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A Systemic Approach for Enterprise Design

Abstract

Adopting a systemic view of an enterprise and its environment, we propose a model-based approach for designing viable enterprises. In our approach, we apply Systemic Enterprise Architecture Method (SEAM) to visualize and graphically represent various aspects of an enterprise throughout the design steps. SEAM is based on General Systems Theory principles and embodies insights from Cybernetics as well as conceptualizations from Competence-based Management Theory.

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Enterprise modelling is the abstract representation, description and definition of the structure, processes, information and resources of an identifiable business, government body, or other large organization. It deals with the process of understanding an organization and improving its performance through creation and analysis of enterprise models. This includes the modelling of the relevant business domain (usually relatively stable), business processes (usually more volatile), and uses of information technology within the business domain and its processes.
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