A framework for developing an evolutionary enterprise

Abstract

It is noted that an enterprise in today's climate of rapidly changing technology must deal with the challenge of continual organizational and managerial adaptation and evolution to achieve goals. A practical method to describe and evaluate goals and structures and to deal with change is introduced here. A framework model is used as a guide to planning, designing, monitoring, and controlling the evolution of a total system. Attention is also given to the use of IDEAL (integrated design, engineering, and analysis languages), a comprehensive methodology for describing, developing, and analyzing systems.