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3. Systemic View and Systems Thinking

verfasst von : Kaj U. Koskinen

Erschienen in: Knowledge Production in Organizations

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

A systemic view is the view that all systems are composed of interrelated subsystems. A whole is not just the sum of the parts, but the system itself can be explained only as a totality. The systemic view is, then, the opposite of reductionism, which views the total as the sum of its individual parts. In traditional organization theory, as well as in many of the sciences, the subsystems have been studied separately, with a view to putting the parts together into a whole at some later point. The systemic view emphasizes that this is not possible and that the starting point has to be the total system.

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Fußnoten
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Koskinen, K. U. (2010). Autopoietic knowledge systems in project-based companies. Palgrave Macmillan.
 
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Koskinen, K. U. (2010). Autopoietic knowledge systems in project-based companies. Palgrave Macmillan.
 
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Koskinen, K. U. (2010). Autopoietic knowledge systems in project-based companies. Palgrave Macmillan.
 
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Koskinen, K. U. (2010). Autopoietic knowledge systems in project-based companies. Palgrave Macmillan.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Systemic View and Systems Thinking
verfasst von
Kaj U. Koskinen
Copyright-Jahr
2013
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00104-3_3