One approach to ensuring project success in engineering is to focus on standards and their measurement (e.g., EIA/IS 632 published in 1994, EIA/IS 731Systems Engineering Capability Model in 1998). In fact there is an almost global fascination with measuring competence and Taylorising modes of production and workplaces. The problem with measuring standards and competence is that it concerns past performance and is limited to knowledge and skills. However, complexity theory suggests that we live in a world that is not predictable. Managers, however, like to imagine that they can predict outcomes with some certainty. In this paper we describe a capability model that has a focus on the future, the unknown. We also propose heutagogical (Hase and Kenyon, 2000) approaches to developing capable people and workplaces. This holistic attribute enhances project success and serves as a feasible knowledge to be added to competency-based models.
Conference paper
Capability for complex systems: beyond competence
ICE Australia
Proceedings of Systems Engineering / Test and Evaluation Conference, SETE 2004, Focusing on project success (Adelaide, SA, 8-10 November)
2004
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Abstract
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- Title
- Capability for complex systems: beyond competence
- Creators
- Stewart Hase - Southern Cross UniversityBoon Hou Tay - Southern Cross University
- Conference
- Proceedings of Systems Engineering / Test and Evaluation Conference, SETE 2004, Focusing on project success (Adelaide, SA, 8-10 November)
- Publisher
- ICE Australia; Sydney, NSW
- Identifiers
- 1122; 991012820766502368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; School of Business and Tourism
- Resource Type
- Conference paper