Question

Discuss in detail how you believe a systems approach to organizations development could benefit your organization.

Answer 1

A system approach proposes that an organization is a system that is built up of different components that are interdependent upon each other. Here, the system is improved, when the different components are made to improve. Only working upon the few parts, will not help the organization to achieve the objective. So, the organizational development program should adapt system approach to bring overall development. For example, to expand the business into the new areas and audience, It is not a need to improve the marketing & sales effort that brings business development or new orders, but also, it requires a production function to build capabilities to increase production levels and quality, HR function to hire talented employees and finance function to procure funds to purchase the factors of production. Hence, different types of development of different components (functions), will combine together as part of the organizational development, that will benefit the organization.
On a similar note, implementation of technology or quality management practices, should take place on the basis of system approach where each function or department works to implement the new technology or quality drive, so that whole organization brings improvement. Therefore, a system approach in organizational development is mandatory for the benefits of the organization.
If the overall development as a system approach is not considered, then one or another function will act as a bottleneck and an organization will not be benefited.