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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
Content preview from The Complete Guide to Systems Thinking and Learning
Chapter II—Application: Standard Systems Dynamics 77
Tool #9 Centralized vs. Decentralized
Application of Systems Dynamics #10: Relationships
Build strategic consistency (the what) and operational flexibility (the how) into your organization.
Focus on what is strategic and what is operational (“either/or” questions such as centralize vs.
decentralize are too simplistic). One size no longer fits all; consistency isn’t always key,
especially in the “how-to.”
Strategic consistency (the “what”) to your vision/mission and operational flexibility (the
“how”)
replace the either/or centralized vs. decentralized dilemma of the past.
This gives rise to Systems ...
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