Are we any nearer implementing systems concepts in business and government?
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The last century and the last decade in particular have seen the consolidation and development of a number of strands of systems thinking. The concepts and benefits of a systems approach are now well established and are infiltrating the language and culture of many disciplines and organisations. However the current reality is that systems based words are significantly greater than systems based actions. This is particularly true in business and government. This paper takes a number of examples from recent business and government consultancy experience by the author concerning the application of system dynamics. Together these example constitute a participative, action research investigation, which casts light on the difficulties of implementing systemic concepts in business and underline the challenge which still exists in making holistic thinking an everyday activity. It is suggested that there are two ways forward to embrace the systems concept in management. One is to recognise that a mixture of both reductionism and systemicity is necessary in any management dialogue and the second is that manages will listen more closely to the system argument if it is couched in terms of future financial value rather than purely systems terms.
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تاریخ انتشار 2000