The systems approach to problems focuses on systems taken as a whole, not on their parts taken separately. Such an approach is concerned with total- system performance even when a change in only one or a few of its parts is contemplated because there are some properties of systems that can only be treated adequately from a holistic point of view. These properties derive from the relationship between parts of systems: how the parts interact and fit together


Cited in: Haluk Demirkan, James C. Spohrer, Vikas Krishna (2011) The Science of Service Systems. p. 274. - Towards a System of Systems Concepts, 1971

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The systems approach to problems focuses on systems taken as a whole, not on their parts taken separately. Such an approach is concerned with total-...

The systems approach to problems focuses on systems taken as a whole, not on their parts taken separately. Such an approach is concerned with total-...

The systems approach to problems focuses on systems taken as a whole, not on their parts taken separately. Such an approach is concerned with total-...

The systems approach to problems focuses on systems taken as a whole, not on their parts taken separately. Such an approach is concerned with total-...