Long description

The details are as follows:

The organization is depicted as an oval in the center with a box marked Inputs at the left margin, a box marked Transformation Process at the center, and a box marked Outputs and the right margin.

Two arrows connect Inputs to transformation process and transformation process to outputs. Another arrow, labeled Feedback, connects outputs back to inputs.

Two bi-directional arrows labeled Environment are drawn above and below the oval, pointing toward the Inputs and Outputs boxes.

The details of the three boxes are as follows:

  • Inputs

    • Raw materials

    • Human resources

    • Capital

    • Technology

    • Information

  • Transformation process

    • Employees’ work activities

    • Management activities

    • Technology and operations methods

  • Outputs

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