Organizational Systems

Author : Raul Espejo,Alfonso Reyes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642191091

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Organizational Systems by Raul Espejo,Alfonso Reyes Pdf

Organizational Systems clarifies the application of cybernetic ideas, particularly those of Beer's Viable System Model, to organizational diagnosis and design. Readers learn to appreciate the relevance of seeing the systemic coherence of the world. The book argues that many of the problems we experience today are routed in our practice of fragmenting that needs to be connected as a whole. It offers a method to study and design organizations and a methodology to deal with implementation problems. It is the outcome of many years of working experience with government offices as well as with all kinds of public and private enterprises. At a more detailed level this book offers an in depth discussion of variety engineering that is not available either in the primary or secondary literature.

Author : David Berke
Publisher : Center for Creative Leadership
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781604917413

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Succession Planning and Management: A Guide to Organizational Systems and Practices by David Berke Pdf

The purpose of succession-related practices is to ensure that there are ready replacements for key positions in an organization so that turnover will not negatively affect the organization's performance. CCL first published an annotated bibliography on succession planning in 1995. That bibliography focused primarily on the link between succession and management development. This bibliography has a broader scope; it is an update and expansion, commensurate with the maturation of this area of practice. In addition to linkages between succession and development, we also consider representative literature on CEO succession, high potentials, and succession systems and architecture. It is hoped that those who use this bibliography will find resources that help them in conceptualizing, planning, and implementing effective succession systems in their organizations.

Author : Richard Baskerville,Marco De Marco,Paolo Spagnoletti
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642333705

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Designing Organizational Systems by Richard Baskerville,Marco De Marco,Paolo Spagnoletti Pdf

​This book is dedicated to the memory of Professor Alessandro (Sandro) D'Atri, who passed away in April 2011. Professor D'Atri started his career as a brilliant scholar interested in theoretical computer science, databases and, more generally information processing systems. He journeyed far in various applications, such as human-computer interaction, human factors, ultimately arriving at business information systems and business organisation after more than 20 years of researc hbased on "problem solving". Professor D'Atri pursued the development of an interdisciplinary culture in which social sciences, systems design and human sciences are mutually integrated. Rather than retrospection, this book is aimed to advance in these directions and to stimulate a debate about the potential of design research in the field of information systems and organisation studies with an interdisciplinary approach. Each chapter has been selected by the Editorial Board following a double blind peer review process. The general criteria of privileging the variety of topics and the design science orientation and/or empirical works in which a design research approach is adopted to solve various field problems in the management area. In addition several chapters contribute to the meta-discourse on design science research.

Author : Holly A. H. Handley,Andreas Tolk
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119698753

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A Framework of Human Systems Engineering by Holly A. H. Handley,Andreas Tolk Pdf

Explores the breadth and versatility of Human Systems Engineering (HSE) practices and illustrates its value in system development A Framework of Human Systems Engineering: Applications and Case Studies offers a guide to identifying and improving methods to integrate human concerns into the conceptualization and design of systems. With contributions from a panel of noted experts on the topic, the book presents a series of Human Systems Engineering (HSE) applications on a wide range of topics: interface design, training requirements, personnel capabilities and limitations, and human task allocation. Each of the book's chapters present a case study of the application of HSE from different dimensions of socio-technical systems. The examples are organized using a socio-technical system framework to reference the applications across multiple system types and domains. These case studies are based in real-world examples and highlight the value of applying HSE to the broader engineering community. This important book: Includes a proven framework with case studies to different dimensions of practice, including domain, system type, and system maturity Contains the needed tools and methods in order to integrate human concerns within systems Encourages the use of Human Systems Engineering throughout the design process Provides examples that cross traditional system engineering sectors and identifies a diverse set of human engineering practices Written for systems engineers, human factors engineers, and HSI practitioners, A Framework of Human Systems Engineering: Applications and Case Studies provides the information needed for the better integration of human and systems and early resolution of issues based on human constraints and limitations.

