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Systemic Coaching and Constellations: The Principles, Practices and Application for Individuals, Teams and Groups
by John WhittingtonSystemic Coaching and Constellations offers a refreshingly uncomplicated path into a potentially complex subject, demonstrating how to understand and manage intricate relationship systems as part of a powerful coaching agenda. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles that sustain systems, how to map and explore them through constellations, as well as a step-by-step guide to integrating these principles and practices into coaching. Featuring a variety of case studies from around the world to illustrate different facilitation styles and approaches, it also contains practical exercises which can be used in a variety of contexts, including one-to-one coaching, group coaching, leadership development coaching and managing conflict in teams.This updated third edition of Systemic Coaching and Constellations contains a new chapter on systemic supervision, new material on team coaching, systemic questions and resourcing constellations as well as new and refreshed case studies and updates to wider research and thinking. Whether used in an initial selection meeting or to underpin all coaching conversations and interventions, it remains an indispensable resource for coaches of all levels of experience and in all remits looking to transform their practice, as well as for those studying coaching as part of a degree or coaching qualification.
Systemic Cognition and Education: Empowering Students for Excellence in Life
by Ibrahim A. HallounThis book offers pedagogic and governance foundations and guidelines for systemic education. It provides an overall systems-based picture of what formal education should be about, and of how things should be carried out in practice, in order to empower students – and teachers – for success in life. It transcends traditional disciplinary education, showing how systemic, praxis immersive, convergence education (SPICE) produces graduates who know how to think outside the box and excel in practical real-life situations. Drawing on philosophy, cognition, and the latest developments in neuroscience, the book calls for systemic pedagogical frameworks that allow for different curricula to be coherently and efficiently designed, and consistently and systematically deployed across different disciplines and various grade levels in the context of mind-and-brain based experiential learning ecologies.This volume is a major design and practice reference for school teachers, university professors, graduate students, along with interested educators, educationists, and stakeholders in various sectors of society.
Systemic Racism and Educational Measurement: Confronting Injustice in Testing, Assessment, and Beyond
by Michael RussellSystemic Racism and Educational Measurement provides a theoretical and historical reckoning with racism and oppression produced through educational measurement and research methodology. As scholars and professionals in the testing, measurement, and assessment of human learning and performance work to exorcise race sciences, white supremacy, and other injustices from the field’s research and practice, new insights are needed into their root causes. This book is the first to posit that the theory of the White Racial Frame was and continues to be applied to the foundations, process, dissemination, and use of educational measurement, leading to instruments, findings, and decisions that perpetuate the racialized social structure of our nation. Even among well-meaning stakeholders who aim to improve humanity and address inequities, the White Racial Frame shapes the field’s research questions, the methods utilized, the data valued, the interpretations made, and the language used throughout. Students and scholars of educational measurement, testing, and psychometrics will find invaluable clarifications of terminology, concepts, and theories integral to understanding systemic barriers in the field; explications of educational measurement’s core purposes and its influence by the White Racial Frame; and a series of alternate frames, theories, and epistemologies intended to guide educational measurement toward anti-racism and increased fairness.
Systemic Remediation: Approaching Sustainable Development Narratives from the Nigerian Afro-Igbo Mmadụ Perspective (Environmental Humanities: Transformation, Governance, Ethics, Law #4)
by Chijioke Francis NwosuSince the issues and discourses surrounding sustainable development entered its phase in our contemporary world, the political, social, economic, ecological, and cultural existence of our modern world has inevitably adopted varied measures to respond better to the demands of our time. This book contributes to the global call for transitions and transformations towards a more sustainable human society. This contribution is specific, dialogic and comparative and also has deep cultural and ethnological consciousness based on the Nigerian experiences and, by extension, the African experience. The research work presents as its background the hypothesis that varied forms of structures—socio-political, socio-economic, socio-ecological and socio-cultural—unite to constitute ‘structural sins’ (John Paul II) and, consequently, the banes to authentic and sustainable development. These dysfunctional structures were critically analysed and evaluated. Furthermore, the research work takes up the contemporary discourse on sustainable development, beginning with earlier development concepts, the impactful contribution of social documents of the church to development discourse, the timeline of the general global and sustainable development approach and governance, as well as the specifics of the twin documents of the year 2015, namely Agenda 2030 and Laudato Si. Again, an indigenised manuscript for development discourse known as Nigeria Vision 20:2020 was examined to delineate the fact that forms of indigenous efforts to discuss and administrate the development process are noticeable. However, such efforts have remained negatively exploited by both internal and external man-made corrupt factors. One such factors discussed in this book, among others, is the failure of Nigeria since independence to stabilise its power and energy sector.
