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Flexible Systems Management as an Iterative Process

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  • Sushil

    (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)

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Iteration is the essence of flexible systems management by repeating the same set of steps with improvement over each previous cycle. Flexible systems management imbibes and balances the hard systems thinking (focused on optimization) and soft systems thinking (focused on learning). The optimization process has two basic steps, i.e. define goals and engineer the system to achieve these goals. The management as an optimization process is also to be carried out using an iterative approach. The other paradigm of management (soft systems thinking) keeps focus on learning which by definition is an iterative process. It is an experimental approach, which caters to the multiple perspectives in a given context. Both learning and optimization, though having different approaches of management, are seen to be iterative in nature. Flexible systems management balances the learning and optimization paradigms in a mutually supportive way. This, thus, takes the iteration at a meta-level between the two inherently iterative processes.

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  • Sushil, 2017. "Flexible Systems Management as an Iterative Process," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 18(2), pages 87-88, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:gjofsm:v:18:y:2017:i:2:d:10.1007_s40171-016-0145-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s40171-016-0145-1
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    1. Peter J. Carew & David Glynn, 2017. "Anti-patterns in Agile Adoption: A Grounded Theory Case Study of One Irish IT Organisation," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 18(4), pages 275-289, December.
    2. Arun A. Elias, 2021. "Kerala’s Innovations and Flexibility for Covid-19 Recovery: Storytelling using Systems Thinking," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 22(1), pages 33-43, June.
    3. Loon, Mark, 2019. "Knowledge management practice system: Theorising from an international meta-standard," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 432-441.
    4. Claudio Sassanelli & Sergio Terzi, 2022. "The D-BEST Reference Model: A Flexible and Sustainable Support for the Digital Transformation of Small and Medium Enterprises," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 23(3), pages 345-370, September.

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