A systems thinking approach to international business education

IF 2 Q3 BUSINESS
Viviana Pilato, Hinrich Voss
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Abstract

Purpose

International business (IB) education typically focuses on the multinational enterprise (MNE) and how it navigates varying institutional setups for its own benefit. This reductionist and MNE-centric approach underplays the influence these firms have on the societal and environmental fabric of the geographies they are operating in. This paper aims to propose integrating systems thinking into IB education to address this shortcoming with the intention to setup IB education to engage with wicked grand challenges.

Design/methodology/approach

This conceptual paper offers an approach for integrating complexity, criticality and diversity into IB education through teaching systems thinking capabilities.

Findings

Integrating systems thinking into IB education allows for a more realistic appreciation of IB’s contribution to addressing grand challenges. The authors propose a systems thinking perspective to IB education and offer how systems thinking capabilities could be taught in IB.

Originality/value

Grand challenges are characterised by wicked problems. Addressing them requires a multilevel, cross-disciplinary approach that takes into consideration the inter- and intradependencies of all actors within a system.

国际商务教育的系统思维方法
目的国际商务(IB)教育通常侧重于跨国企业(MNE),以及跨国企业如何为自身利益驾驭不同的制度设置。这种以多国企业为中心的简化方法低估了这些企业对其所在地区的社会和环境结构的影响。本文旨在提议将系统思维纳入国际文凭教育,以解决这一缺陷,从而设置国际文凭教育,使其能够应对邪恶的巨大挑战。作者提出了国际文凭教育的系统思维视角,并介绍了如何在国际文凭教育中教授系统思维能力。解决这些问题需要采用多层次、跨学科的方法,考虑到系统内所有参与者的相互依存和内在依存关系。
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CiteScore
4.20
自引率
15.00%
发文量
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期刊介绍: In recent years, the business practices and management philosophies of global enterprises have been subject to increasingly close scrutiny by commentators in the fields of journalism and academia. Such scrutiny has been motivated by a growing desire to examine the nature of globalisation, its impact on specific communities and its benefits for society as a whole. Coverage includes, but is not restricted to, issues of: ■Globalization ■Production and consumption ■Economic change ■Societal change ■Politics and power of organizations and governments ■Environmental impact
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