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Lecture 2

Systems and Cultural Approaches (Part 1)

What is systems theory?

Origins

Biology & Engineering

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Systems Components

Hierarchical ordering

Interdependence

Permeability

Systems & Subsystems

Interconnectedness

Pourousness

Systems Properties

Holism

Equifinality

Negative Entropy

Requisite Variety

Systems Processes

Input

Throughput

Output

Feedback Process

Positive

Negative

Karl Weick

Theory of Organization

Weick & Organizing

Organization

Information Environment

Enactment

Weick & Organizing

Equivocality

Sensemaking