Overview
Examines the tools and thinking necessary to deal with uncertainty and complexity in business. Provides students with critical awareness of dynamic changes in business environments.
Organisations increasingly face 'wicked problems' that make governance and management challenging. This course explores contemporary systems thinking and practice and reviews systems thinking methodologies and methods that are designed to increase our understanding of, and ability to, tackle complex business problems. Students will gain experience in systems thinking through case studies and practical examples.
About this paper
| Paper title | Strategy and Growth |
|---|---|
| Subject | Doctor of Business Administration |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period(s) | 1st Non standard period (5 May 2025 - 27 June 2025)
(Distance learning)
1st Non standard period (5 May 2025 - 27 June 2025) (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,571.48 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Limited to
- DBA
- Eligibility
Limited to DBA
- Contact
- Teaching staff
To be confirmed.
- Paper Structure
This paper includes a compulsory on-campus component.
- Teaching Arrangements
The Distance Learning offering of this paper is a combination of remote and in-person teaching.
- Textbooks
Readings will be available through Blackboard.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Critical thinking, Ethics, Information literacy, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will gain:
- A highly developed understanding of systems theory and approaches for problem definition/solving including system dynamics, viable systems model, soft systems methodology and critical system heuristics.
- A highly developed understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different systems methodologies, and how they can be mixed to respond effectively to specific organisational problems in a theoretically robust way.
- Experience in undertaking a practical systems study of a selected issue and applying systems methodologies and methods to a problem situation and the generation of solutions.