2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
System-Based Approach
Author : Prof. Dr. Rico Baldegger
Published in: Management in a Dynamic Environment
Publisher: Gabler Verlag
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The definition of the enterprise as a productive social system makes it clear that the enter-prise as a whole should be viewed as a system and is made up of a number of subsystems. This description explains the company and its actions using system-based concepts. Several questions arise in relation to system-based management theory: how did system theory arise? What is generally understood by a system? What form do the effects of system theory on management studies take?