A brief description of an organization with which you are familiar and the example of poor systems thinking you observe An explanation of the core issues that you think led to this systems failure, including whether managers were using “yesterday’s thinking” An explanation of whether there might have been a different or better outcome if managers had understood the principle of the “parts of the whole fit together” (Justify your response.)
Yesterday’s Thinking and Organizational Disabilities (Continues Into Week 2) Week 1 After 158 years in business as a major New York investment bank, Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008. Investors had lost confidence after the company revealed enormous losses in its mortgage banking unit. Attempts to rescue the company failed, and it filed for bankruptcy. The …
A brief description of an organization with which you are familiar and the example of poor systems thinking you observe An explanation of the core issues that you think led to this systems failure, including whether managers were using “yesterday’s thinking” An explanation of whether there might have been a different or better outcome if managers had understood the principle of the “parts of the whole fit together” (Justify your response.) Read More »
