: Uncovering the rules of team-level systems thinking
As the aerospace workforce braces itself for the 'silver tsunami,' more emphasis is needed on how to develop systems skills in engineering workforce research has shown this knowledge is tacit and based in experience. However, with nearly one-third of the industry's employees eligible...
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| author | Lamb, Caroline Twomey Rhodes, Donna H. |
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| description | As the aerospace workforce braces itself for the 'silver tsunami,' more emphasis is needed on how to develop systems skills in engineering workforce research has shown this knowledge is tacit and based in experience. However, with nearly one-third of the industry's employees eligible for retirement, this systems-level knowledge is at risk of being lost. This paper focuses on the team as the unit of analysis and the elements of design process and team culture that foster collaborative systems thinking teams. Eight pilot interviews, ten full case studies and 14 abbreviated case studies were used to explore 'collaborative systems thinking,' or team-level systems thinking. From these data a definition of collaborative systems thinking is derived and generalizations about collaborative systems thinking teams are presented. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/595272022-09-30T00:54:28Z Collaborative Systems Thinking: Uncovering the rules of team-level systems thinking Lamb, Caroline Twomey Rhodes, Donna H. Lincoln Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development Rhodes, Donna H. Rhodes, Donna H. Lamb, Caroline Twomey collaborative systems thinking engineering teams systems thinking workforce development As the aerospace workforce braces itself for the 'silver tsunami,' more emphasis is needed on how to develop systems skills in engineering workforce research has shown this knowledge is tacit and based in experience. However, with nearly one-third of the industry's employees eligible for retirement, this systems-level knowledge is at risk of being lost. This paper focuses on the team as the unit of analysis and the elements of design process and team culture that foster collaborative systems thinking teams. Eight pilot interviews, ten full case studies and 14 abbreviated case studies were used to explore 'collaborative systems thinking,' or team-level systems thinking. From these data a definition of collaborative systems thinking is derived and generalizations about collaborative systems thinking teams are presented. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lean Advancement Initiative Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Systems Engineering Advancement Research Initiative United States. Dept. of Defense (National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships) 2010-10-26T18:33:33Z 2010-10-26T18:33:33Z 2009-04 2009-03 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 978-1-4244-3462-6 INSPEC Accession Number: 10574470 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59527 Lamb, C.T., and D.H. Rhodes. “Collaborative systems thinking: Uncovering the rules of team-level systems thinking.” Systems Conference, 2009 3rd Annual IEEE. 2009. 413-418. ©2009 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. en_US 3rd Annual IEEE Systems Conference, 2009 Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE |
| spellingShingle | collaborative systems thinking engineering teams systems thinking workforce development Lamb, Caroline Twomey Rhodes, Donna H. Collaborative Systems Thinking: Uncovering the rules of team-level systems thinking |
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| title_full | Collaborative Systems Thinking: Uncovering the rules of team-level systems thinking |
| title_fullStr | Collaborative Systems Thinking: Uncovering the rules of team-level systems thinking |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collaborative Systems Thinking: Uncovering the rules of team-level systems thinking |
| title_short | Collaborative Systems Thinking: Uncovering the rules of team-level systems thinking |
| title_sort | collaborative systems thinking uncovering the rules of team level systems thinking |
| topic | collaborative systems thinking engineering teams systems thinking workforce development |
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