CPM 096 - Systematic Integration

Course Description

Leaders and the world around them are experiencing new issues, problems and concerns and may well lack the necessary skills, qualities and competencies down to the basic  systemic level to respond effectively and efficiently. 

Systemic integration has several definitions and applications. In an engineering environment, systemic integration is to bring together subsystems into one coherent system, ensuring that the subsystems functions together as a system.

When used in the information science/computer science environment, it means the "process of linking together different computer systems and software applications to act as a coordinated whole."

In this CPM course, we are describing systemic integration as  "approaching planning, decision-making and implementation from an enterprise perspective; understanding internal and external relationships that result in an impact upon a system." Keep this in mind in Week 4, when we consider the the pieces of the Pennsylvania Budget and Pennsylvania Climate Impact Assessment. When thinking about these two readings, you might ask yourself if either or both represent trying to place a round peg in a square hole or a failure to plan.

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Pennsylvania Certified Public Manager : Required Courses