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You can't do carpentry, you know, if
you only have a saw, or only a hammer, or you never heard of a pair
of pliers. It's when you put all those tools into one kit that you
invent. |
Peter
Drucker |
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Systems Approach to
Management Defined
The systems approach to
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management
 is based on
general
system theory – the theory
that says that to understand fully the operation of an entity, the entity
must be viewed as a system. This requires understanding the interdependence
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Management System
The management system is composed of a number
of parts that function interdependently to achieve a purpose...
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Balanced Organization: 5 Basic Elements
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Cross-functional Management
(CFM)
Cross-functional management (CFM)
manages business processes across the traditional boundaries of the
functional areas.
In Total Quality Management
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TQM)
and
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Kaizen,
the cross-functional goals of QCD (Quality,
Cost, Delivery) are clearly defined as superior to such line functions as
planning, design, production and
sales. The positioning of cross-functional
goal as superordinate ones necessitates a new systems approach to management
and
decision making.
The concept and practices of cross-functional
management were developed to meet the need for systems approach to achieving
the cross-functional goals of
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Quality, cost and delivery...
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New Systemic Approach to
Innovation
The evolution of the
innovation concept – from the linear model having R&D as the starting
point to the
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Systemic
model in which innovation arises from complex
interactions between individuals, organizations and their operating
environments – demonstrates that your innovation policies and practices must
extend their focus beyond the link with research....
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Balanced Approach to Business
Systems
A business is more than finance.
Performance measures need to be
aligned with the
organization's strategy.
The
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Business Systems
approach
considers business as system of interrelated factors of strategy,
owners, investors, management,
workers,
finance,
processes,
products,
suppliers,
customers, and
competitors...
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