Reference no: EM133743070
Innovation and Creativity in Business Analytics
Assessment - Solving a wicked problem using systems thinking
Task - Students are to create a 10 slide PowerPoint presentation.
Case Study
The case study will be placed in the Announcements section in the portal.
Assessment Instructions
Prior to week 4, form groups of 3 to 4 students and inform your lecturer of these groups. You will be provided with a case study at the beginning of class. You will be asked to:
Apply the systems thinking process
Prepare 10 slides
The group leader will upload a PDF file of the slides via Turnitin at the end of class.
Slide Content
Slide 1: Cover page
Slide 2: Explanation of why Younger People living in Residential Aged Care (YPIRAC) in Australia is a wicked problem, with the application of data sets.
Slide 3: Reframe the problem in terms of a question or questions that could lead to micro-solutions and recommendations, i.e. approaching the bigger problem via smaller ones. For example, perhaps you could focus on young people with different types of disability. This is to be a unique initiative of your group, which would lead to a more specific solution.
* Slide 4: Explain the elements of the system now that you have reframed it.
* Slide 5: List the possible perspectives of different "players" in the system.
Slide 6: List the boundaries (scope and scale of the system), having reframed the problem.
Slide 7: List five datasets which would be useful in getting insight into the problem, now that you have reframed it? Explain why.
Slide 8: Apply the Iceberg model (using Systemic Thinking in contrast to Systems Thinking) to identify underlying causes for the problem (see week 3 slides).
Slide 9: Suggest some preliminary recommendations, solutions and suggest next steps. Slide 10: References (both academic and "grey" material)
*Note: Need only slide 4 and 5.