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Systemic thinking has, as input; (a) a “Weltanschauung” or world view; (b) General Systems Theory or GST; and (c) the experiences and problems of the real world. As output, it has (a) human attitudes and behaviour; and (b) solutions to organizational or socio-political problems or issues. This input-output analysis of a discipline is inspired by Van Gigch and Pipino (1986).
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Herrscher, E.G. (1995). Why Is Systemic Thinking ‘Difficult to Sell’?. In: Ellis, K., Gregory, A., Mears-Young, B.R., Ragsdell, G. (eds) Critical Issues in Systems Theory and Practice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9883-8_5
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