I tend to agree with Andrew. I sat in a meeting today to fix a major
problem between several companies. We agreed that one critical success
factor will be that certain decisions are made and communicated according
to a pre-agreed schedule. We did not do a systems analysis, but all our
combined experience told us it was not necessary, and this CSF would take
care of a portion of our difficulties. Simiarly, we identified a number
of other CSFs. As we track these in the coming months, we will see some
that work and some that do not. At that point, systems thinking comes
into action to help us understand why something did not work. To me,
these tools complement each other.
Andrew said,
DIFFERENTIATING & SORTING VARIOUS ELEMENTS / COMPONENTS OF A TOTAL SYSTEM INTO
SOMETHING MORE MANAGABLE, SUPPORTED BY
OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE PROVIDES ESSENTIAL FOCUS FOR CREATIVTY
AND ENERGY AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY DISCARD SYSTEM THINKING.
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