SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT Applied Summary Paper DEFINITION OF A SYSTEM2 PURPOSE2 STRUCTURE3 RELATIONSHIPS3 REWARDS4 LEADERSHIP4 INPUTS/OUTPUTS6 INTERNAL FACTORS6 EXTERNAL FACTORS7 STRENGTHS7 WEAKNESSES8 CONCLUSIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS8 May 20, 2002 Definition of a System A system is "a set of interacting elements that acquires inputs from the environment, transforms them, and discharges outputs to the external environments" (Daft, p. 14). The elements are people and groups that interact and depend on one another to produce one common outcome. Marvin Weisbord outlines …showed first 75 words of 2213 total…

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