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Soft Systems Methodology and Interdisciplinarity in Management Education

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  • Luciana O. Cezarino
  • Lara B. Liboni
  • Marcia F. Oliveira
  • Adriana C. F. Caldana

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One negative point of management education is the lack of integration between the disciplines that restrains a systemic view. Moreover, there is not much research about an interdisciplinary approach to management. This paper applies soft systems methodology to develop a scale of interdisciplinarity in order to evaluate management education. We conclude that interdisciplinarity in management education is a social system that requires complex thinking development for management students. The scale addresses three dimensions: curriculum structure, organization and didactics. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Luciana O. Cezarino & Lara B. Liboni & Marcia F. Oliveira & Adriana C. F. Caldana, 2016. "Soft Systems Methodology and Interdisciplinarity in Management Education," Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(2), pages 278-288, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:srbeha:v:33:y:2016:i:2:p:278-288
    DOI: 10.1002/sres.2383
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    2. Alexandre de A. Gomes Júnior & Vanessa B. Schramm, 2022. "Problem Structuring Methods: A Review of Advances Over the Last Decade," Systemic Practice and Action Research, Springer, vol. 35(1), pages 55-88, February.

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