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Systems Concept #3:
A-B-C-D Systems Model
Is your personal mental mind-set and model the four-phased systems model? Is it your
orientation to life?
Throughput
InputOutput
“THE SYSTEM”
Feedback
“THE SYSTEM”
TODAY
FUTURE
E
E
ENVIRONMENT
B
B
A
A
D
DC
C
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For Example:
Is this A-B-C-D model how you think and act in every aspect of your
life . . . both at work and at home? If it is, then you will have a clear set of outputs or
life goals (Phase A) for yourself.
Systems
, as we have said, are made up of a set of components that work together for the
overall objective of the whole (output). Thus, this framework,
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