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This 3-page paper compares four different organizations and analyzes the systems approach (or lack of one, in a couple of instances). The paper focuses on the benefits of systems thinking organizations. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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America, Toyota Motor Corporation, the Scripps National Spelling Bee program and Manheim and Heir, P.C. Before continuing, however, lets review, briefly, what
systems thinking is about. Systems thinking encompasses the holistic view of an organization (Aronson, 1988). While more traditional, linear analysis tends to analyze things separately, and separates individual pieces out
from one another, systems thinking notes how all parts of a particular system interact with one another (Aronson, 1988; see also Prevette, 2003).
The Boeing Company has used this type of thinking for years, understanding that getting to be at the top of its game involves everyone, from the engineers, to the
marketers, to those on the assembly line. While everyone in the Boeing organization tends to their jobs, there is a great deal of room for lateral movement. It is, in
fact, encouraged, so people can understand the others jobs, and so workers dont get bored with the day-to-day functions. Quaker Insurance, in
the meantime, has effective systems in place for sales and recruiting, but requires a more effective management development program. The current program has 12 stages called JETs or Junior Executive
Training, with the first three stages open to pretty much all sales representatives in the organization. Sales ability is proven to qualify for the fourth level, and once that is
complete, the candidate can enter into sales management. Upper levels focus on branch management, executive management and so forth. While the program is an ongoing one, it does have its
faults -- though it helps employees both learn the sales system and adjust to the organizational culture, it doesnt prepare or develop participants in the program. On the upper levels,
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