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Politics is the exercise of power. Organizations operate like political systems, except there is no voting.
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…we are dealing with human systems, and human systems are not amenable to technical solutions.
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The value of the whole-system approach is that it engages entire units to self-assess their current reality and plan how to improve it.
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Change in human systems, even in a monarchy, has much more to do with the consent of the governed than the will and ability of those who govern.
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A social system is a living system and not that amenable to linear or mechanical beliefs about organizations.
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Results are achieved when members of a system collectively choose to move in a certain direction. It is this act of choice that is critical.
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Living systems are not controllable, despite the fact that they evolve toward order and some cohesion.
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Above all else, your leaders need to be able to simplify, delegate, predict, systemize, and structure.
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At some point, though, certain actions have revealed themselves as redundant. That’s when you should systemize them.
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When systems work at cross purposes, your company is the ultimate loser.
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