Using a Systemic Design Paradigm to Develop Sustainability Leadership and Build Organizational Interdisciplinary Sustainability Platforms

Autor/inn/en	Lees, David W.; Uri, Therese
Titel	Using a Systemic Design Paradigm to Develop Sustainability Leadership and Build Organizational Interdisciplinary Sustainability Platforms
Quelle	In: Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership, 4 (2018) 1, S.35-49 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2379-9307
Schlagwörter	Leadership Training; Interdisciplinary Approach; Sustainability; Doctoral Programs; Cooperation; Problem Solving; Course Descriptions; Graduate Students; Systems Approach; Design; Organizational Change; Case Studies; Armed Forces; Program Descriptions; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Reflection; Ethics; Nebraska + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Führungslehre; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Nachhaltigkeit; Doktorandenprogramm; Co-operation; Kooperation; Problemlösen; Kursstrukturplan; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Systemischer Ansatz; Organisationswandel; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Military; Militär; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Ethik
Abstract	This article explores a doctoral sustainability leadership course in an interdisciplinary leadership program. Learners in the course study sustainability and sustainability leadership from a systemic design perspective. They are invited to become visionaries who work across boundaries and disciplines with cooperative and reflective spirits to find integrated solutions for complex organizational problems. The first section provides course background information on the interdisciplinary, interdependent, and integrated complexity of the sustainability movement. It also examines the different and often ambiguous understandings of sustainability and why a systemic design platform might provide a more expansive vessel for sustainability leadership and projects. The second section investigates systems thinking, design action, the nature of change, and dialogue--the core of good design. The third section uses a learner's case study "Air Combat Command Sustainability Design Project" to illustrate how an organizational leader built a sustainability plan unique to his organization. Five domains (BenEli, 2012) provided the overarching infrastructure. Although each domain embodies a separate area, together they make up a unified organizing principle that works toward integrating essential elements into a strong infrastructure. The article concludes with reflections from both the course facilitator and the course learner. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. 2500 California Plaz, Omaha, NE 68178. e-mail: CJIL@creighton.edu; Web site: http://www.creighton.edu/cjil
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Update	2020/1/01