Author : Nobre, Farley Simon,Tobias, Andrew M.,Walker, David S.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781605663036

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Organizational and Technological Implications of Cognitive Machines: Designing Future Information Management Systems by Nobre, Farley Simon,Tobias, Andrew M.,Walker, David S. Pdf

"This book addresses the possible implications of cognitive machines for current and future organizations"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Robert J. Glushko
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781491911716

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The Discipline of Organizing: Professional Edition by Robert J. Glushko Pdf

Note about this ebook: This ebook exploits many advanced capabilities with images, hypertext, and interactivity and is optimized for EPUB3-compliant book readers, especially Apple's iBooks and browser plugins. These features may not work on all ebook readers. We organize things. We organize information, information about things, and information about information. Organizing is a fundamental issue in many professional fields, but these fields have only limited agreement in how they approach problems of organizing and in what they seek as their solutions. The Discipline of Organizing synthesizes insights from library science, information science, computer science, cognitive science, systems analysis, business, and other disciplines to create an Organizing System for understanding organizing. This framework is robust and forward-looking, enabling effective sharing of insights and design patterns between disciplines that weren’t possible before. The Professional Edition includes new and revised content about the active resources of the "Internet of Things," and how the field of Information Architecture can be viewed as a subset of the discipline of organizing. You’ll find: 600 tagged endnotes that connect to one or more of the contributing disciplines Nearly 60 new pictures and illustrations Links to cross-references and external citations Interactive study guides to test on key points The Professional Edition is ideal for practitioners and as a primary or supplemental text for graduate courses on information organization, content and knowledge management, and digital collections. FOR INSTRUCTORS: Supplemental materials (lecture notes, assignments, exams, etc.) are available at http://disciplineoforganizing.org. FOR STUDENTS: Make sure this is the edition you want to buy. There's a newer one and maybe your instructor has adopted that one instead.

Author : James Conklin
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781487540296

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Balancing Acts by James Conklin Pdf

Balancing Acts offers consultants and managers a simple, powerful way to think about change, and ascribes a four-phase iterative process for implementing change. Reviewing change initiatives from different types of organizations, Balancing Acts confronts the problems and pitfalls head-on that often arise during workplace transitions. Conklin explains why organizational change can be so difficult, and shows that by balancing a set of competing psychological and systemic challenges, interveners will increase their chance of success. Conklin shows that human groups function as complex systems, and that a change initiative is not a linear progression toward a predefined result. Instead, change is an iterative process that involves a search for feasible and useful solutions. The book’s central argument is that while leading or supporting this search, consultants and leaders must balance four critical concerns: confrontation and compassion, participation and observation, assertion and inquiry, and planfulness and emergence.

Author : Barry Oshry
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1881052990

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Seeing Systems by Barry Oshry Pdf

This book is about seeing systems. It is about overcoming system blindness and seeing our part in the context of the whole, and the present in the context of the past. It is about seeing ourselves in relationship with others and creating satisfying and productive partnerships in these relationships. It will enable us to create systems with extraordinary capacities for surviving and developing. "Oshry weaves a remarkable explanation for the subtle, and largely unseen ways in which our structures influence our behaviour."Marvin Weisbord, author Productive Workplaces.

Author : James T. Ziegenfuss
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761919163

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Organization and Management Problem Solving by James T. Ziegenfuss Pdf

Based on a broad range of case studies, Organization and Management Problem Solving is an insightful text designed to improve the application of organization theory and systems thinking in teaching and practice. This book illustrates the five key themes in the nature of organization and managementa'technical, structural, psychosocial, managerial, and culturala'through the analysis of measured incidents tested by students. A clear theoretical framework supports the case studies, allowing the text to have practical relevance to contemporary settings and to be recognized as a model for describing, analyzing, and responding to organization and management problems. The model integrates the thinking of many writers on organization and problem solving including Ackoff, Blake, and Mouton; Schein, Kast, and Rosenweign; and Mitroff and Lippitt. The approach eliminates causal conditions and emphasizes responsive problem solving. Theory is applied and expanded as needed to a broader social context, engaging the reader in a thorough understanding of the nature and development of organization theory and problem solving. This book is relevant to consultants, academics, and professional managers in a number of settings (academic, military, business organizations, and research institutes) and disciplines (including development and change, management, human resources, social psychology, communication, sociology, and psychology).

