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The Complete Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning
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The Complete Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning

by Stephen G. Haines
January 2000
Beginner content levelBeginner
400 pages
12h 18m
English
HRD Press
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For example:
Since systems are hierarchical, the organizational system is higher than
the department/unit/team as a system, which is higher than an individual employee as
a system (whether we like it or not). If we don’t like the hierarchy or fit, we need to
either work to change how the hierarchy works or lessen it, but it can’t be eliminated—
as some would naively propose—it’s simply a fact of life within systems.
Experienced Dynamics
We often experience rigid hierarchies and bloated bureaucracies based on the old
“command and control” attitude as if we really can fully control others.
CHARACTERISTIC ...
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