A Critical Systems Metamethodology for Problem Situation Structuring

The increasing complexity and diversity of management problem situations in organizations, as well as the increasing variety of theories, methodologies, methods, techniques, and models that can be employed in problem situation structuring and solving, must be considered as relevant aspects of management process in contemporary circumstances. Creative holism in management problem situations in organizations is enabled by means of Critical Systems Thinking (CST) as well as Critical Systems Practice (CSP), as the resulting metamethodology. In other words, through CST and CSP, it can be significantly contributed to the management of the increasing diversity and variety of methodologies, methods, techniques, and models, with the aim of improving the management of problem situations in organizations. Copyright © 2012, IGI Global

Examining the effects of strategies, competition intelligence, and risk culture on business performance in international enterprises

The top management of the organizations attach importance to both the cultural structure and performance by paying attention to the risk level of the decisions taken in order to be successful in the competitive environment. With the success of the organization performance, the organization of employees with different cultural characteristics of the same common value comes to the fore. Therefore, human resources and corporate culture of institutions attach importance to the management of the interaction of people from different segments in their management policies. How risks are understood and managed by employees in an organization is examined within the scope of risk culture, which depends on internal and external factors in the organization. As a result of cultural differences, both the advantages of orientation are recognized and explained and the problems that need to be managed continue to arise. This chapter sets out the existing cultural framework in organizations, and supports a bridge function and a systemic understanding of cultural differences