REPLY Society Strategy Development (SD7150)

[SDMAIL Jack Harich]

Posted by  Jack Harich <register at thwink.org>

SDMAIL Bob Cavana wrote:
> hi all,
>
> This is a slight diversion from the current "Society Strategy Development"
thread, but i wonder whether we are not looking at the 'big picture'
sufficiently?
>   

The big picture is always worth keeping mind when developing strategy. The
bigger
picture is exactly what I've been trying to fathom for the last week or so. The
result was the post about mission, vision and goals.
> Perhaps our broader academic/professional field is "Systems Management", and
"System Dynamics" is one of the main 'sets of tools' & 'methodolgies' within
this
> field.
>
> For example, maybe 'System Dynamics' is to 'Strategic Management', like
'Econometrics' is to 'Economics', or 'Biometrics' is to 'Biology', or
'Pyschometretics' is to 'Psychology' etc??
>
> Maybe 'Systems Management' should have the same relationship to "Management",
that 'Systems Engineering' has to "Engineering"??
>   

As I see it SD is a large subset of systems engineering, which is a small subset
of engineering.
> Perhaps SDS should collaborate more closely with other international systems
related societies (eg ISSS etc) to get "Systems Management" better understood
and
placed within the international community.
>   

Yes, but I think you mean systems engineering rather than systems management.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_engineering and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_management

INCOSE seems more mature and successful than ISSS, and much closer to
engineering. See:
http://www.incose.org/about/index.aspx and
http://isss.org/world/index.php

There may be other organizations to consider.

I wonder if collaboration with other societies has been tried in the past?

Jack
Posted by  Jack Harich <register at thwink.org>
posting date  Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:53:35 -0400