Scientific Systemic Management

Scientific Systemic Management

Author: Constantin Mihaescu

Publisher: Constantin Mihaescu

Published: 2016-05-12

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 1533231885

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This digital manual proposes a fundamentally new concept called scientific systemic management (SSM), based on recently discovered law of nature: The Universal Law of Organization, graphically represented by The Universal Model of Organization and Management. The concept of SSM has the following four main components: 1) A systemic vision of all things and phenomena; 2) Organization of managed process as an adaptive subsystem, continuously perfectible; 3) Organization of associated management process according to the universal model of organization and management above mentioned, discovered by author; 4) Integration of managed process and associated management process in a single system, specially designed to fulfill the desired objective. The scientific systemic approach to concepts is vital for a more efficient organization and management of existing businesses, for creating of new profitable businesses, and generally for problem-solving in complex real life situations. This book is the result of over four decades of research and experiments conducted by the author in the field of self-improvement of thinking in decision-making process, used to solve problems of high complexity, including performance in educational games online and in educational software. If poverty and crises of all kinds are expanding almost everywhere, this happens because sometimes activities of organization and management are not efficient. What can be done to improve these very important activities, readers can learn from this manual. The process of profit maximization can be developed successfully if business is organized and managed as an adjustable cybernetic system on the scientific basis of this above natural model, after which were created and work all high performance systems in Universe. Readers also learn to build correctly and quickly the systems needed to achieve all their goals. In this book are first analyzed and redefined in a scientific systemic vision all fundamental concepts relating to organization and management of complex human activities, including business and strategic chess game, used for practical examples. How can the above mentioned law of nature improve the managerial decisions, it shows into a final study of thinking in strategic chess game, with practical examples in games played against computer, almost move-by-move presented by commented chess diagrams. This detailed and pictured mode of presentation, allows profound understanding of the game, both as a whole and in detail, and how to play simultaneously for fulfillment of strategic plan and for tactical kicks, using only moves with quadruple character (defensive-offensive and strategic-tactical). It's time for traditional management, developed empirically and based only on observations from practical experience, to be replaced by scientific systemic management, based on systemics and cybernetics. Success is guaranteed if business is organized and managed as an adaptable cybernetic system on the scientific basis of this book. Today, more than ever before, to obtain high performance in business as in chess game, to solve the complex problems of organization and management of all activities, it takes a scientific systemic approach. Therefore, the fundamental concepts of organization and management are here presented in scientific systemic vision, and then applied in chess to be fully clarified and thoroughly fixed in memory. In short, studying this book, readers can find out how quickly and accurately can build and drive systems necessary to achieve the objectives and how to train their business intelligence, organization and management skills. This manual of scientific systemic management, business intelligence and high performance strategic chess training is addressed to students in the last years of high schools and universities, to business managers, and generally to all those who wish to optimize their decisions. It is also published in a printed pocket format.


Systemic Approaches to Strategic Management: Examples from the Automotive Industry

Systemic Approaches to Strategic Management: Examples from the Automotive Industry

Author: Dima, Ioan Constantin

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-09-30

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 1466664827

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The application of systems theory to today’s businesses is a direct result of the enhancements that stem from globalization. In order to remain competitive in the new global environment, companies must alter their managerial methods and strategies. Systemic Approaches to Strategic Management: Examples from the Automotive Industry addresses the issues that industrial companies face in the current era of globalization and how the application of systems theory has affected their performance. Highlighting issues such as theoretical approaches of systems theory, production strategies, and organizational structure, this book is a pivotal reference source for practitioners, students, engineers, technicians, business managers, and economists interested in systems theory application in the management of industrial companies.


Systemic Management

Systemic Management

Author: Charles W. Fowler

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2009-03-26

Total Pages: 455

ISBN-13: 0191580031

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'Systemic management' describes a holistic, objective and universally applicable form of management, providing a framework for addressing environmental challenges such as global warming, emergent diseases, deforestation, overpopulation, the extinction crisis, pollution, over-fishing, and habitat destruction. Its goals are the consistently sustainable relationships between humans and ecosystems, between humans and other species, and between humans and the biosphere. This book presents a convincing argument that these goals, and the means to achieve them, can be inferred from empirical information. It describes how comparisons between humans and other species reveal patterns that can serve to guide management toward true sustainability i.e. ways that are empirically observed to work in natural systems. This objective approach has rarely been possible in conventional management because sustainability is invariably undermined by conflicting human values. 'Systemic management' is presented as a specialized process of pattern-based decision-making that avoids the inconsistency, subjectivity and error in current management practice. It clearly demonstrates how mimicking nature's empirical examples of sustainability can circumvent anthropocentric tendencies to overuse/misuse human values in management, and illustrates the science best suited for achieving sustainability through examples of research that address specific management questions.


