Sociotechnical Systems Theory, Quantitative Management, Organizations Theory, and System Theory approaches and Macro, Internal, and Competitive environments all have their place and relevance to managing a business. Some are more helpful than others and can be a great asset to building a business and some seem to lack importance or stability. Which ones are best for certain situation depends on what business a person is in and what position they are holding at the current time and place in the business.
There are differences between the four contemporary approaches to management. Sociotechnical Systems Theory is different from the other approaches in that it deals with the people or human side of business. Human interactions and interpersonal relationships are considered in the decision making process. The people are handled more hands-on and allows people to correct any mistakes or problems early on. Quantitative Management is unique from the other approaches because it deals mostly with management issues in a mathematical way. Though there seem to be issues with this because most problems that arise cannot be solved in a mathematical way as in dealing with a management issue that an employee is misbehaving or not completing work on time. Organizations Theory differs from the other approaches as it is more cause and effect. How the manager treats the employee is how the employee will in turn act or work. If a manager does not know what they are doing or does not train their workers that will reflect in the workers attitude and work. If the manager does not care about their work then the employee will not care in return. System Theory is distinct as an approach because it depends on all kinds of different input. The business is run as one big system all depending on one another. That then in turn make a bunch of sub-systems that the internal business uses and deals