Appendix D: System Thinking and Organisations
No mind is an island; each man is part of the main.
John Donne
D.1 The Importance of Companies as Systems
Science suggests the next step of human evolution will be marked by the awareness that we are all interdependent cells within the super-organism called humanity.
Bruce Lipton and Steve Bhaerman
Companies can be considered dynamic and complex living systems with the capability to adapt to changes in the business environment. A system is a synergetic set of interrelated components which link to one another in a direct or indirect manner. Synergy means the company is more than the simple summation of its components. O’Connor and McDermott (1997) observed that “a system is an entity that maintains ...
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