单词 | systems approach |
释义 | > as lemmassystems approach c. With first element in plural form. Chiefly in sense 3b, as systems approach, systems manager, systems theory, etc. Cf. also Compounds 3b. ΚΠ 1952 N.Y. Certified Public Accountant Oct. 604/2 Principles for acquiring specialized knowledge and experience in the systems field. 1952 N.Y. Certified Public Accountant Oct. 605/2 You can rely on a systems consultant whose business it is to devote more time..than you..can afford to give. 1959 Economist 11 Apr. 139/1 The American department is relying increasingly on prime contractors (called ‘systems managers’) to combine the works of many sub-contractors. 1967 Economist 28 Jan. 328/3 Airlines in general are shifting toward a ‘systems concept’ which takes charge of the traveller from door to door, not simply between departure and arrival lounges. 1968 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 23 Nov. 32/3 General Motors and Ford can use a ‘systems’ approach to their global investments. 1969 Times 30 Apr. 23/4 (advt.) In advanced technology. Systems evaluation engineers. Systems trials engineer. Systems test engineers... We require a number of engineers experienced in the assessment, evaluation and/or trials of complex defence weapon systems. 1970 T. Lupton Managem. & Social Sci. (ed. 2) iii. 80 An example of a practical application of a systems theory of organization. 1975 Modeling & Simulation 6 795 (heading) Are systems scientists not scientists? 1977 A. Giddens Stud. in Social & Polit. Theory ii. 115 Von Bertalanffy counterposes the ‘mechanistic’ views characteristic of nineteenth-century physical science with the twentieth-century perspective of systems theory. 1978 Times 2 Oct. 6/8 A new industry, or sub-industry, has emerged, formed on ‘systems houses’ which buy in the micro components and other hardware, write the software, and design and market the complete systems. 1986 A. Ravetz Govt. of Space iii. 62 Lastly, the systems approach liberated planners from the tight, blueprint approach of town planning, from which they were in retreat at this time. 2000 M. Albo Hornito 75 Rita, the systems manager (whatever that is),..properly wearing sneakers on Casual Friday and blow-drying her hair into a long, tinted hairspray fluff. < as lemmas |
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