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This 8 page paper looks at the value of using rich pictures as a tool to assess a firm and aid in problem solving. The use and value of the tool is discussed, a rich picture of a car manufacturer is created and then used as an example. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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years and in a great deal of the literature the way in which business problems are solved focus on logical progression, identifying relevant factors in order to find suitable solutions.
Task centric approaches often fail to make allowances for less logical aspects associated with organisational behaviour, including attitudes, ideas and practices of the employees and other stakeholders. The utilisation of
a rich picture tool facilitates the inclusion of the less tangible aspects of analysis and solution design by taking a broad stakeholder approach and incorporating many viewpoints as input into
the problem-solving process (Monk and Howard, 1998). The origins of rich pictures can be found in Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), which is a problem solving model that
sharp contrast to the harder methods based on logical assumptions. Within soft systems methodology, and rich pictures, many stakeholders who would traditionally take a passive role in the assessment, become
more proactive with their views purposely sought as input into the analysis and decision-making process. In order to consider the way in which rich pictures operates an example may be
utilised. Within and operations management environment there are many potential problems which may be faced. Problem that may be present in many manufacturing companies may be a lack of efficiency
within the firm as a whole and falling productivity or sales levels1. In this example we will utilise a car manufacturer, and create a rich picture in a manner of
Monk and Howard (1998). The only difference in the picture presented below, is the lack of graphical representations, instead there has been utilisation of boxes with the name of the
stakeholder, and some of their concerns identified underneath in italics2. The rich picture is presented from the perspective of an operations manager, who needs to consider the different stakeholders, and
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