Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Systems

from THE ART OF SYSTEMS THINKING - Jason O'Connor & Ian McDermott


“A system is an entity that maintains its existence and functions as a whole through the interaction of its parts.”


“Systems have emergent properties that are not found in their parts. You cannot predict the properties of a complete system by taking it to pieces and analysing its parts”

“Systems thinking is thinking in loops rather than straight lines” 

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