Business analysis and management systems utilizing emergent structures
First Claim
1. In a system for enhanced business analysis and management, a combination comprising:
- first means for defining the current status of complex system/organization relationships;
second means for defining the desired status of such a complex system/organization;
third means responsive to said first means and said second means for selection and transformation of data relating to issues and relationships in the system/organization to provide an output display in graphical format representing an emergent structure defining enhanced patterns of relationships.
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Abstract
The emergent structure analysis of the present invention enhances a computer-supported tool for improved enterprise process analysis and change management. The new and improved system and method of the present invention collects data on the patterns of interaction among people in an organization, analyzes these relationships with respect to specific organizational processes and issues, and presents the results in a graphical format useful for business management organization decisions. The emergent structure analysis is a selection and transformation process. Its data are the issues that have been defined as important for an organizational or system study and the organization members'"'"' reported perceptions of their regular interactions with others about those issues, as gathered by a specialized data collection instrument. According to criteria defined by an analyst using appropriate software in accordance with the invention, the process selects a subset of this raw data, creates a suitable structure, and connects each person record to its appropriate level in the structure.
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3 Claims
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1. In a system for enhanced business analysis and management, a combination comprising:
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first means for defining the current status of complex system/organization relationships;
second means for defining the desired status of such a complex system/organization;
third means responsive to said first means and said second means for selection and transformation of data relating to issues and relationships in the system/organization to provide an output display in graphical format representing an emergent structure defining enhanced patterns of relationships.
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2. In a business method for enhanced business analysis and management, the steps comprising:
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defining the current status of complex system/organization relationships;
defining the desired status of such a complex system/organization;
selecting and transforming data relating to issues and relationships in the system/organization to provide an output display in graphical format representing an emergent structure for defining enhanced patterns of relationships.
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3. Each and every novel feature and/or combination of novel features herein disclosed.
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