Use Cases: Applying Systems Thinking to Improve Small Business Management

This is a series of use cases that describe and explain how to apply systems thinking to small business management. These are practical applications based on the systems science and management science theoretical framework. As our world becomes increasingly more complex we need to keep the pace by managing m,ore complexity. An important way to do this is to recognize and understand that all business systems have similar underlying patterns of structures and functions (processes).

These use cases highlight the common structures and functions underlying all business activities and shows how a manager can design, build and control them.