This week’s reading discusses four contemporary management approaches. One of those approaches is the Sociotechnical System. This system approach revolves around the social aspects of people. Quantitative management is a system in which the primary focus is to have specific formulas where the best answers to common management questions can be answered by plugging in information. Organization behavior, which is very common in my workplace, focuses on bettering specific work group safety and performance. Lastly, the System’s Theory is the interdisciplinary study of systems in general with the goal of elucidating principals that can be applied to all types of systems (Bateman, 2013). Sociotechnical, also known as STS, is defined as the social aspects of people and society. This sociotechnical approach is commonly used when managing complex projects. While dealing with complex projects, people tend to let their difference in opinion get in the way and they begin to lose sight of the situation at hand. To successfully use the sociotechnical approach, one must be able to keep a those being manage focused and on track to accomplish the task at hand without downplaying the ideas and suggestions of others. When I think of the Quantitative Management, the first thing that comes to mind is quantity and numbers. As I mentioned earlier, the Quantitative approach is to formulate an answer to managerial questions by plugging in information. Organizational behavior surrounds one’s ability to be able to understand human behavior as well as predict and control it in an organized setting. When using the Organizational approach, it is common to see managers acknowledge staff and include them in day to day functions of the workplace.
To give an example of open systems including internal, competitive, and macro environments in an organization, I will use Grand Lux Cafe as an