Quality Management in Engineering

Quality Management in Engineering

Author: Jong S. Lim

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2019-07-30

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 100045858X

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This book introduces fundamental, advanced, and future-oriented scientific quality management methods for the engineering and manufacturing industries. It presents new knowledge and experiences in the manufacturing industry with real world case studies. It introduces Quality 4.0 with Industry 4.0, including quality engineering tools for software quality and offers lean quality management methods for lean manufacturing. It also bridges the gap between quality management and quality engineering, and offers a scientific methodology for problem solving and prevention. The methods, techniques, templates, and processes introduced in this book can be utilized in various areas in industry, from product engineering to manufacturing and shop floor management. This book will be of interest to manufacturing industry leaders and managers, who do not require in-depth engineering knowledge. It will also be helpful to engineers in design and suppliers in management and manufacturing, all who have daily concerns with project and quality management. Students in business and engineering programs may also find this book useful as they prepare for careers in the engineering and manufacturing industries. Presents new knowledge and experiences in the manufacturing industry with real world case studies Introduces quality engineering methods for software development Introduces Quality 4.0 with Industry 4.0 Offers lean quality management methods for lean manufacturing Bridges the gap between quality management methods and quality engineering Provides scientific methodology for product planning, problem solving and prevention management Includes forms, templates, and tools that can be used conveniently in the field


The Fifth Discipline

The Fifth Discipline

Author: Peter M. Senge

Publisher: Crown Currency

Published: 2010-03-31

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 0307477649

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MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES IN PRINT • “One of the seminal management books of the past seventy-five years.”—Harvard Business Review This revised edition of the bestselling classic is based on fifteen years of experience in putting Peter Senge’s ideas into practice. As Senge makes clear, in the long run the only sustainable competitive advantage is your organization’s ability to learn faster than the competition. The leadership stories demonstrate the many ways that the core ideas of the Fifth Discipline, many of which seemed radical when first published, have become deeply integrated into people’s ways of seeing the world and their managerial practices. Senge describes how companies can rid themselves of the learning blocks that threaten their productivity and success by adopting the strategies of learning organizations, in which new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, collective aspiration is set free, and people are continually learning how to create the results they truly desire. Mastering the disciplines Senge outlines in the book will: • Reignite the spark of genuine learning driven by people focused on what truly matters to them • Bridge teamwork into macrocreativity • Free you of confining assumptions and mindsets • Teach you to see the forest and the trees • End the struggle between work and personal time This updated edition contains more than one hundred pages of new material based on interviews with dozens of practitioners at companies such as BP, Unilever, Intel, Ford, HP, and Saudi Aramco and organizations such as Roca, Oxfam, and The World Bank.


The Emergence of Systematic Management as Shown by the Literature of Management from 1870-1900

The Emergence of Systematic Management as Shown by the Literature of Management from 1870-1900

Author: Joseph Litterer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-04-17

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1351260901

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This study, originally published in 1986, is directed to the period before the establishment of scientific management as a recognised movement, in an attempt to answer two basic questions: was there a body of management literature immediately preceding the emergence of scientific management? Did this literature, if it existed, have a central concept or approach which could be recognised? This title will be of interest to students of business studies and management.


A Systemic Perspective to Managing Complexity with Enterprise Architecture

A Systemic Perspective to Managing Complexity with Enterprise Architecture

Author: Saha, Pallab

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2013-09-30

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 1466645199

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Organizational complexity is an unavoidable aspect of all businesses, even larger ones, which can hinder their ability to react to sudden or disruptive change. However, with the implementation of enterprise architecture (EA), businesses are able to provide their leaders with the resources needed to address any arising challenges. A Systemic Perspective to Managing Complexity with Enterprise Architecture highlights the current advances in utilizing enterprise architecture for managing organizational complexity. By demonstrating the value and usefulness of EA, this book serves as a reference for business leaders, managers, engineers, enterprise architects, and many others interested in new research and approaches to business complexity.


An Introduction to Systematic Reviews

An Introduction to Systematic Reviews

Author: David Gough

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2012-03-22

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 1446289362

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This timely, engaging book provides an overview of the nature, logic, diversity and process of undertaking systematic reviews as part of evidence informed decision making. A focused, accessible and technically up-to-date book, it covers the full breadth of approaches to reviews from statistical meta analysis to meta ethnography. It is ideal for anyone undertaking their own systematic review - providing all the necessary conceptual and technical background needed to make a good start on the process. The content is divided into five clear sections: • Approaches to reviewing • Getting started • Gathering and describing research • Appraising and synthesising data • Making use of reviews/models of research use. Easy to read and logically structured, this book is essential reading for anyone doing systematic reviews. David Gough is Professor of Evidence Informed Policy and Practice and Director of SSRU and its EPPI-Centre and Co-Editor of the journal Evidence & Policy. Sandy Oliver is Professor of Public Policy and Deputy Director of SSRU and its EPPI-Centre. James Thomas is Reader in Social Policy, Assistant Director of SSRU and Associate Direcctor of the EPPI-Centre.


Applications of Systems Thinking and Soft Operations Research in Managing Complexity

Applications of Systems Thinking and Soft Operations Research in Managing Complexity

Author: Anthony J. Masys

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-09-14

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 3319211064

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This book captures current trends and developments in the field of systems thinking and soft operations research which can be applied to solve today's problems of dynamic complexity and interdependency. Such ‘wicked problems’ and messes are seemingly intractable problems characterized as value-laden, ambiguous, and unstable, that resist being tamed by classical problem solving. Actions and interventions associated with this complex problem space can have highly unpredictable and unintended consequences. Examples of such complex problems include health care reform, global climate change, transnational serious and organized crime, terrorism, homeland security, human security, disaster management, and humanitarian aid. Moving towards the development of solutions to these complex problem spaces depends on the lens we use to examine them and how we frame the problem. It will be shown that systems thinking and soft operations research has had great success in contributing to the management of complexity.