Green Paper A1

This Green Paper is the first in a series of consultation documents that will be used to guide the production of a UK framework for managing property assets.  It explains how an ability to understand and manage complex systems in a holistic way can enable organisations to connect property management with the rest of the business at a strategic level; it claims that this approach complements current reductionist thinking, which is better suited to the day-to-day management of property; and it recommends that a systems approach should be included as a key element of the proposed framework.

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CONTENTS

The challenge 

Responding to the challenge 

A new way of thinking 

A whole: more than the sum of the parts 

Determining the big picture 

Systems: tools and techniques 

The connections are critical 

Communication and control 

Benefits of the standard 

Summary: Guiding principles

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