Systemic Structural Constellations and Sustainability in Academia: A New Method for Sustainable Higher Education
by Marlen ArnoldIn order to create truly sustainable universities, we require new methods of visualising and interpreting them holistically as institutions built on complex relationships and systems, rather than as individual departments and people operating independently. This book uses a systemic structural constellations approach to demonstrate how we can build more sustainable higher education institutions, both in terms of teaching and research and at an operational level. Drawing examples from current research and teaching, Systemic Structural Constellations and Sustainability in Academia explores how universities are not only centres of teaching and learning but can also play a crucial role in enabling future decision-makers to appreciate and contribute to a more sustainable future. Providing a clear introduction to systemic structural constellations and guidance on how to practically apply the theory to numerous aspects of the higher education system, this book will be of great interest to students and researchers of education for sustainable development, organisational learning and sustainable management, as well as those tasked with transforming the higher education system for the future.
Systemic Thinking
by Kevin Macg. Adams Patrick T. HesterWhether you're an academic or a practitioner, a sociologist, a manager, or an engineer, one can benefit from learning to think systemically Problems (and messes) are everywhere and they're getting more complicated every day How we think about these problems determines whether or not we'll be successful in understanding and addressing them This book presents a novel way to think about problems (and messes) necessary to attack these always-present concerns The approach draws from disciplines as diverse as mathematics, biology and psychology to provide a holistic method for dealing with problems that can be applied to any discipline. This book develops the systemic thinking paradigm, and introduces practical guidelines for the deployment of a systemic thinking approach.
Systemic Violence: How Schools Hurt Children
by Juanita Ross Epp Alisa M. WatkinsonThis text examines the negative practices of schools which are resulting in school systems failing students. Such practices include intrusive authoritarian administrative structures and procedures; inappropriate discipline; unrealistic expectations; and placid exceptance of exclusionary practices. Indeed, educational systemic violence includes any practice or procedure that prevents students from learning, thus harming them. Taking a close look at ways in which current social problems may be a result of, or even supported by, compulsory schooling, the contributors to this volume consider whether or not schools contribute to the violence amongst modern young people.
Systemische Strategiearbeit in Organisationen: Strategiekompetenz für Entscheider und Berater (essentials)
by Volker Köhninger Andrea Mikoleit Thorsten VeithMegatrends und Disruptionen verändern die Organisationswelt radikal und erfordern neue Formen der Unternehmenssteuerung. Neben Strategiekompetenz werden die Verantwortungs- und Entscheidungskultur sowie die Lernfähigkeit von und in Organisationen essentielle Faktoren für zukünftigen Erfolg sein. Systemische Strategiearbeit liefert hierfür Anregungen und Konzepte – zur Gestaltung einer modernen Zukunftsarbeit.
Systemisches Coaching als Erfolgsfaktor im Change Management: Eine empirische Untersuchung zur Darstellung wirksamer Interventionen (BestMasters)
by Selina SchmitzUnternehmen stehen teilweise vor großen Umbrüchen und Veränderungen, die nachhaltiges Management erfordern. Gewünscht ist eine reibungslose Anpassung an organisationale Veränderungen, während Mitarbeitende Wünsche und Sehnsüchte nach Ruhe, Stabilität und verlässlichen Strukturen hegen. Diese Ambivalenz, an welcher ein Großteil von Veränderungsvorhaben scheitert, wird intensiv beleuchtet. Dieses Buch bietet dahingehend eingangs eine Metaanalyse zu den Ursachen von Herausforderungen in organisationalen Veränderungsprozessen, welche zu Widerständen der vom Wandel betroffenen Mitarbeitenden führen. Es wird anschließend untersucht, inwieweit Interventionen aus dem Systemischen Coaching diese Herausforderungen für gelingende Veränderungsprozesse wirksam bearbeiten können und daraus ein begleitender Coaching-Prozess für klassisches Change-Management entworfen. Final werden praktische Implikationen für Manager, Berater und Coaches vorgestellt.
Systemisches Fragen: Professionelle Fragekompetenz für Führungskräfte, Berater und Coaches (essentials)
by Andreas PatrzekDas essential stellt praxisnah dar, wie durch Fragekompetenz erfolgreiches Führen, Beraten und Coachen gelingt. Es bringt die wesentlichen Definitionen und Techniken auf den Punkt, vermittelt die theoretischen Grundlagen und Strategien und zeigt die Umsetzung. Orientiert an zentralen Merkmalen des systemischen Ansatzes wird die Kunst der Fragekompetenz verständlich dargestellt. Mit zahlreichen konkreten Beispielen und Formulierungshilfen für die tägliche Praxis.
