Discussion: Emergence

8-1 Discussion: Emergence

In this module, you will focus on the concept of emergence in systems thinking. In other words, you will think about the behavior of the parts and the whole of a system.

Problem: there is rampant employee dissatisfaction in business organizations. Identify and briefly summarize the problem and the system involved, and then describe three clear examples of emergence. In other words, show how the behaviors of the parts of the system in isolation do not lead to the emergent behavior of the system and, thus, how the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.