Integrating Modes of Systems Thinking into Public Strategic Planning Education and Practice: The TPI Approach

Working periodically between 1995 and 2005, a team of scholar-practitioners involved in related streams of strategic management and systems thinking developed a series of conceptual maps that attempted to integrate ideas from these theoretical and practical fields. Whimsicially dubbed the Thinking P...

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Main Authors: Anderson, D., Bryson, J., Richardson, G., Ackermann, Fran, Eden, C., Finn, C.
Format: Journal Article
Published: National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration 2006
Online Access:http://www.albany.edu/~gpr/JPAE06.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40398
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author Anderson, D.
Bryson, J.
Richardson, G.
Ackermann, Fran
Eden, C.
Finn, C.
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description Working periodically between 1995 and 2005, a team of scholar-practitioners involved in related streams of strategic management and systems thinking developed a series of conceptual maps that attempted to integrate ideas from these theoretical and practical fields. Whimsicially dubbed the Thinking Persons' Institute Worldview, these maps provided the basis for an integrated approach that has been used over the past five years to improve teaching and practical interventions in both areas. This paper reports on successful efforts to teach the TPI worldview to classes of students at the University at Albany, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Strathclyde, although the main emphasis is on a one-week seminar at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota. The paper concludes with an evaluation of these experiences.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-403982017-02-28T01:45:02Z Integrating Modes of Systems Thinking into Public Strategic Planning Education and Practice: The TPI Approach Anderson, D. Bryson, J. Richardson, G. Ackermann, Fran Eden, C. Finn, C. Working periodically between 1995 and 2005, a team of scholar-practitioners involved in related streams of strategic management and systems thinking developed a series of conceptual maps that attempted to integrate ideas from these theoretical and practical fields. Whimsicially dubbed the Thinking Persons' Institute Worldview, these maps provided the basis for an integrated approach that has been used over the past five years to improve teaching and practical interventions in both areas. This paper reports on successful efforts to teach the TPI worldview to classes of students at the University at Albany, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Strathclyde, although the main emphasis is on a one-week seminar at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota. The paper concludes with an evaluation of these experiences. 2006 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40398 http://www.albany.edu/~gpr/JPAE06.pdf National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration restricted
spellingShingle Anderson, D.
Bryson, J.
Richardson, G.
Ackermann, Fran
Eden, C.
Finn, C.
Integrating Modes of Systems Thinking into Public Strategic Planning Education and Practice: The TPI Approach
title Integrating Modes of Systems Thinking into Public Strategic Planning Education and Practice: The TPI Approach
title_full Integrating Modes of Systems Thinking into Public Strategic Planning Education and Practice: The TPI Approach
title_fullStr Integrating Modes of Systems Thinking into Public Strategic Planning Education and Practice: The TPI Approach
title_full_unstemmed Integrating Modes of Systems Thinking into Public Strategic Planning Education and Practice: The TPI Approach
title_short Integrating Modes of Systems Thinking into Public Strategic Planning Education and Practice: The TPI Approach
title_sort integrating modes of systems thinking into public strategic planning education and practice: the tpi approach
url http://www.albany.edu/~gpr/JPAE06.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40398