System: set of organized elements with qualities linked by elements Social technical system that provide goods and services for third parties branding symbol/name that has a monopoly position for specific use in the consumer mind contact phase evaluation phase customer process customer acquisition customer buying cycle purchase phase usage phase repeat purchase customer rentention reputation process change in demand or needs Purpose-oriented and create added value Preview and planning business process change in the environment organization mangement emerging substitute or competing products necessary through innovation process management cycle introduction Organization growth Company coordination product life cycle maturity controlling saturation transactions/organizational costs decline Boundaries Value creation performance process added value: difference between value input and value output provide the actual product of a company quality depend on the ability to maximize the customer’s wtp image branding expression of the product’s importance value chain (processing stages) success/survival of the company normative employees customers Horizons of meaning investors Stakeholders organizationally relevant representatives of different environmental spheres Ensure cohesion strategic operational Management legitimacy generating new core comptencies securing market positions customer value profits optimally designing the valueadded processes standardization create value stabilization differentiation react to change Environmental spheres Survival space Possibilities Perpetual change disrupting routines Environment Sustainability Social Responsible Leadership business environment impact of an enterprise triple bottom line natural environment social environment