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-{{a|devil|}}Organisational systems can be [[Simple system|simple]], [[Complicated system|complicated]] or [[Complex systems|complex]]. Best you know which one yours is. Differentiate between the ''type of system'' and ''how to manage that system''. So:
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+{{Quote|A stock is the foundation of any system. Stocks are the elements in the system that you can see, feel, count, or measure at any given time. A system stock is just what it sounds like: a store, a quantity, an accumulation of material or information that has built up over time. It may be the water in a bathtub, a population, the books in a bookstore, the wood in a tree, the money in the bank, your own self-confidence. A stock does not have to be physical. Your reserve of good will for others or your supply of hope that the world can be better are both stocks.
+:—{{br|Thinking in Systems}} by {{author|Donatella H Meadows}}.}}
+[[Systems theory]] eschews the reductionist, deterministic, “[[normal science|scientific]]” disposition and views the world in terms of inter-operating systems. That is to say it treats the the ordinary interactions of life as as complex and not merely complicated problems to solve.
+Systems are comprise of stocks, flows, and feedback loops.
+===Complexity Theory===
+Organisational systems can be [[Simple system|simple]], [[Complicated system|complicated]] or [[Complex systems|complex]]. Best you know which one yours is. Differentiate between the ''type of system'' and ''how to manage that system''. So:
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 ! {{header left}} System !! {{header left}} System characteristics !! {{header left}} How to manage !! {{header left}} Example