Could more thoughtful practice of complexity, design thinking and values-based organising address some of the limitations of current management and organising paradigms?

Sewchurran, Kosheek; Philipp, Felix; Baets, Walter; McDonogh, Jennifer

doi:10.1504/ijclm.2016.080322

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“…This research paper articulates our holistic, sustainable, pedagogical framework which we designed at the level of the Executive MBA to address the call for new high value decision-makers who would be able to address the sustainability challenges we face in business and society (Moldoveanu and Martin, 2008). Our approaches orient executives to be focussing on a generative management practice referred to as integrative thinking (Leavy, 2011; Moldoveanu and Martin, 2008; Sewchurran et al , 2016), which allows them to pursue new options or new choices in the field of BMI. Ultimately, through the blended teaching of PDP, it was our aim that the executives develop a way of doing, being and knowing ensconced within the epistemology of “ethics as practice” or engaging in strategy from the premise of virtue ethics, thereby enabling skilful practical coping in both their professional and personal lives (Tsoukas, 2018; Clegg et al , 2007).…”

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Enlarging sustainability learning through integrative thinking with a focus on cultivating virtues

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Purpose In the African context of business practice, the authors face two interrelated challenges. First, executives need to deal strategically and sustainably with growing levels of inequality, under-employment and declining levels of wellness and safety. Second, executive development needs to develop virtues to help executives to address these problems. This paper aims to articulate an integrated, sustainable business education approach that aims to prepare executives to practice integrative thinking while simultaneously cultivating virtues that enhance their lives, thereby enabling them to make ongoing sustainable impacts to their worlds. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a mixed method analysis including both quantitative and qualitative data from student course feedback evaluations from Business Model Innovation (BMI) and Phronesis Development Practice courses run over four consecutive years between 2018 and 2021 at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business as part of the Executive Masters of Business Administration degree. Findings The program’s pedagogical approach integrates a philosophical habituation process with a core course on BMI practice. This philosophical integration is one in which there is a sustainable focus on cultivating specific “process” and “practice” virtues which foster awareness amongst executives of their everyday mundane skilful coping in the world. This leads to candidates becoming attuned to ways, in which they can strive for more authenticity and to step into newer ways of being, that allow them to reflect their values and evolve cultural practices. Originality/value As the first business school in Africa to base a BMI course on the affordances of the phenomenon of being-in-the-world and a philosophical habituation process, the authors hope to inspire more business schools to adopt holistic, sustainable approaches to executive development that goes beyond the competence paradigm.

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Enlarging sustainability learning through integrative thinking with a focus on cultivating virtues

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Design Thinking and Design Doing: Describing a Process of People-Centred Innovation

Gheerawo

2018

Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications

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This chapter outlines the benefits of Design Thinking as a creative framework for innovation that can be applied to projects and organisations across government, business and the public sector. It includes a short history of the Design Thinking approach to set context and define the concept. However, much of the ensuing discussion and evaluation of ideas and methods is based on recent publications, papers and journal articles to give a current view of academic and practitioner activities. At the heart of the approach is a people-centred focus, and the chapter discusses the role of Inclusive Design and design ethnography in underpinning Design Thinking. It outlines five principles: Involve People, Translate Design Thinking into Design Doing, Create Value and Capture Value, Follow the Arc of Design Thinking and Navigate Complexity. It aims to give an overarching view of Design Thinking, demonstrating the value that it can bring to diverse areas of research and application. Challenges and observations for progressing the approach are also noted.

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Experiences of Embedding Long-Term Thinking in an Environment of Short-Termism and Sub-par Business Performance: Investing in Intangibles for Sustainable Growth

2018

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Could more thoughtful practice of complexity, design thinking and values-based organising address some of the limitations of current management and organising paradigms?

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Enlarging sustainability learning through integrative thinking with a focus on cultivating virtues

Enlarging sustainability learning through integrative thinking with a focus on cultivating virtues

Design Thinking and Design Doing: Describing a Process of People-Centred Innovation

Experiences of Embedding Long-Term Thinking in an Environment of Short-Termism and Sub-par Business Performance: Investing in Intangibles for Sustainable Growth

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