Systemisches Management in sozialwirtschaftlichen Organisationen: Eine Einführung (Basiswissen Sozialwirtschaft und Sozialmanagement)
by Claudia RahnfeldDas Lehrbuch liefert Basiswissen zur systemtheoretischen Organisationstheorie in direktem Bezug auf Managementaufgaben in sozialen Einrichtungen. Grundlegende organisationstheoretische Erkenntnisse werden praxisnah und schrittweise erläutert. Die Autorin zeigt, wie Führen, Lernen und Vernetzung in sozialen Einrichtungen und die damit verbundenen Kommunikationsprozesse systemtheoretischer Logik folgen können.
Systemisches Weiterbildungsmanagement in Organisationen der Sozialen Arbeit: Eine Einführung (Basiswissen Sozialwirtschaft und Sozialmanagement)
by Stefan GesmannDas Lehrbuch widmet sich der Steuerung der betrieblichen Weiterbildung in Organisationen der Sozialen Arbeit/der Sozialwirtschaft. Basierend auf den Annahmen der Systemtheorie wird ein dezidiertes Verständnis von Weiterbildungsmanagement vorgestellt, das im Vergleich zu traditionellen Ansätzen des Weiterbildungsmanagements nicht nur einer erweiterten Zielsetzung folgt, sondern zudem den systemimmanenten Paradoxien und Spannungsfeldern rund um das Management von Fort- und Weiterbildungen Beachtung schenkt. Warum ein systemisches Weiterbildungsmanagement in erster Linie als Transfermanagement betrachtet werden muss und wie dieses konkret umgesetzt werden kann, wird theoriebasiert und praxisnah aufgezeigt.
Systemization in Foreign Language Teaching: Monitoring Content Progression (Routledge Research in Education)
by Wilfried DecooForeign language learning is a progressive endeavor. Whatever the method, the learner should advance from one point to another, constantly improving. Growing proficiency entails growing language content. Content is complex, displaying many dimensions. Syllabus designers, textbook authors, and teachers often struggle with the monitoring of content. Computer-assisted systemization helps to handle it in a manageable framework. Besides inventorying content, it ensures more balanced selections, calculated progression, and controlled reiteration of previously learned material. It gauges the usability of authentic material in relation to the level attained. During the teaching process, it allows the instant selection of items needed for a communicative situation, focus on forms, or particular exercises. This book first describes the theoretical background for systemization, including a historical overview, with special attention to the Common European Framework and the new Profiles and Referentials. Next the practical steps for computer-assisted implementation with examples taken from French and English, but applicable to any language.
Systems Consultation and Change in Schools: Integrating Implementation Science into Practice
by Leah M. Nellis Pamela A. FenningThis book explores the ways in which systems (organizational) consultation may be applied to school roles and functions as part of an overall systems change process. Using an implementation science framework grounded in systems/organizational consultation research, the volume details how school reform or improvement may be facilitated. School-based case studies illustrate the application of implementation science to systems change efforts in schools and districts across the United States. Each case study describes the implementation science steps taken to deliver a school-based innovation at the systems level. The book discusses implementation science theory combined with real-world examples of its use in planning for, implementing, and engaging in ongoing evaluation of a systems change effort. Key areas of coverage include:Implementation science in educational settings.Key stakeholder roles in school-based systems change.Implementing and evaluating systems change in schools.Teacher-student mediation to reduce conflict and ensure effective school discipline and behavior practices.District-level processes and supports for English Language Learners.Mental health screening and social-emotional well-being of students. Systems Consultation and Change in Schools is an essential resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as scientist-practitioners, school-based practitioners, and clinicians across such disciplines as school administration and leadership, school and clinical child psychology, social work, public health, teaching and teacher education, educational policy and practice, and all interrelated fields.
Systems For State Science Assessment
by Committee on Test Design for K-12 Science AchievementIn response to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), Systems for State Science Assessment explores the ideas and tools that are needed to assess science learning at the state level. This book provides a detailed examination of K-12 science assessment: looking specifically at what should be measured and how to measure it. Along with reading and mathematics, the testing of science is a key component of NCLB—it is part of the national effort to establish challenging academic content standards and develop the tools to measure student progress toward higher achievement. The book will be a critical resource for states that are designing and implementing science assessments to meet the 2007-2008 requirements of NCLB. In addition to offering important information for states, Systems for State Science Assessment provides policy makers, local schools, teachers, scientists, and parents with a broad view of the role of testing and assessment in science education.
