Weekly outline
- General
- 1. 11 September - 17 September
1. 11 September - 17 September
Week 1 Course Introduction: Relationship between System Thinking and Public Problem? What type of problem is a “wicked problem”?
- 2. 18 September - 24 September
2. 18 September - 24 September
I. Why do we need to understand wicked problem?
Week 2. Wicked Problem Debate in Public Policy Theory
- 3. 25 September - 1 October
- 4. 2 October - 8 October
4. 2 October - 8 October
II. Why to understand system thinking is needed?
Week 4. Traditional Linear Thinking Development
- 5. 9 October - 15 October
- 6. 16 October - 22 October
- 7. 23 October - 29 October
7. 23 October - 29 October
Week 7 System Thinking Toolkit II
Individual assignment: read a news article and analyze this news' problems to draw (use Miro.com) one systematic mapping (15%)
- 8. 30 October - 5 November
- 9. 6 November - 12 November
9. 6 November - 12 November
Week 9
Individual Written Midterm Exam (30%)
No class. Online exam (open for 24 hours)
- 10. 13 November - 19 November
10. 13 November - 19 November
III. Domestic and International Wicked Problem Case Study & Analysis (based on ESG Sustainability principle)
Week 10 Environment Wicked Problem I
- 11. 20 November - 26 November
- 12. 27 November - 3 December
12. 27 November - 3 December
Week 12 Social Wicked Problem I
No class meeting （please go to your group for discussion)
Group Assignment (15%)
1) to make an appointment with at least one decision maker (online or face-to-face) to understand what kind of problem they are trying to solve?
2) draw the system mapping of this problem
3) use ths mapping as background for your final policy recommendation white paper
- 13. 4 December - 10 December
- 14. 11 December - 17 December
- 15. 18 December - 24 December
- 16. 25 December - 31 December
16. 25 December - 31 December
Week 16 Extra for NPUST: Water-Energy-Food Nexus (WEF) Wicked Problem
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網址：http://css.npust.edu.tw/tes/chineseindex.aspx - 17. 1 January - 7 January
17. 1 January - 7 January
- Future Human Society Scenario Simulation
Week 17 System Thinking and Our Common Future Scenario Simulation (World Café mode/ based on NPUST related public problems)
Group oral presentation / each group 5 minutes
- 18. 8 January - 14 January
18. 8 January - 14 January
Week 18 Policy Recommendation
No Class/Please upload policy recommendation
White Paper (please google 'policy brief' for examle) Group Report from Wicked Problem’s Angle (TBL) (30%)
Google search keyword "policy brief" offer exemplar
Self-Evaluation (10%)
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