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| System Boundary: Each system has a boundary that separates it from its environment. Ina closed system this boundary is rigid in an open system, the boundary is more flexible. The system boundaries of many organizations have become increasingly flexible in recent years. Oil companies that wished to engage in offshore drilling, to cite one example, have increasingly needed to consider public reaction to the potential environmental harm of their operations. viii) Flow: A system has flows of information, material, and energy (including human. These enter the system from the environment as inputs (raw materials, for example) and exit the system as outputs (goods and services. 93 2.19.4 Systems as cycles of events The pattern of activities defined by input, throughput, and output has a cyclic character that is, successful completion of the cycle provides sources of energy and resources for repetition of the cycle. This is more easily recognized in organizations in which products are produced and sold and the profits used to regenerate the cycle. Successful resolution of client problems, in the same way, contributes to the generation of resources that allows the cycle to continue. 2.19.5 Contributions of the Systems Theory to Management (a) Importantly, organizations today operate as open systems to survive and utilize a systems perspective of management. Managers must think broadly about a problem and generate more relevant facts to avoid a narrow assessment of issues. In this wise, results obtained that reflect a broader spectrum of relevant issues will be more impactful on the organization as well as its environments. b) With a systems perspective, managers can more easily achieve coordination between the objectives of various parts of the organization and the objectives of the organization as a whole. c) The systems theory is useful because it helps managers envision the boundaries of their organisations internal and external environments d) It gives abetter understanding of the ways in which subsystems, the various systems within a system, interact with each other. e) Organisations can use feedback to detect entropy and then counter the process with negative entropy — the ability to acquire new inputs from the environment to keep system from deteriorating. f) With the concept of synergy — the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts can be used by an organisation to accomplish its goals. This is similar to fayol's esprit de corps. g) Open systems approach attempts to account for multi-dimension approaches to problem solving Download 3.37 Mb. Share with your friends:
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