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OPMG6898: Systems Thinking
2024 unit information
Projects are complex systems of interdependent activity, including the client, contractor, suppliers, internal organisational context, and broader market forces. Systems thinking techniques provide ways to understand patterns of interconnection and feedback between these systems, giving an appreciation of the holistic relationship between the project, its subsystems, and its context that cannot be achieved from the application of reductionist techniques. In this unit, students will learn to apply a range of systems thinking techniques that will assist in analysing systemic relationships and facilitating shared understanding amongst stakeholders. This unit introduces students to tools and techniques that are essential when operating within dynamic often ambiguous contexts.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Project Management
| Code | OPMG6898 |
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| Academic unit | Project Management |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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Corequisites:
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| Prohibitions:
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PMGT5898 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Appraise the suitability of hard and soft systems thinking approaches and problem structuring techniques for use in different problems and contexts.
- LO2. Select and apply systems thinking approaches to analyse and reframe problems from multiple perspectives.
- LO3. Use modelling techniques to investigate the dynamic inter-dependencies and systemic opportunities and threats within and between systems to inform shared understanding and decision-making.
- LO4. Critically question assumptions and claims and underpinning mental models and their influence and impact on projects and programs.
- LO5. Adapt and apply selected systems thinking approaches to facilitate shared understanding amongst stakeholders.
- LO6. Propose plans for development of systems capacity and capability to respond to emergence.
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