Systems In English Grammar: An Introduction For Language Teachers
by Peter MasterThis book teaches teachers how to present grammar lessons to their students with confidence and clarity. Introduces future teachers of English to the major elements of English grammar in a systematic fashion, using step-by-step procedures, charts, diagrams, and exercises. Includes a complete answer key to exercises.
Systems Theory for Pragmatic Schooling: Toward Principles of Democratic Education
by Craig A. CunninghamWriting for educators and education leaders, Cunningham shows that combining a philosophy of pragmatism with thinking about education as systems can illuminate challenges in contemporary schooling and provide practical solutions for creating a democratic education.
Systems Thinking for Instructional Designers: Catalyzing Organizational Change
by M. Aaron BondSystems Thinking for Instructional Designers offers real-world cases that highlight how designers foster continuous improvement and manage change efforts across organizational contexts. Using a systems thinking approach, each case describes a holistic process that examines how a set of interdependent elements can be analyzed and coordinated to influence change. Instructional designers, faculty, program directors, digital learning leaders, and other development specialists will learn how systems thinking can solve authentic, real-world challenges. The book’s rich narratives cover both successes and failures of meaningful growth, paradigm shifts, and large-scale problem-solving in a variety of settings, including education and industry.
Systems Thinking for School Leaders
by Haim Shaked Chen SchechterThis book presents a new approach to school leadership - Holistic School Leadership, whereby school leaders lead schools through systems-thinking concepts and procedures. Facing growing complexity, change and diversity, school leaders need to regularly apply the systems view and perform at the systems level. This book proposes a holistic approach, providing school leaders with systemic principles of action for excellence in education. "What a wonderful book - once I started it, I couldn't put it down. The book masterfully makes a systems leadership perspective accessible and grounded in the reality of the daily life of educators. Holistic School Leadership is a "must read" for anyone who has the responsibility for making schools better places, from professors to emerging teacher leaders. " Karen Seashore (Louis), Regents Professor of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, University of Minnesota "Shaked and Schechter have constructed a much needed bridge to the future of educational leadership, a future of systemic thinking and positivity. " Joseph Murphy, Professor of Education and Public Policy, Peabody College of Education, Vanderbilt University "Shaked and Schechter offer a comprehensive yet concise account of the meaning of systems thinking. The authors systematically develop their Holistic School Leadership approach with compelling examples, carefully attending to the perennial challenge of implementation. Important reading for scholars and practitioners of school leadership and management!" James P. Spillane, Olin Professor in Learning and Organizational Change, Northwestern University "This is the most important book on systems thinking since Senge's (1990) seminal work on learning organizations. Shaked and Schechter demonstrate the critical and practical utility of systems thinking for school leaders--a must read for all reflective practitioners. " Wayne K. Hoy, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University. "Holistic School Leadership provides an innovative and exciting look into a new perspective on educational leadership that holds tremendous potential in reshaping educational research, policy, and practice. The idea of interdependence alone makes this powerful new book required reading for anyone concerned with the future of education and educational leadership in particular. Give yourself, your colleagues, your students, and your system the gift of the wisdom in this book. " Alan J. Daly, Chair and Professor, Department of Education Studies, University of California, San Diego "In this informative book, Shaked and Schechter offer a fresh application of systems thinking to schools and to the work of school leaders. This book is a useful addition to the bookshelves of both those who prepare and those who support school leaders. " Megan Tschannen-Moran, Professor of Educational Leadership, College of William and Mary
Systems Thinking for Supporting Students with Special Needs and Disabilities: A Handbook for Classroom Teachers
by Mabel GonzalesThis book provides school leaders and teachers with research-based theories and models on systems thinking and on inclusive education. It offers the ‘why’, ‘what’ and ‘how’ of inclusive teaching and learning with specific references to a range of special needs. It discusses topics such as a sustainable approach to inclusion, differentiation of learning programs and activities, and a range of assessment approaches to support teaching and learning. The book also presents the social aspects of inclusion and encourages teachers and school leaders to focus not only on the academic aspects of education but the social and emotional growth of the student. It highlights the value of parent input and promotes the forming of parent partnership to enhance student learning and wellbeing. Part One of the book gives practical suggestions on how school leaders can apply systems thinking to mobilise the school and school community to contribute to the ideals of Education For All. Part Two discusses a range of disabilities with each chapter covering the medical definitions and characteristics of the condition, the challenges faced by the student, their parents and teachers, and presents evidence-based strategies and classroom management tips to help teachers with their everyday classroom needs. The book helps to heighten school leaders’ awareness on how to use systems thinking to mobilise the school community to action. It strengthens teachers' confidence and builds their capacity in providing all students with access to flexible learning choices to help them achieve educational goals and develop a sense of belonging.
