Systems Thinking for Instructional Designers: Catalyzing Organizational Change

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Short Description

The book of case studies provides a collection of real-life narratives that describe how systems thinking can be employed to influence change to ensure adoption, implementation, and sustainability. There has been much published on the importance of systems thinking for successful change, but very little addresses the perspective of the practitioner.  Most of the published work explores theoretical foundations and mechanisms of systems thinking. Actual cases of systems thinking for change are rare. Through an instructional design perspective, these narratives will highlight an interactive and systematic process of analysis and decision-making to address both problems and actions. This book will provides relevant examples to instructional design practitioners in the field.  Cases are drawn from a broad spectrum of settings including, education, healthcare, business, nonprofit organizations, and represent domestic and international perspectives. This broad approach portrays the many variations of systems thinking and innovative approaches taken for change. This book is a useful resource for scholars and professionals alike.

Authors

• Presenter: M. Aaron Bond, Virginia Tech

• Presenter: Beth Rajan Sockman, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

• Presenter: Suha Tamim, University of South Carolina

• Presenter: Samantha J Blevins, Radford University