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Boundary
edge of a system. Provides sense of what is inside and outside of the system
Chaotic
co-evolution
complex systems that are not only capable of generating emergent properties through self-
organisation but are capable of adaptively self-organising to changing conditions in their
environment
complexity
edge of chaos
region between class 2 and class 3. Lying between periodic order and chaotic disorder
emergence
environment
evolutionary
Depends on stakeholder. Something that has gone wrong, or not lived up to expectations.
Hierarchy
Interconnectedness
systems with many components, a large proportion of which affect each other
Level
this is the environment, this is the system, this is the subsystem is identifying what level working at
levels of analysis
micro, meso and macro show how the zones relate to these terms
linear systems
non-linear systems
open systems
boundary is porous, elements in the environment may have a significant impact upon elements
within the system
organisational context
refers to the scope of an entity, such as parent organization (organization owning one or more
entities) enterprise (an entire organization) division or department (a sub-organization within the
overall organization) work unit
personal analysis
politics
power
resource analysis
strategic planning tool which considers the resources required to support particular strategies, as
well as the competencies needed to use the resources
scientific reductionism
assumption that a system can always be reductively decomposed into a collection of simpler
subsystems and the relationships between them which can be further decomposed
self-organisation
simulation
sociotechnical
relationship between social aspects and the technical aspects of the system
stakeholders
group of people who can affect or be affected by achievement of an organisations objectives
STEEPLE
Structures
structure in which agents are embedded. Social, economic domains in legal, financial institutions
sub-systems
success
successful system
one that has achieved what was intended of it; it was operational and cost what planned, project
teams and users satisfied
SWOT analysis
System
Means of learning from failure that you then incorporate as an informed user into preventing future
failures through design
systems thinking
way of understanding parts of the world that are all connected to each other. concerned with
understanding systems and their nature