Systems Thinking for Sustainability Education in Business Schools (SpringerBriefs in Complexity)
by Hassan Qudrat-UllahThis book delves into the current state and future prospects of systems thinking and sustainability education within business schools. It meticulously examines the trends and drivers shaping the demand and supply of such education, along with the implications and challenges it presents for various stakeholders and society at large. Strategic recommendations and suggestions are provided to elevate and propel systems thinking and sustainability education in business schools, outlining a visionary roadmap for the future. Furthermore, the book explores the intersectionality of sustainability and diversity in business education, offering examples and cases of visionary and innovative initiatives and projects in the field. Distinguished by special features such as illustrations, the book offers a comprehensive and integrative overview of the current landscape and future trajectories of systems thinking and sustainability education in business schools. The primary benefit for readers lies in gaining a deeper and broader understanding of systems thinking and sustainability education in business schools. It equips them with the knowledge to apply systems thinking and sustainability principles and tools to tackle the complex and wicked problems of the twenty-first century. Additionally, the book aims to inspire and inform business schools and their stakeholders to embrace and enhance systems thinking and sustainability education in their curricula and pedagogy, contributing to the advancement of sustainability and systems thinking in both business and society.
Systems Thinking: From Heresy to Practice
by Keivan Zokaei John Seddon Brendan O'DonovanSystems Thinking is a topic which is at the forefront of how we think about management in the Public Sector and Service Industries. This collection from leading thinkers in the field takes a case study approach to a variety of issueswhich encompass topics such as Banking, Electrical Distribution, Manufacturing andAdult Social Care. "
Systems Thinking: Intelligence in Action
by Piero MellaThe core belief underlying this book is that the most useful and effective models to strengthen our intelligence are system ones, developed following the logic of Systems Thinking. Such models can explore complexity, dynamics, and change, and it is the author's view that intelligence depends on the ability to construct models of this nature. The book is designed to allow the reader not only to acquire simple information on Systems Thinking but above all to gradually learn the logic and techniques that make this way of thinking an instrument for the improvement of intelligence. In order to aid the learning and practice of the Systems Thinking discipline, the author has abandoned a rigid formal language for a more discursive style. He writes in the first person, with an ample number of citations and critical analyses, and without ever giving in to the temptation to use formal mathematics.
Systems and Computer Science: Proceedings of a Conference held at the University of Western Ontario September 10-11, 1965
by John Hart Satoru TakasuThis book presents the papers delivered at the Conference on Systems and Computer Science held at the University of Western Ontario in September 1965. The primary purposes of the Conference were the promotion of research and the development of the teaching of computer science in Canadian universities. The papers focus attention on some of the concepts of Computer Science as a new field of study and at the same time provide a background for scientists looking at the subject for the first time. The chief developments in computer science have been concerned with the "applied" rather than the "pure" areas of the field: numerical analysis, applied statistics and operations research, and data processing. But there is something more to computers than the physical components and this book represents an attempt to correct the imbalance between "applied" and "pure" by drawing attention to certain theoretical aspects of computer and information science. Among the topics discussed are the theory of finite and infinite automata, aspects of formal language theory, heuristic and non-heuristic approaches to theorem proving and the mathematical formulation of the theory of general systems. There are also references to the problems of machine design, to software systems including higher-level languages, to multiple control computer models and to applied systems. This collection of papers will appeal first to graduate students and professors in Computer Science. It will also be of interest to computer scientists in industry and in government and university research groups and to the scientific public interested in discovering some of the principal ingredients and directions of the computer and information sciences.
Systems and Decision Processes in Management, Innovation and Sustainability (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #562)
by Janusz Kacprzyk Ernesto León-Castro Fabio Blanco-Mesa Victor Alfaro-Garcia Anna Maria Gil Lafuente Jose M. Merigo LindahlThe book presents a series of papers with different methodologies that allow us to visualize how the systems support decision-making in areas such as the tourism sector, entrepreneurship, quality of work life, gender, motivation, circular economy, innovation, law, finance, and bibliometrics. The book also finds a series of cases applied in different countries, where through the information collected and the data analyzed, new improvement processes can be generated at the business level and the local, regional, and national levels within Ibero-America. The book presents new methods and systems to create better decision-making processes in the changing and uncertain environments in which people, companies, and governments interact.