Overview
Cross-sectoral leadership often requires decision making in complex situations and environments. The ability to understand the different aspects and elements involved and the relationships between them is essential to reducing unintended consequences.
Systems thinking provides skills that build capability in identifying and understanding systems, predicting their behaviours, and designing interventions to guide the systems towards desired effects, which provides greater certainty for all stakeholders.
This course is part of the Executive Public Sector-Industry Program.
Who should attend
- Public sector policy professionals, program managers, administrators and regulators across the Queensland Government
- Senior managers, operational managers and directors in the private sector who collaborate with government across industries including:
- infrastructure
- resources
- health
- tourism
- agriculture
- not-for-profit.
Entry requirements
You must complete the foundational Public and Private Stakeholder Engagement course to enrol for this course.
What you'll learn
- Classify different types of systems, from simple to complicated, complex, and chaotic, and the approaches that are best suited to each type.
- Identify the systems that are relevant to their current roles, projects, and organisations, and their ability to influence different aspects of these systems.
- Apply tools and frameworks to explore the behaviours of systems so they can help steer them towards desired effects.
Time commitment
- This is a 1-day course.
Assessment
Certification and accreditation
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Facilitators
Cost
| Applicant | Price |
|---|---|
| Individual | A$1,800 |
GST is included in the cost
Location
UQ Brisbane City