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What is the Appreciative System? A Detailed Insight into Concept by Vickers
When a person or an organization makes a decision, it is rarely a simple, logical process. We do not just look at a list of…
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Sir Geoffrey Vickers | The Thinker Who Mapped Human Judgment
Sir Geoffrey Vickers was a unique figure in the history of systems thinking. Unlike many early systems pioneers who were scientists or mathematicians, Vickers was…
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Boulding’s 9 Levels: Systems Hierarchy Explained in Detail
If you want to compare the simple working of a clock to the complex structure of a human organization, you need a shared standard. The…
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Kenneth Boulding | System Thinker Who Mapped Systems
Kenneth Boulding was far more than an economist. He was one of the most broad-minded and diverse thinkers of the 20th century. Boulding was a…
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Ludwig von Bertalanffy | Founder of General Systems Theory
If you want to understand life, you cannot just look at the smallest pieces. That was the powerful belief of Ludwig von Bertalanffy, an Austrian…
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Understanding General Systems Theory | The Science of Organized Wholes
Have you ever noticed that a business, a plant, and a family all follow similar, invisible rules for survival and growth? They all have boundaries,…