Leading Complex Adaptive Systems
Evaluate how systems thinking was applied to the case study to create innovation and change. Be sure to include holistic thinking and the interdependency of the internal and external environments.
Analyze how systems and organizational theory informed leadership practice and decision-making in the case study. Include complex adaptive systems theory, complexity, network, and systems theories, as well as pluralistic (collective) leadership in your analysis.
Evaluate how the structure and processes of the organizational design in the case study were implemented to create innovation and change. Be sure to address the role of people in the organization, boundaries, and organizational learning.
Evaluate the disruptiveness of the implementation of systems thinking in the case study.
Apply systems thinking and theory to your personal practice as a leader. How will you use systems thinking in your career? How has this study changed the lens through which you view the world?
Your paper should be organized into five sections of relatively equal length corresponding to each criterion. Use headings and subheadings appropriately. You may include graphs or diagrams in appendices, if they are pertinent and well explained.
