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Characteristics
It is comprehensive
Systems/Systemic Thinking
System:
Systemic Thinking:
Polar Positions
Systems exist at all levels:
Persons
Families
Organizations
Communities
Societies
Cultures
Atomistic Viewpoint:
Holon
Each social entity whether large or small,
complex or simple, is a holon.
This term is borrowed from Greek language to
express the idea that each entity is
simultaneously a part and a whole.
A social unit is made up of parts to which it is the
whole (suprasystem) and at the same time is
part of some larger whole (component).
What is central is that any system is by definition
both part and whole.
Focal system:
Energy/Information
The basic stuff of a system is energy.
Energy can be in the form of information and
resources.
System action can be understood as the
movement of energy/information:
Within a system
Between as system and its environment
Food
The physical condition of the body
Intellectual and emotional capabilities
Emotional support from friends, family or colleagues
Cultural and religious sanctions for ones beliefs and
activities
Recognition of ones status by society and ones
colleagues in an organization
Ones sense of self-worth and integrity.
External
(environmental)
SE
GE
Internal
(components)
SI
GI
Organization
Even if energy is available in and to a system, if
there is a total absence of organization then
there is a total absence of system.
Absence of organization equals entropy.
Organization refers to the grouping and
arranging of parts to form a whole in order to put
a system into working order.
System organization secures, expends, and
conserves energy to maintain the system and
further its purposes.