Project Management and System Thinking ................................................ 7 System Thinking ........................................................................................................................... 8 5.1. Equifinality: Flexibility across Systems .......................................................................... 10 5.2. Boundary and Collaboration across Agents .................................................................... 11 5.3. Integration ...........
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INCORPORATING SYSTEMS THINKING IN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE PROJECTS USING ACTION RESEARCH BY PRACTITIONERS CONDUCTING ACADEMIC RESEARCH Dr. Shankar Sankaran Associate Professor‚ Faculty of Design Architecture and Building‚ University of Technology Sydney‚ City Campus‚ PO Box 123‚ NSW 2007‚ Australia Email: Shankar.sankaran@uts.edu.au Dr. Tay Boon Hou Technical Director‚ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory‚ IN Technology Pte Ltd 10‚ Haig Lane‚ Singapore 438814 Email: intech01@singnet.com.sg Dr. Martin
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ENGLISH FOR ORAL COMMUNICATION 1303 EXAM PAPER /AUGUST 2012 1. a. Define what is meant by communication ( 2 Marks) b. Explain the purposes of communication ( 4 marks) 2. a. Explain the difference between hearing and listening? ( 2 marks ) b. Write the four types of interference in communication (4 marks) 3. a. Define active listening? ( 2 marks) b. Write four tips for active listening ( 4 marks) 4. Give three examples for each ( 6 marks) Macro markers Micro markers 1.
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STRATEGIC THINKING Contents Introduction 3 Perspectives of strategic thinking 4 Rational thinking perspective 4 General thinking perspective 5 A model of elements of strategic thinking 6 System perspective 6 Intent focused 6 Intelligent opportunitism 7 Thinking in time 7 Hypothesis driven 7 Levels of strategic thinking 7 Strategic Thinking at the Individual Level 7 Strategic Thinking at the Organizational Level 7 The strategic thinking process 8 Bibliography 10
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1 MARKETING THINKING (MT) CHALLENGE 1.1: INTERESTING MARKETING QUESTIONS ________________________________________________________________________ All of us have experiences with marketing either professionally or as consumers. Therefore‚ this task shouldn’t be too difficult. Put yourself in the marketer’s position and generate ten interesting marketing questions that could be useful to the marketer. Try not to evaluate your questions‚ simply list interesting ones. We’ll use these questions later
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Critical Thinking/Reading Questions: Part of the summer assignment too!!! These questions require you to apply the information that you have been reading and on which you have been making notes. This requires you to THINK about what you’ve read and written. You will have to synthesize a response based on what you have read as well as prior knowledge on the material. You are encouraged to write formal answers to each of the questions; however‚ this is not required! CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS
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POSITIVE THINKING ESSAY Hi‚ everybody! Now I’m telling you about POSITIVE THINKING. First I’m explaining you there are two kind of people: optimistic and pessimistic people. A pessimist is a person who nurtures a consistently negative attitude‚ expecting the worst of people and of situations. A pessimist relates to the “half empty glass‚” ignoring the fact that the glass is also half full. He or she typically believes that the world in which we live is the worst possible of all worlds and
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Negative Thinking vs. Positive Thinking “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought‚ pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought‚ happiness follows him‚ like a shadow that never leaves him.” –Buddha. Owning my own business has led me to read many books over many different topics‚ including books geared toward motivating the reader to succeed and teaching the reader how to motivate others. According to almost every motivational
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MATTHEW 11 Introduction 1. There are three reactions to Jesus in this chapter. a. Undecided b. Unresponsive c. Unrepentant 2. We are going to notice their response to Jesus and His response to them. 3. Matt. 11-18 gives us ten reactions to Jesus’ preaching. 4. Notice John the Immerser – “undecided” (11:3) 5. This generation – “unresponsive” (11:17) 6. Galilean cities – “unrepentant” (11:20) 7. From chapter 11 on the attitudes of the scribes get more and more hostile. Discussion
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Lateral thinking is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach‚ using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic. The term lateral thinking was coined by Edward de Bono in the book New Think: The Use of Lateral Thinking published in 1967. Lateral thinking‚ is the ability to think creatively‚ or "outside the box" as it is sometimes referred to in business‚ to use your inspiration and imagination
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