Disadvantages Of System Thinking

Many have defined the systems thinking and how it works; for Peter Senge, it is a management method, "a discipline for seeing wholes, a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing patterns of change rather than static 'snapshots.” (Ryba, 1996). For Czarnecki (2012), it is “the process of understanding how a group of interacting, interrelated, interdependent components influence each other within the whole.”

An organization, is more than a group of people in a building using equipment, and more than tangible components; it is the ideas, values, believes, and norms that are factors in a system (Tyler, 2007).

Azadea is “a premier lifestyle retail company” with a portfolio of more than 55 international franchise concepts

Azadea also decided to give back to the community by establishing Azadea Foundation, with a vision to be the leading regional foundation in accomplishing environmental and other significant public value projects (Azadea.com, 2015).

“Systems have a boundary and an environment”: The system thinking “is based on the idea of understanding the whole “, and therefore, it can assist managers to “have a holistic approach of an organization and its relation with the environment”. It is important that every organization continues to improve and adapt to the system thinking concepts and to make valuable exchange in order to survive in a certain environment (Cezarino et al.

These include the company’s functions, products, services and individuals. A change in one of those subsystems can affect the nature of the overall system. Although they are spread in many countries, they all follow the same mission to achieve the organization’s overall goals, produce outputs as per the company’s standards following same processes, exchange feedback to ensure they are closely aligned, and make the required adjustments when needed. (Management