Chapter IX—Summary of Systems Thinking and Learning363
Obstacles to Systems Thinking and Learning
“Why don’t organizations use what we know works?”
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(Systems Thinking and Learning)
The author’s hypotheses on reasons for the nonuse of proven research on
what constitutes best management practices through systems thinking and learning.
If systems thinking is a hard switch to a new thinking concept and a new orientation to life, why
is that so? Some obstacles to overcome might include many of the following:
I.Academic Obstacles
1.Ease and desirability of micro/reductionist research projects that are often arcane,
irrelevant, or obsolete.
2.Jealousy and/or ...
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