8 Exercising the Technical System

DOI: 10.1201/9781003214397-11

8.1 A Universe of Systems

It’s a good assumption that the Technical System is where you will begin your career. This is where your technical training from university is finally applied. For you, operating within this space is the most straightforward and comforting of all the components we’ve outlined, and where your performance is best demonstrated and most easily measured.

As located in Figure 8.1, the Technical System refers to the work processes, techniques, machines, actions, analysis, tools, and all other objects used to transform organizational inputs into outputs.1

A drawing showing the technology system component location within the Inner Core.

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