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November 15, 2025SystemsOpen Access

A Systems Thinking Approach to Workforce Planning: The Need to Focus on the System’s Purpose

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Overview

The conceptual framework reveals challenges in workforce planning, indicating a need for alignment with patient-centred care and adaptive leadership.

Key Points

  • The research aims to address challenges in healthcare workforce planning by aligning strategies with the system's purpose.
  • Introduces a meta-system framework based on systems and complexity thinking
  • Utilizes the vortex model to visualize health system layers
  • Critiques traditional linear forecasting methods
  • Synthesizes global examples to support planning strategies
  • Identifies misalignment between workforce capabilities and system purpose
  • Advocates for needs-based approaches with dynamic feedback
  • Highlights the importance of partnerships in education and practice

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Joachim P Sturmberg (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69251994c0ce034ddc35375ahttps://doi.org/10.3390/systems13111024
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