Chapter 2 Depicting the System
Depicting the system means communicating the essence of the organization as a system using a document or visual aid. This may mean describing the system using text, visualizing it using paper and pencil, or using a basic software program to map the system. For our purposes, we use the terms depicting, visualizing, mapping, and modeling as synonyms. Depicting the system is the starting place for building a shared understanding of the organization as a system.
Depicting the organization typically means using an organizational chart: A document or web page that contains titles, positions, and names of people with lines of authority connecting them vertically and showing ...
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