The Complete Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning

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The Natural Laws of All Living Systems

(continued)

II. The Inner Workings

(continued)

9.

Hierarchy

—

Flatter

Organization/

Self Organizing

9.

Bureau-

cracy

—

Command

and Control

All systems are

linked to other

systems (some

larger, some

smaller) in the

hierarchy.

Multilevel systems

are too complex to

fully understand

and manage

centrally.

• How can we

move from

complexity to

simplicity, and

from rigidity to

flexibility, in the

solutions we

devise?

• What levels of

the overall entity

do we want to

change?

Large-company divisions

often do not know the

multiple outcomes of the

overall system. This is why

such divisions tend to be ...