Posted by GSerrano on April 28, 2009 ·
Nowhere is systems thinking more evident than in employee relations. Open systems thinking and empowering clients to have the ability to be self-reliant have certainly become operationally pragmatic. In systems thinking, the focal point is empowerment.
Interdependency is the natural result of systems thinking and empowerment. The employee organization [...]
Posted by GSerrano on April 27, 2009 ·
Labor or human resources are very much a part of the value chain of a manufacturing firm which, in itself, is composed of many diverse, yet complementary, components. A manufacturing firm working on a production schedule and towards a given output will have to rely heavily on its employees. However, having a ‘common platform of participation is not [...]
Posted by GSerrano on April 26, 2009 ·
In systems thinking, problems are seen as parts of an overall system, not just arbitrary results. This approach addresses the root or contextual cause of the problem, thereby not further allowing the problem to worsen. A certain framework exists in systems thinking whereby a problem is taken in relation to the whole, and not in isolation.
Systems thinking [...]