Cybersystemic education: enabling society for a better future. Issue 7 (5th August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schwaninger, Markus
• Is Part Of: Kybernetes. Volume 48:Issue 7(2019)
• Page Start: 1376
• Page End: 1397
• Publication Date: 2019-08-05
• Subjects: Design -- Cybernetics -- Systemic thinking -- Management -- Education -- Systems science; Cybernetics -- Periodicals; Systems engineering -- Periodicals; 003.505
• DOI: 10.1108/K-09-2018-0482
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0368-492X

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose: This study aims to explore an exemplar of the design and application of a systemic framework for higher education. The field of application is in the social sciences and the perspective long-term, covering three generations of faculty and many generations of students. Design/methodology/approach: This study is exploratory. It contains a conceptual component and an empirical component with a long-term case study from a European university. Findings: A cybersystemic approach to higher education has been shown, at the focal university, to be a powerful amplifier of individual and institutional capabilities, and it still has great potential. The crucial prerequisite is that the approach is virtuously designed and implemented. Originality/value: A case study ranging over 50 years is presented. The respective university has been a role model for other educational institutions for many years. Its influence in the German-speaking countries, and more recently also internationally, has become significant.