What is Systems Thinking? Expert Perspectives from the WPI Systems Thinking Colloquium of 2 October 2019

Amissah, Matthew; Gannon, Thomas F.; Monat, Jamie P.

doi:10.3390/systems8010006

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“…Systems thinking in ESD is defined as the ability of teachers to comprehend and to solve problems thoroughly by using components and interconnecting those involved in the system [28]. To provide a holistic understanding, teachers are required to be able to plan and implement the content of learning to ensure that the material is comprehensive and thus the students will be able to find the root cause of unsustainable development [29].…”

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Systems Thinking and Leadership of Teachers in Education for Sustainable Development: A Scale Development

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This study aims to develop scales to measure teachers’ systems thinking and leadership in education for sustainable development (ESD) at an environmental care and culture school, which is important because the school serves as an ESD benchmark for other public schools. However, there is no adequate performance measurement scale that incorporates the three dimensions of the triple bottom line (TBL). The 133 samples in this study were collected from four schools in regencies and cities in Indonesia. We developed a scale to measure teachers’ systems thinking and leadership in ESD. The developed scale was then tested using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). We found that the teachers had the lowest performance in systems thinking competence compared to other competences, such as ability to plan content and social dimensions. The teachers set a good example by using polite language and gestures but did not model green behavior. The teachers also had low scores in peer participation in external organizations and activities. The scale formulated in this study can be used to measure teacher performance in ESD, although some indicators must be further developed. In the future, purely confirmatory studies can validate the dimensional structure of this exploratory factor analysis.

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Systems Thinking and Leadership of Teachers in Education for Sustainable Development: A Scale Development

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“…The aim of this descriptive quantitative study was to examine clinical nurses' and nurse leaders' perceptions of the HWE, who were NWESC members at 9 New Jersey hospitals at 3 points in time: (1) fall of 2017, prior to the implementation of the NWESCs; (2) fall of 2018, 1 year after implementation of the NWESCs; and (3) fall of 2020, 3 years after implementation of NWESCs. Systems theory was used to frame this study 22,23 . Institutional review board approval was obtained prior to study initiation.…”

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Nursing Work Environment Staffing Councils

Skarbek

Mastro

Kowalski

et al. 2022

JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration

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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine the self-reported perceptions of the healthy work environment (HWE) of nurses who are members of Nursing Workplace Environment and Staffing Councils (NWESCs). BACKGROUND In a statewide initiative, NWESCs were established at hospitals throughout the state of New Jersey as an alternative to nurse staffing ratio laws and to provide clinical nurses a voice in determining resources needed for patient care and support an HWE. METHODS This quantitative descriptive study presents the results of the Healthy Workplace Environment Assessment Tool (HWEAT) and open-ended questions about NWESCs among a sample of 352 nurses. RESULTS Three years after NWESC implementation, all HWEAT standard mean scores increased and were rated higher than the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses benchmark. There were statistically significant differences in clinical nurses' perceptions of an HWE compared with nurse leaders. Respondents also shared their NWESC's best practices and challenges. Responses to questions identified NWESC best practices and challenges. CONCLUSION This study offers insight into the improvement in nurses' perceptions of the HWE after the introduction of a statewide NWESCs. Structures such as the NWESCs may provide an alternative to mandated staffing ratios.

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“…A system (i.e., the cruise industry in this paper) is organized by a set of elements (i.e., cruise liners, cruise ships, cruise ports, port cities in this paper) that are coherent and interconnected in a way to achieve the desired purpose. The promise of the systems thinking method is its capability to address transdisciplinary or complex problems (e.g., economic, social) [66]. This paper showed that the systems thinking method is a useful approach for understanding how to deal with problems and or manage changes.…”

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Cruising Under and Post the COVID Pandemic: Toward Realization of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

Eskafi

Taneja

Úlfarsson

2022

JMSE

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Maritime sectors have always dealt with uncertainties and disruptions. The COVID pandemic confronted the cruise industry with profound, wide-ranging, and lasting challenges while disrupting normal operations. Although the cruise industry contributes to the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), resumption and sustainable cruising requires the industry to adapt to the challenges presented. To this end, the paper suggests adaptive actions for the cruise sector to respond to the pandemic and links the actions to the UN SDGs to highlight their sustainable contributions. A system thinking approach is applied and a literature review is conducted to identify suitable adaptive actions. This paper shows the importance of UN SDGs 3, 4 and, in particular, 17 for sustainable cruising. The results of this paper provide support for informed decision-making to increase the cruise industry’s sustainability. This paper recommends that stakeholders: 1- identify drivers and barriers of sustainable cruising, 2- adapt to changes and embrace the UN SDGs, as they provide a platform for realizing sustainability, and 3- use educational programs to improve and transfer knowledge on sustainable cruising between academia and policymakers.

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What is Systems Thinking? Expert Perspectives from the WPI Systems Thinking Colloquium of 2 October 2019

Cited by 41 publications

References 25 publications

Systems Thinking and Leadership of Teachers in Education for Sustainable Development: A Scale Development

Systems Thinking and Leadership of Teachers in Education for Sustainable Development: A Scale Development

Nursing Work Environment Staffing Councils

Cruising Under and Post the COVID Pandemic: Toward Realization of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

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