2011年3月10日 星期四

Systemic Thinking

達沙, 科管碩二

1. Each individual is involved in multiple systems, both micro (an individual himself, i.e. a person is a type of system that entails biological, psychological and social systems), and macro ones, which consist of families, groups, organizations and communities.

2. Individual micro systems are seriously affected by the macro systems with which they interact within the social environment. We are the “social creatures” and that’s why we can not lead a normal way of life if we break ties with macro systems we are involved in. We might be dissatisfied with a system, but it is extremely difficult to live outside of it. The case of an employee who drinks every evening after work clearly illustrates that. Trying to get rid of the pressure put on him by organizational system with the help of alcohol, he loses his work, loses friends, he is not able to make a family, the more he is depresses the more he drinks and, as a result, that leads him to total degradation and self-destruction.

3. There is interconnectivity between the elements of a system as well as between different systems. The changes in one element inevitably affect the others, like the biological changes in the organism of a drinking person influence his psychological health, which, in turn, makes impact on his social activity. We can also say that the changes in one system result to the changes in another one. It is shown in “TOEFL as a pre-required exam in graduate school” case: the changes in educational system influence labor market system – English proficiency is not supposed to be a competitive advantage, more people decide to start learning second foreign language (like German, French, etc.), the demand on teaching these languages increases, and more non-English native speakers can find teaching jobs in Taiwan.

追溯錯誤的來源

黃怡婷

這堂課中我聽到三點有趣的事:在個案中,資訊部長要求要一億元才可以把系統更新,500萬就可以把系統更新,不用花到一億。後來個案中的CEO的解決方法很特別,他對每一個部長都說了一些話,讓他們能夠各司其職。討論的時候有同學建議可以成立專案小組,讓生產部門及資訊部門還有行銷部門可以直接溝通。

今天課堂中,哪一句話影響了我:企業在建立資訊系統的時候,是跨越價值鏈的整個流程,所以在資訊系統出問題的時候,正確的做法應該是要確實的追溯錯誤的來源。

反思今天課程,我有三點心得分享:

有時候在公司裡面,會常有像CASE描述的情況出現,了解產品規格的人是生產部門,設計該系統的人是資訊部門的,但系統的使用者卻是行銷部門的人,所以企業應該有一套整合的方法才可以讓整個系統能在組織中是當的被使用。

在討論的過程中,有加入資訊系的同學一起討論,因為自己是企管背景,討論時會發現很多資訊方面的事情都容易想的太容易。

透過一些小案例討論來了解何謂系統,比一般上課時用定義的方式來介紹一個新名詞的方法來的更活潑,也會讓自己學著去思考。

搞定,那我就不開除你

企碩三 李宗祐

這堂課中我聽到三點有趣的事:

1. 經理人應當要適時懂得利用威脅與利誘的手法,根據不同職員所關注的事情下藥,才有辦法激起團隊為了同一目標合作,達成終極的目的。

2. 導入資訊系統時也要考慮到使用者的問題,太多資訊系統的導入是站在有技術背景層面的人上,沒有考慮到使用者的進入障礙,使得很多很棒的工具沒辦法被正確的使用,或是忽略了使用者所關心的問題。

3. 今天課堂暖身所做的「看圖學系統」,我覺得非常新鮮,而且真的可以充分刺激想像力與不同的想法,我覺得算是一種學習系統的新思維。

今天課堂中,哪一句話影響了我?

對我最有影響的一句話是老師提到裡面經理人所說「你把這件事情搞定,那我就不開除你」,這句話我覺得展現了經理人該有的氣魄與權力,讓身為企管系的我為之一振,希望有朝一日也能有機會在面臨決策時做出該有的魄力與正確的判斷。

反思今天課程,我有三點心得分享:

經理人在面臨下屬決策難題或是紛爭時,也許可以跳離現場之後再分別找下面的經理進行討論,這樣可以避免在公司現場被下屬情緒干擾或是各說各話的情況。

我認為sales部門會是公司最重視的部門,畢竟是公司的衣食父母,公司的要求也許要儘量以sales的角度出發為基準,較能為公司帶來最大的利益。

今天課堂上大家都是贊同繼續使用資訊系統,但是我認為若是人工成本不高昂的地方,也許使用行政助理會是一個暫時解套的方式,也可以紓解sales比較忙碌時的壓力與工作份量。