MGMT-4210 (3) Systems Thinking

Provides students with problem solving and critical thinking skills in order to analyze large, complex social problems. Students learn techniques to get to the root cause of the problem and understand unintended consequences of proposed solutions to that problem. Students learn to break from typical mental models, make paradigm shifts and learn to recognize and avoid learning barriers and biases. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of BASE 2101, 2102, 2103 and 2104 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Business (BUSN) majors with 52-180 units completed.