Dima presents practitioners, students, engineers, technicians, business managers, and economists with a reference source for systems theory application in the management of industrial companies. The author addresses issues faced by industrial companies in an era of ongoing globalization, examining the effects of the application of systems theory on their performance. The text is organized in two sections. The first one examines companies systematically, looking at information in systems theory, risk in systems management, using systems theory to deal with industrial companies, and other related subjects. The second section looks at applications of system theory in strategic management. The editor is a faculty member of Valahia University, Romania.
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The authors present a systematic treatment of various aspects of strategic management. The book highlights the importance of strategies in hierarchical organizations, which the industrial companies must develop and implement in order to be competitive in the current global market environment. [...] Potential readers can find this edited book an important resource for useful knowledge in professional growth and practice. I recommend this book for educational purposes in fields of management and economics. I am confident that this book can support academicians, industrialists, teachers, doctoral scholars, decision makers in the industry and students educated in field of strategic management. It can also be useful to specialists of operations management in industrial practice.
– Dr. Michal Balog, Head of Department, Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
I highly recommend this publication, which has high quality scientific, educational and practical aspects. The organization of the book is clear and easy to follow, the chapters cover all aspects of management questions of companies. The practical examples, the theoretical approach, and the strong mathematical bases of the book may be successfully used in education and training of management subjects for engineers, but some parts of the book may be well used in the education of management and business administration courses as well.
– Dr. Anna Dunay, Associate Professor, Szent István University, Hungary
Today's business world is complicated and strategic management is an important issue. It creates the overall direction for the development of enterprise and also creates challenges for strategic managers, which are often complex, ambiguous and unstructured. The authors of the book analyze the application of systemic theory to strategic management. Potential readers will find this book an interesting resource of useful knowledge related to this very important area. [...] I highly recommend this book.
– Dr. Joanna Paliszkiewicz, Warsaw University of Life Sciences