caa a22 4500 605520224 CHVBK 20210128100734.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11213-014-9333-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11213-014-9333-0 Shaw Corrinne Engineering Management, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, 7701, Rondebosch, South Africa aut Change? What Change? Mature Management Students' Construal of Learning Events in a Systems Thinking Course at a South African University [Elektronische Daten] [Corrinne Shaw] This study investigated mature management students' experiences with learning systems thinking. The context of the study is an interdisciplinary postgraduate management course in the engineering faculty at a South African University. Twenty-two students were interviewed to investigate their experience of learning events in the context of this course. The analysis, using grounded theory principles, resulted in identification of changes that were coded as four categories of consequences. These include, change in thinking, change in approach to problem solving, change as personal development and change in worldview. These findings make a contribution to understanding the learning of systems thinking. Applications for this research for management educators and practicing managers include: (1) a framework to help educators design meaningful experiences for learners; and (2) a basis for understanding what constitutes systemic management practice and explaining differential development. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Learning systemic management practice nationallicence Postgraduate education nationallicence Grounded theory nationallicence Learning as change nationallicence Systemic Practice and Action Research Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/4(2015-08-01), 315-332 1094-429X 28:4<315 2015 28 11213 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-014-9333-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-014-9333-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Shaw Corrinne Engineering Management, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, 7701, Rondebosch, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Systemic Practice and Action Research Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/4(2015-08-01), 315-332 1094-429X 28:4<315 2015 28 11213