In 1988 Clark’s Manufacturing Company sought to survive a competitive run on their business from the Japanese. They survived by using the systems thinking method. Read the following article: Seeing Your Company as a System
• How did Clark’s save the company by using systems thinking?
• Identify three to five major concepts of system thinking and then explain how when applied they worked for Clark’s and its competitors.
• Evaluate the company’s success and explain why you think this approach was a better fit than the more conventional theories discussed in the last weeks. If you disagree that it was a better fit explain why.
• How could Clark’s have used design thinking to accomplish the same goals?