Accelerating the Development of Senior Systems Engineers
As more senior systems engineers are needed to handle the increasing complexity of contemporary systems, there is an increasing need to accelerate the development of these senior professionals. However, the process of efficiently developing a senior systems engineer is not well-understood. To com...
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| author | Davidz, Heidi L. Nightingale, Deborah J. Rhodes, Donna H. |
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| description | As more senior systems engineers are needed to handle the increasing complexity
of contemporary systems, there is an increasing need to accelerate the development of these
senior professionals. However, the process of efficiently developing a senior systems engineer is
not well-understood. To compact this problem, the skill set needed by senior systems engineers
continues to broaden as system complexity increases and as system boundaries expand. In order
to better understand the mechanisms that most effectively and efficiently develop these
individuals, this article discusses enablers, barriers, and precursors to this development process.
In addition to reviewing related literature, specific interventions currently used to accelerate
systems thinking development are discussed. Findings from ongoing research related to this
topic provide preliminary information about current understanding and practice. Better
understanding of systems thinking development provides a foundation for educational
interventions and employee development in systems thinking for engineering professionals
across industry, government, and academia. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/845362019-04-10T22:35:31Z Accelerating the Development of Senior Systems Engineers Davidz, Heidi L. Nightingale, Deborah J. Rhodes, Donna H. systems engineers complexity systems thinking As more senior systems engineers are needed to handle the increasing complexity of contemporary systems, there is an increasing need to accelerate the development of these senior professionals. However, the process of efficiently developing a senior systems engineer is not well-understood. To compact this problem, the skill set needed by senior systems engineers continues to broaden as system complexity increases and as system boundaries expand. In order to better understand the mechanisms that most effectively and efficiently develop these individuals, this article discusses enablers, barriers, and precursors to this development process. In addition to reviewing related literature, specific interventions currently used to accelerate systems thinking development are discussed. Findings from ongoing research related to this topic provide preliminary information about current understanding and practice. Better understanding of systems thinking development provides a foundation for educational interventions and employee development in systems thinking for engineering professionals across industry, government, and academia. 2014-01-27T14:03:12Z 2014-01-27T14:03:12Z 2005 Presentation Technical Report http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84536 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | systems engineers complexity systems thinking Davidz, Heidi L. Nightingale, Deborah J. Rhodes, Donna H. Accelerating the Development of Senior Systems Engineers |
| title | Accelerating the Development of Senior Systems Engineers |
| title_full | Accelerating the Development of Senior Systems Engineers |
| title_fullStr | Accelerating the Development of Senior Systems Engineers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accelerating the Development of Senior Systems Engineers |
| title_short | Accelerating the Development of Senior Systems Engineers |
| title_sort | accelerating the development of senior systems engineers |
| topic | systems engineers complexity systems thinking |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84536 |
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