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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
WHAT IS SYSTEM?
ELEMENTS OF SYSTEM APPROACH
FEATURES OF SYSTEM APPROACH
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
REFERENCE
Acknowledgement
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What is System??
A system is a set of interrelated but separate parts working
towards a common purpose.
The arrangement must be orderly and there must be proper
communication facilitating interaction between the elements
and finally this interaction should lead to achieve a common
goal.
System approach to management views the organization as a
unified, purposeful system composed of interrelated parts.

This approach also gives the manager to see the organization
as a whole and as a part of the larger external environment

Example
Production
Department
Marketing
Department
Human Resource
Department
Finance Department
Elements of System Approach
A system is made of different subsystems: internal and external. These
subsystems are interconnected and influence each other and the system as
a whole. Each of the subsystem interacts with the adjacent subsystem and
they work in synergy for the betterment of the entire system. The limits
within which the internal subsystems function, are determined by the
system boundary. The external subsystems, on the other hand, are those
which lie outside the boundary limits, but still influence the system.

For example: In a supermarket, the various subsystems are the marketing
and advertising, sales, admin and finance department. These are the
internal subsystems that lie within the boundary. The external subsystem
here are the buyers or the customers who visit the store. Only when all
these subsystems work together, the system is said to function effectively.

Features of System Approach
The major features of the approach to the study of management may be summed up as under:

1. A system consists of inter-related and interdependent parts.

2 The approach emphasizes the study of the various parts in their inter-relationships rather than
in isolation from each other.

3 The approach brings out the complexity of a real life management problem much more sharply
than any of other approaches.

4. The approach may be utilized by any of the other approaches.

5. The approach has been utilized in studying the function of complex organizations and has
beenutilized as the base for new kinds of organization
Features
Dynamic
Social
System
Open
system
Adaptive
Multivariab
le
Integrated
Interdepen
dent
Features
Dynamic
Social
System
Open system
Adaptive Multivariable
Integrated
Interdepend
ent
Advantages
It aims at meaningful analysis of organizations and their
management.
It facilitates the interaction between organization and its
environment.
It guide manager to avoid analyzing problems in isolation and
to develop an integrated approach.
It concentrates on end results rather than the means.
It provides an orderly and efficient plan of action.

It develops coordination of the specialized activities.

It frees management from many daily details of operations
management.



Dis-advantages
The approach does not recognize the differences in
systems.
Over-conceptual
Systems philosophy does not specify the nature of
interactions and interdependencies.
Unpractical: It cannot be easily and directly applied to
practical problems.
Lack of Universality
Complex System

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