Course Description:
In this course, students will expand their competency for analyzing and evaluating the ever increasing surge of information in today’s chaotic, complex, and dynamic environment.  This organizational context demands that effective Information Age leaders think and make decisions in extraordinary ways.  Students will learn how to use systems thinking and system dynamics to test hypotheses and clarify underlying assumptions in their decision making process.  They will understand how to use experimentation, simulation, gaming, and virtual worlds as essential decision-making tools that enable system learning, adaptation to chaos and change, and agility to respond to the complex issues facing 21st century organizations. 

Recommended Attendance:
The course is critical for DoD and other National and Homeland security officers and civilian executives, who have, or aspire to hold, leadership positions with transformation responsibilities.   

Prerequisites
None.

Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to analyze strategic and complex issues facing 21st Century leaders and create innovative
solutions using intelligent processes and technologies. Their organizations, in turn, will be better positioned to take effective action in the contemporary environment.