Analyses of Boundaries in Systems Practical Exercise Users Guide
Abstract
U.S. Army missions can occur in a wide variety of environments and cultures, necessitating the development of sociocultural systems thinking (SCST) skills in Army leaders. SCST is characterized as an awareness that the operational environment is affected by a multitude of factors, that these factors are affected and changed by each other, and that culture and social relationships are pervasive throughout this system. The Analyses of Behaviors in Systems (ABS) practical exercise was developed by the U.S. Army Research Institute as part of its endeavor to improve Army leaders SCST. ABS is discussion-based and designed to be implemented by a facilitator in groups of varying sizes. Each group will analyze a problem, within a sociocultural system (SCS), from a particular perspective, and then participants will be reorganized into new groups where each participant will be responsible for explaining their previously learned perspective to the rest of the new group. The new groups will then integrate multiple different perspectives to propose solutions to problems with the SCS. ABS uses real-world events to cover various SCS concepts, such as boundaries, environmental influence, goal conflict, and leverage points.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Accession Number
- AD1212258
Entities
People
- Ava J. Loer
- Emily N. Polander
- Julio C. Mateo
- Lisare B. Babin
- Michael J. Mccloskey
- Stefanie S. Stancato