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Soft Systems Methodology and Interdisciplinarity in Management Education
Author(s) -
Cezarino Luciana O.,
Liboni Lara B.,
Oliveira Marcia F.,
Caldana Adriana C. F.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
systems research and behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 1092-7026
DOI - 10.1002/sres.2383
Subject(s) - soft systems methodology , management science , engineering ethics , knowledge management , sociology , process management , epistemology , psychology , computer science , business , engineering , information system , philosophy , management information systems , electrical engineering
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.