BUMO 758W

Adaptive and enduring organizational transformation requires an understanding and a general view of the organization as a system. Failure to do so leads at best to isolated pockets of success within an organization and to the sub-optimization of functions, which has proven to be insufficient to pursue world-class competitiveness. The approach in this course is aimed at enhancing the overall understanding and application of systems thinking and design thinking theory and frameworks to positively influence the future. This course will highlight the importance of leveraging design as the vehicle through which strategic choice is manifested. This course will offer real life stories, applications, examples, and lessons extracted from many years of consulting, research, implementation, and teaching in corporations and government agencies. The course format is team-based, highly interactive, experiential and relatable to practitioners. The course is aimed developing design thinkers and helping them explore business possibilities with confidence, exploit new opportunities with resolve, and make courageous choices that will help them win the future.