Part III Understanding the Social System
Our view of organisations contrasts the structured, analytical, mechanistic and process-driven view with the more organic, free-flowing, obscure and muddled reality of any human social system. Furthermore, it is our contention that Network Leaders understand this frustrating and often hidden network. Critically, they turn this understanding into action and results by either adapting and developing an existing network within the system, creating their own, or building an entirely new and independent network, depending upon the situation and task at hand.
A system is a collection of organised things and the relationships between them. It is synonymous with apparatus, arrangement, ...
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