Re: Organisational thinking LO3536

james rieley (rieleyj@milwaukee.tec.wi.us)
Tue, 31 Oct 1995 06:12:58 -0600

Replying to LO3497 --

> Organizations are systems of people and like any system,
>the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Exploring the mental
>model that organizations are living organisms seems to be more
>fruitful.

Exactly. The current issue of The Systems Thinker outlines an actual case
study of an exploration of organizational mental models and how they have
affected the organization as a whole. JBR

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