The contribution of systems and service research to rethinking higher education programs: a T-shaped model

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://ojs.sijm.it/index.php/sinergie/article/view/150/25" target="_blank" >https://ojs.sijm.it/index.php/sinergie/article/view/150/25</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7433/s104.2017.03" target="_blank" >10.7433/s104.2017.03</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The contribution of systems and service research to rethinking higher education programs: a T-shaped model

Original language description

Purpose of the paper: Building upon the advancements in knowledge proposed by the research stream about the “T-shaped professional”, the paper aims to investigate the opportunities and key factors of rethinking traditional education models and programs by exploring the contribution of service research in the field of education through the interpretative lens of systems thinking.Methodology: The paper traces a wide conceptual framework rooted in systems thinking and service research with the intent of highlighting the contribution of a T-shaped view in higher education programs. The proposed conceptual arguments are then tested through the analysis of the Master’s Degree program in Service Science, Management and Engineering (SSME) of the Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic).Results: The paper proposes basic arguments for the development of a T-shaped model in higher education programs and empirical evidence concerning the possibility of implementing an effective T-shaped approach based on systems thinking in order to rethink higher education programs.Practical implications: The paper provides a path to combine traditional hyper-specialized knowledge with more dynamic and cross-sectional capabilities in higher education programs.Originality of the paper: A wide perspective about the “T-shaped professionals” as a possible reference model in which vertical expertise is combined with horizontal capabilities and cross-sectional knowledge is proposed in the light of Systems Thinking and Service Research

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

sinergie --- italian journal of management

ISSN

0393-5108

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

35

Issue of the periodical within the volume

104

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

51-70

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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