Strategic Systems Thinking - Alyasra Foods

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Introduction
The business environment that is present in the modern days tend to be dynamic,
complex and multi-faceted as well. the modern-day business environment is further known to
have developed an impact that is far-reaching. The organizational environment of Alyasra Foods
is as compared to others implements the combination of various factors that affect and surround
it. In order to maintain the proper management of the environment, the concerned business
managers would require to undertake the proper environmental analysis in order to have a proper
analysis regarding the proper analysis of the company (Jarratt and Stiles 2010). The managers
are known to have been undertaking the various analyses in order to deal with the various
situations that have been presented within the given industry. This would help them in the
development of the strategies that are best suited for the better performance of the company.
The systems thinking and the systems theory constitute one of the major factors that help
in the understanding and the guidance of the changes that are required for the proper functioning
of the concerned organizations. The two terms are considered to be interrelated and are helpful in
the examination of the issues that are presented within the organization as well as the given
industry (Jarzabkowski, Balogun and Seidl 2007). This might further lead to the proper decision
making within the given company as well as assists the executional planning within the
organization.
The following essay attempts a discussion on the ways in which the systematic and the
strategic thinking within the organization would help in the development of the organizational
operations. The essay opens with the discussion on the various approaches to the strategic
thinking within the organizations. The essay further proceeds to discusses the concept of the
systems thinking. The essay thereafter discusses the various novel ways of strategic thinking and

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the various complex systems that are adaptive in nature. The essay finally nears a conclusion
with the discussion on the perspectives of the required practices within the organization.
Approaches to Strategic Thinking
The strategies might be referred to the creation of a valuable and unique position within
the given industry and thus involves a varied activity set. The corporate strategy helps the
organization to gain a proper insight among the practices of the company that helps in the
maintenance of the advantage of the company as a whole. The strategic thinking deals with the
issues that are presented in terms of meeting the needs of the people concerned and the and the
proper meeting of the expectations of the stakeholders of the company (Hellmann and Rasche
2006). The implementation of the strategies within the organization, Alyasara Foods Company in
this case, would help in the proper identification of the strengths, weakness, opportunities and
the threats that are posed to the company. The strategic planning also helps in the maximization
of the external opportunities as well as helps in the increasing the internal strengths of the
company and thereby emphasizing on the visions of the organization (Mintzberg and Lampel
1999). The strategic development within the company might be divided in to two different
categories, deliberate strategic development and emergent strategic development.
The activity of strategic thinking refers to the thinking regarding the strategy. The
strategic thinking regards the thought about the purpose and the values alongside the processes,
individual as well as the other resources. The strategic thinking further helps in the perception of
the sphere, the prospect, the basic patterns as well as finds a basis on the context or the setting of
the organization (Gintis 2006). The strategic thinking helps in analyzing the matters in a deep
manner helps in the development of the opportunities as well as assists the highlighting of the
various issues that the organization might have been facing within the given industry. The

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strategic thinking refers to the factors that assist the business leaders to deal with the
organizational improvement within the given industry. The process of strategic thinking is one of
the major proactive processes that might be undertaken to help the company in the creation of a
proper vision for the organization and thereafter implementing the changes that are required
(Uhl-Bien, Marion and McKelvey 2007). The strategic planning requires the concerned business
to conduct a proper analysis of the market conditions that are presented to the company as well
as helps in the development of the performance of the organization, Alyasra Foods in a better
manner. The majority of the strategies that are presented within the organization is helpful in the
development of the long-term goals within the organization as well as helps in setting the pace of
the organization in terms of the goals that are set (Ackoff 2006). The creation of the strategy
therefore helps in the development of the various factors that are related to the organizational
development as a whole.
Systems Thinking
Systems thinking might be defined as the tidy nature of thinking that is implemented
within the given organization. The systems thinking further involves the proper observation of
the mutual relationships that are maintained by the concerned employees of the organization. The
experts suggest that all the organization active all over the world might be designated as systems
that have been working together as a single unit. The other experts further define the system as a
proper and identifiable entity that has been functional with the proper mutual interaction of the
various parts that are responsible for the development of the aptly functional entity (Mitleton-
Kelly 2003). The systems thinking within the organization helps in the development of the
resolution measures that need to be taken in terms of the various complex issues that are faced by
the organization. The individuals tend to deal with the various factors that they might face in the