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Carr-Chellman, Ali; Kitchel, Allen; Freeman, Sydney – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
Negentropy is a construct drawn from physics that can be conceptualized as the opposite of energy losses associated with normal organizational life. Over time, physical systems tend to "wind down" or entropy, eventually into disintegration. The application of negentropy to social systems, metaphorically, is the primary purpose of this…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Systems Development, Organizational Change, Sustainability
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Dhukaram, Anandhi Vivekanandan; Sgouropoulou, Cleo; Feldman, Gerald; Amini, Ardavan – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the complexities involved in higher education provision and how systems thinking and socio-technical systems (STS) thinking approach can be used to understand the education ecosystem. Systems thinking perspective is provided using two case studies: the development of European Learner Mobility (EuroLM)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Systems Approach, Delivery Systems