13632 (v.4) Soft Systems Thinking 506
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| Area: | Curtin Graduate School of Business |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | This unit focuses on systems thinking in a futures context. As a methodology soft systems thinking can be applied to a range of circumstances and this unit gives students a theoretical background as well as the opportunity for practical application to a project of their choice. With the objective of bringing about agreement as a way forward out of a problematic situation students will be instructed in a set of techniques that lead to learning more about a situation through using conceptual thinking, modelling and discussion. |
| Field of Education: | 080300 Business and Management (Narrow Grouping) |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Perth City Campus | Study Period 9 | Y |
Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
