Showing papers on "Enterprise systems engineering published in 1965"
TL;DR: What must be required of a general conceptual framework to make it useful as a reference system for the development of a theory of administration is discussed and an attempt is made to apply the so-called box-and-ball technique in a general description of the enterprise as a system.
Abstract: In this paper is briefly discussed what must be required of a general conceptual framework to make it useful as a reference system for the development of a theory of administration. A so-called box-and-ball technique is used to describe a few purely abstract models of elementary units in the administration system of an enterprise—the basic elements of administration. Finally an attempt is made to apply the technique in a general description of the enterprise as a system.
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24 Aug 1965
TL;DR: This paper suggests that the experiences from engineering design problems could be extended to a much broader class of problems including management decision processes, identified in terms of an abstract formulation of a concept of design.
Abstract: SOME OF THE MAIN problems in automating total data processing systems in industry, arise from the more complex problem areas. These areas include many of the so-called engineering design problems and also a majority of the higher level management decision processes in an industrial enterprise. These problem areas are normally dealt with by highly qualified personnel and are quite often presumed not to be automatable. The fact is that many theoretical schools are working on the development of more generalized approaches to handle these areas by means of computers.This paper suggests that the experiences from engineering design problems could be extended to a much broader class of problems including management decision processes. This broader class of problems is identified in terms of an abstract formulation of a concept of design. For a design problem, in the above sense, it is possible to state the prerequisites for obtaining a computerized solution in part or totally. When, in a specific industrial enterprise, the different problem areas are divided into elements, definable as design problems, it is possible to state the technically practicable, but not necessarily economically feasible, applications of computers in the enterprise concerned.