FOUR LAYERS APPROACH FOR DEVELOPING A TOOL FOR ASSESSING SYSTEMS THINKING

Authors

  • Moti Frank HIT - Holon Institute of Technology
  • Sigal Koral-Kordova HIT - Holon Institute of Technology

Keywords:

Systems Engineering, Systems Thinking, Engineering Systems Thinking, Capacity for Engineering Systems Thinking (CEST), Interest Inventory.

Abstract

To perform successfully systems engineering tasks, systems engineers need a systems view, in other words, a high capacity for engineering systems thinking (CEST). A tool for assessing systems thinking of engineers, once validated, may be used for systems engineering workforce selection and development, developing systems engineering curriculum, education, and training programs, as well as a standard tool for assessing systems engineers' competencies. Since there is no known way of directly 'measuring' systems thinking in general and CEST in particular, an indirect method is needed. This paper proposes an idea for developing an indirect means, i.e. a questionnaire for assessing the CEST of systems engineers. The idea is composed of four logic layers.

Author Biographies

Moti Frank, HIT - Holon Institute of Technology

Vice President for Academic Affairs

and

Professor, Faculty of Management of Technology

Sigal Koral-Kordova, HIT - Holon Institute of Technology

Lecturer, Faculty of Management of Technology

Published

2016-01-20

How to Cite

Frank, M., & Koral-Kordova, S. (2016). FOUR LAYERS APPROACH FOR DEVELOPING A TOOL FOR ASSESSING SYSTEMS THINKING. Proceedings of the 59th Annual Meeting of the ISSS - 2015 Berlin, Germany, 1(1). Retrieved from https://journals.isss.org/index.php/proceedings59th/article/view/2541