The Handbook of Knowledge-Based Coaching: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
by Leni Wildflower, Diane Brennan
ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS: HANDY, WHEATLEY, MORGAN, AND SENGE
The broad scientific field of systems theory has yielded some important concepts that are applicable to understanding organizations, particularly the nature and processes of change. Jantsch (1980) describes a system as a “set of coherent, evolving, interactive processes which temporarily manifest in globally stable structures that have nothing to do with the equilibrium and the solidity of technological structures.” An important and often humbling realization for coaches is to recognize the complex and interdependent forces inherent in the system in which a client operates. Various authors, such as Gareth Morgan (1997) and Charles Handy (1993), describe organizations through a series ...
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