A Systems Model of a Process "Would you tell me please which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where… " said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
"…so long as I get somewhere," added Alice as an explanation.
- Alice & the Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
When one sees eternity in the things that pass away and infinity in
finite things, its only then that he has attained pure knowledge -
Bhagvad Geeta
A process is a structured, measured & controlled set of activities
designed to process the inputs and produce a specified output for a
particular customer or a market. However, this is a very myopic
definition of a process as it restricts the process as being
equivalent to a workflow and ignores the soft processes like
acquisitions by a company, succession within the controlling
structures, etc. which do not have any clear input - process - output
structure. Keen refines this definition as "… process is any work in
the organisation that meets the following criteria: it is recurrent,
it affects some aspect of organisational capabilities, it can be
accomplished in different ways that makes a difference to the
contribution it generates in terms of cost, value, service or quality
and it involves coordination."
Given below is perhaps the most basic view of processes -- the
well-known input-process-output model. Albert Einstein once advised
that "things should be made as simple as possible - but not too
simple." This model is too simple.
major steps in developing a system of this nature. A system of this type goes
Process philosophy is known as the idea that everything is changing. Over the years, process philosophy has changed the way humans exist and go about their day to day lives. In order to fully grasp the concept of process philosophy we will first take a closer look at process philosophy, as a whole, its history, and the ideas behind this particular philosophy. Then we will discuss the effects process philosophy has had on marriage and family, followed by a brief commentary.
In dealing with addicted clients, it is crucial to consider the client's attitudes, intentions, and behaviours as these factors, are linked and pivotal in affecting change of the problem behaviours, which is the premise of the stages-of-change model (Miller, 2015). Furthermore, the stages-of-change model contends that change happens when the right combination of the procedure occurs at the right time. As such determining where the addicted client's level of change as well as determining the right intervention to apply is critical for the success of the client.
The Neuman Systems Model was developed by Betty Neuman in an effort to teach an introductory nursing course to students. The model’s focus is on the wellness of the patient, known as the client, relative to environmental stressors and the reactions to those stressors (Fawcett, 2001). The main goal of the model is stress reduction. The model explains how humans are interrelated products built from physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental and spiritual variables and relationships between these variables determine the client’s reaction to stressors (Smith, 1989). Neuman’s theory describes the nurse’s role is to focus on the total person with the goal of preserving or recouping client stability. This can be achieved through interventions focused on reducing internal and external stressors that affect the client’s maximum functioning ability (Knight, 1990).
The advancement in health care and biomedical technology has made biomedical model that focuses just on curing the disease as the dominant approach. It excludes emotional, social, psychological and behavioral aspects of illness. However with increase in chronic disease and need for long term care, the healthcare delivery systems are changing, making it more patient centric. The health practices are gradually focusing on design of treatment plans based on patents narratives.
Suicide in the United States has increased to the highest levels in thirty years. According to the federal data analysis women and middle aged Americans are the two groups, which have been on the rise (Tavernise, 2016). As school counselor in training, it is apparent the growth of stressors, social, and academic pressures have been a concern for the public. Therefore, it is vital for counselors to become familiar with suicidal assessments to identify warning signs. This paper, will discuss the SIMPLE STEP designed by Jason McGlothlin and the ABC model of crisis intervention formed by Gerald Caplan and Eric Lindemann
After drawing some conclusions from these two tests and how the data shown match up to each theories’ own prediction, in my opinion, it would make more sense for the Dual Process Model to be the better model among the two. Take the fMRI test as an instance. For the radioactive substance to be detected by the scanner in some area of the brain during certain activity while the others remain rather dormant is indeed a very good way to see which part of the brain is active during recollection and/or familiarity. The experiment nailed the Dual Process Model’s prediction very accurately, in which a considerable activity was recorded in the hippocampus during events of recollection and a the same happened in the perirhinal cortex during events of
Critique of theory defines evidence-based nursing practice and denotes the congruence between the data from theory-generating research and current implementation (Fawcett & Desanto-Madeya, 2013, p. 313). Critiques must be non-judgemental and must attain the purpose of extending nursing research to address human complexity and nursing interventions. The writer’s purpose for this paper is to analyze Betty Neuman’s Systems Model Theory (NSM) using the criteria: theorist’s background, major assumptions, concepts and relationships, usefulness, testability, parsimony, and theoretical values in extending nursing science, as outlined by Wills (2002, pp. 118-122). The writer addresses the concepts of nursing, health, client, and environment,
The National Academy of Sciences notes that the United States has many of the world’s most successful clinical research facilities and cutting edge medical technology, but there has not been as much of an effort to establish a system to measure the quality of care and the productivity of the healthcare system (National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine Committee on Engineering and the Health Care System, 2005). Each of these concepts have certain strengths and weaknesses. The application of these concepts can assure that patients are safe, prevent organizational incidents, and can also help in the investigation of incidents. This paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of five of these concepts, how these are related to patient safety and can help with the investigation of incidents, illustrates the strengths and weaknesses in a table, and includes a basic incident response tool that integrates the strengths of these concepts.
“ Organizations are collectivities oriented to the pursuit of relatively specific goals and exhibiting relatively highly formalized social structures” (page 29). The rational system is a group of individuals, bound together as an organization, designed to reach predetermined goals. The rational system models sees organizations as a mechanical model. A machine that has multiple parts that also works individually but also work together for the better good of the whole. All the individuals of the group can be replaced with a new one if it doesn’t meet the standards of
This paper has the intention to explain what Rational Unified Process (RUP) is like an IBM product and a CASE tool. After is explained what phases it has, what are the most common extensions thus what are its workflows more used. The Rational Unified Process (RUP) is a software design method created by the Rational Software Corporation and now is part of IBM developer software. This paper describes how to deploy software effectively. The Rational Unified Process (RUP) use commercially proven techniques, and is a heavy weight process, and hence particularly applicable to larger software development teams working on large projects.
Systems approach is based on the fundamental principle that all aspects of a human problem should be treated together in a rational manner (Healy, 2005). I have divided this essay into relevant sections that cover an overview of systems ideas, general systems theory and ecological systems theory. This assignment will also include Germain and Gittermans life model, and it will be related back to the case study that has been provided. Limitations of systems theory will also be discussed.
The report highlight’s the essential aspects of the control process. In terms of concurrent feedback as well as feed forward, that companies can use to implement so that they can have better outcomes in terms of efficiency of the business. Consequently the report underlines as well as emphasizes of the many contributing factors of these controls. The authors have contrasting views on the control models of an organization, they believe that in order to create an effective control process, and organization first needs to determine its strategic plans for instance in terms of what it is and where is it going.
Process costing System is an accounting expression which describes one method to determine the manufacturing costs to the units manufactured . Processing is typically used when similar units are mass produced. Also process costing system is a type of accounting process costing which is used to determine the cost of a produced inventory. Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) defines process costing as " The costing method applicable where goods or services result from a sequence of continuous or repetitive operations or processes. Costs are average over the units produced during the period, being initially charged to the operation or process "( College Accounting Coach, 2007). Process costing is more important and appropriate for all businesses producing identical products during which production is an ongoing flow. Toyota is on the of the major companies in the world that used well-known new philosophic management to produce identical products using process costing system.
According to Mark S. Homan community development links people with one another and with different types of wealth in the community to change conditions leading to improvement in the quality of life. In addition to networking to bring about change, there must be the usage of theories to guide the worker in order for them to be successful in bringing about change. We were guided by one theory and two models respectively: systems theory and social planning and partnership models.