All across our world we use systems to interpret organize and share data with any type of formal practices. A system is “a set of interacting or interdependent system components forming an integrated whole”(1). With all types of organized business a system is involved. With nearly everything we do a system is involved. Without a system there is no way to progress in anyway, there is no structure for whatever practice it is that is going on and there is no outline of what to do for a beneficial outcome. There can be simple systems and very complex ones, however, what they all have in common is keeping all information organized and functional for use.
We can look at everyday things and realize that they all have a system of how they work. For example, I am a Lifeguard at my community pool. This pool as a whole is a business and for my job I ensure safety among the swimmers. There is a system that I have to follow for my job. I have a higher official, who is the Lifeguard manager, I receive assignments from him and it can be anything from giving deep-water tests to finding a lost child. For my actions I am rewarded with salary as long as I complete these assignments accordingly. Everyday I fight to keep my job because that is how the system at my pool works.
Systems theory is the Tran disciplinary study of systems in general, with the goal of elucidating principles that can be applied to all types of systems in all fields of research. The term does not yet have a well-established, precise meaning, but systems theory can reasonably be considered a specialization of systems thinking and a generalization of systems science. The term originates from Dr. Bertalanffy’s General System Theory (GST) (2). This plays a role in every system that is being operated. For example, a family can be considered a system and within that system everyone has to respect each other and regulate the rules and ethics that play apart of how families are handled. This family system also has a system theory that plays a big role in the system, The family systems theory is a theory introduced by Dr. Murray Bowen that suggests that individuals cannot be understood in isolation from one another, but rather as a part of their family, as the family is an emotional unit. Families are systems of interconnected and interdependent individuals, none of whom can be understood in isolation from the system (3).
There are millions of systems from a family system, lifeguard system and a transaction processing system (TPS). All these things are support for the integrated whole which the system creates. Every organization has internal things and jobs that need to be cared for so the organization can operate and progress. An organization is also an open system; the organization is influenced internally and externally by their surroundings. An organization consist of suppliers, distributors, government agencies, and competitors and is influenced by cultural values, economic conditions, legal and political forces, and quality of education (4). All of these things plays a roll in how an organization can change and operate. A system keeps them bound and in sync with one another ensuring the businesses positive outcome.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_theory
4. http://www.managementhelp.org/org_thry/org_sytm.htm
5. www.google.com/video
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