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Organizational Reengineering: Sense of Ownership

Organizational Reengineering: Sense of Ownership

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 [...]
Why the Boss Shouldn’t Blame an Erring Employee Right Away

Why the Boss Shouldn’t Blame an Erring Employee Right Away

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 [...]
Systems Thinking in Employee Relations

Systems Thinking in Employee Relations

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 [...]