Webinar
Wednesday
TRANSFORMING COMPLEX ORGANISATIONS USING
SYSTEMS THINKING
With Martin Parr
About the webinar
27 July 2022 | 1:00pm | via Zoom
Transforming Complex Organisations using Systems Thinking
In this month's webinar Prof Martin Parr will focus on Systems Thinking and how its process can fundamentally transform complex organisations for growth. Martin will discuss examples from his consultancy projects and debate how to improve the organisations that you work with.
- How Systems Thinking began and how is it linked to other OR methods
- Why we are failing effect change using conventional thinking
- How different systems thinking methodologies can be used to plan changes
- The most crucial elements of a plan to change an organisation
About Martin:
Martin Parr is an honorary professor at the University of Kent and a consultant working on complex projects, many of which have been delivered for the public sector. He has worked with government departments including the Cabinet Office and Department for Education to establish key strategic initiatives and has advised on the governance of UK government programmes that have annual budgets in excess of £1 billion, including the Ministry of Defence test and evaluation programme. His research interests include governance, assurance and the use of soft analysis in complex organisations. Martin has led masterclasses on Soft Systems work for the Department of Education.
Martin also teaches Evidence Based Decision Making to around 500 serving military officers at the Defence Academy each year. He also leads an introduction to soft systems on the University of Kent’s MBA programme. Martin is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and a Fellow of the Operational Research Society.
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