Author : Daniel J. Svyantek,Kevin T. Mahoney
Publisher : IAP
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781623965525

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Organizational Processes and Received Wisdom by Daniel J. Svyantek,Kevin T. Mahoney Pdf

This Research in Organizational Sciences volume to explore and question the received wisdom of organizational sciences. The chapters in this volume (and the companion volume) seek to establish boundary conditions for important organizational constructs and processes. They illustrate the importance of context for interpreting the received wisdom of organizational science by showing when constructs must be adapted to changing circumstances. The volume begins with four chapters looking at the construct of leadership. Each of these addresses an important aspect of our understanding of leadership and its practice. The four chapters on leadership are followed by five chapters dealing with other organizational processes including motivation, organizational change, the role of diversity in organizations and organizational citizenship. The last three chapters deal with the issue of knowledge in large systems. Two chapters address how information may be transmitted across organizations and generations of workers. The final chapter deals with the use of information by organizational decision-makers. The 12 papers in this volume all, in some way question received wisdom and present alternatives which expand our understanding of organizational behavior. These chapters each strive to present new ways of understanding organizational constructs, and in so doing reveal how received wisdom does not always lead to best practice in research or application. It is our hope that these chapters illustrate how challenging received wisdom in organizational studies can provide new ways of thinking about organizational processes. These new ways of thinking in turn can provide better understanding of the processes necessary to increase organizational effectiveness.

Author : Robert L. Swinth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0882440594

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Organizational Systems for Management: Designing, Planning, and Implementation by Robert L. Swinth Pdf

Author : Vaidya, Kishor
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781609607692

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Inter-Organizational Information Systems and Business Management: Theories for Researchers by Vaidya, Kishor Pdf

"This book highlights the most influential organizational theories and their applications in inter-organizational information systems, providing theories that have been consistently tested and proven to be valid over time"--

Author : John B. Miner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0195122143

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Organizational Behavior by John B. Miner Pdf

The book begins with a treatment of the role of science and the nature of theory and research. A discussion of the early origins and history of organizational behavior follows. This is the most comprehensive coverage of how organizational behavior emerged and grew. It presents and evaluates the first generation theorists, whose work began during the first 20 years. The subject matter covered is motivation, leadership, and organizational decision making. The institutional culture of organizational behavior is discussed and a vision for the future of the field is stated. Here the early history and the evidence from the theories are brought together in an effort to assess the identity of organizational behavior and where it might be headed.

Author : Naomi Stanford
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749466039

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Organizational Health by Naomi Stanford Pdf

Organizational Health is an organization's ability to function effectively, to cope adequately, to change appropriately, and to grow from within. A healthy organization is just that in all its aspects: people, process, structures, systems, behaviours and governance. It is one where appropriate adaptive, maintenance and development activities are integral to maintaining performance and alignment in the operating environment. Organizational Health takes an informed look at the critical and interdependent elements of an organization that must be maintained in a healthy state for managers to meet their business goals. Using a practical, structured approach it covers: understanding and assessing organizational health; the impact of structures on organizational health such as hierarchies, alliances and joint ventures; control methods such as corporate governance, ethics and compliance; maintenance and development including OD, change management, learning and workplace environment; sustainability including carbon footprint and business ecosystems; indicators of health and dysfunction.

Author : Ronald Giachetti
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781439882894

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Design of Enterprise Systems by Ronald Giachetti Pdf

In practice, many different people with backgrounds in many different disciplines contribute to the design of an enterprise. Anyone who makes decisions to change the current enterprise to achieve some preferred structure is considered a designer. What is problematic is how to use the knowledge of separate aspects of the enterprise to achieve a globally optimized enterprise. The synthesis of knowledge from many disciplines to design an enterprise defines the field of enterprise engineering. Because enterprise systems are exceedingly complex, encompassing many independent domains of study, students must first be taught how to think about enterprise systems. Specifically written for advanced and intermediate courses and modules, Design of Enterprise Systems: Theory, Architecture, and Methods takes a system-theoretical perspective of the enterprise. It describes a systematic approach, called the enterprise design method, to design the enterprise. The design method demonstrates the principles, models, methods, and tools needed to design enterprise systems. The author uses the enterprise system design methodology to organize the chapters to mimic the completion of an actual project. Thus, the book details the enterprise engineering process from initial conceptualization of an enterprise to its final design. Pedagogical tools available include: For instructors: PowerPoint® slides for each chapter Project case studies that can be assigned as long-term projects to accompany the text Quiz questions for each chapter Business Process Analyzer software available for download For students: Templates, checklists, forms, and models to support enterprise engineering activities The book fills a need for greater design content in engineering curricula by describing how to design enterprise systems. Inclusion of design is also critical for business students, since they must realize the import their decisions may have on the long-term design of the enterprises they work with. The book’s practical focus and project-based approach coupled with the pedagogical tools gives students the knowledge and skills they need to lead enterprise engineering projects.