Decision Making and Systems Thinking: Educational Issues

Autor/inn/en	Yurtseven, M. Kudret; Buchanan, Walter W.
Titel	Decision Making and Systems Thinking: Educational Issues
Quelle	In: American Journal of Engineering Education, 7 (2016) 1, S.19-28 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2153-2516
Schlagwörter	Decision Making; Models; Industrial Education; Engineering Education; Systems Approach; Thinking Skills; Holistic Approach; Monte Carlo Methods; Undergraduate Students; Higher Education; Operations Research; Management Systems; Universities; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Cognitive Processes; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Analogiemodell; Ingenieurausbildung; Systemischer Ansatz; Denkfähigkeit; Holistischer Ansatz; Monte-Carlo-Methode; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; University; Universität; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Decision making in most universities is taught within the conventional OR/MS (Operations Research/Management Science) paradigm. This paradigm is known to be "hard" since it is consisted of mathematical tools, and normally suitable for solving structured problems. In complex situations the conventional OR/MS paradigm proves to be inadequate; decisions must be based on systems thinking which provides the decision maker(s) the opportunity to address the problematic situation in its full system context. The aim here is to develop a framework and a new course to teach "decision making through systems thinking" to industrial engineering students. The new course is to be taken after the existing course which covers the traditional OR/MS paradigm. It is believed that such an "extended" framework will help students to improve their skills in handling complex decision situations. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01