The most effective method to grow an organization and achieve sustainable growth is by implementing systems. Systematising the processes of your company will give everyone a clear idea on what they should do, allowing them step out from tactical and managerial positions and deliver real outcomes and be accountable. This requires a system that allows you to record the ‘rules for your business’ so that routine tasks can take care themselves and free up time for the important work. This is the goal of a company management system.
A management system for a company aims to create a set policies, procedures, and guidelines that ensure that all the functions of a company are carried out according to best practice. These systems are designed to meet various corporate goals, such as improving the efficiency of operations and financial success. They also aim to improve client relationships, product quality, worker safety and environmental performance.
These are often based upon the PDCA cycle and involve the creation of systems that document, analyze and make changes to current methods in a systematic manner. Some of these are also designed to meet the requirements of specific standard, like ISO 9001 for quality management, ISO 14001 for sustainability or ISO 27001 for information security.
A great business management system should be user-friendly and accessible to staff across the company. This could take the form of a light weight application that allows anyone to easily edit and publish new workflows or high-quality documents, or it may simply be making a business process map available via an intranet. It is crucial to be able update the system easily so that it is in line with current business practices. This minimizes the possibility of it becoming outdated, a problem which is a common occurrence with more formalized manuals as well as software applications which require specialist skills to maintain.