Systems Theory MGT 6681
Metaphor for non-linearity - answer Butterfly Effect
Systems Thinking – answer Peter Senge's fifth discipline
By definition, the build up process in open systems are - answer anabolic
In terms of chaos theory, the leader-member dyad is construable as - answerThe
elemental structure of the organization
The elemental structure refers to the - answerBasic organizing feature of the system
Internal dynamic of feeding the system to enable it to grow in structural complexity -
answerAutocatalysis
Organizational leaders will call systems thinking the - answerFifth discipline
Systems dynamic that is homologous to complexity dynamic of autocatalysis -
answerNegative entropy
System property whereby the same pattern repeats itself across levels of scale -
answerFractality
Characteristic of complex systems - answerNon-linearity
Metachange occurs when an organization moves into - answerThe professionalization
stage of the organizational life cycle
Reductionism refers to a way of looking at a system such that one tries to discern its -
answerBasic components
When employees internalize and organization's culture, they are experiencing a form of
- answerCatabolism
Internal structural shifts will occur in a complex system, suddenly and unexpectedly to -
answerRestore dynamic homeostasis
Anyone who constantly looks for prior causes to try to understand organizational
problems has a cognitive bias toward - answerdeterminism
Mechanistic thinking is deterministic. In contrast, on this same dimension systems
thinking is - answerTeleological
Metaphor for non-linearity - answer Butterfly Effect
Systems Thinking – answer Peter Senge's fifth discipline
By definition, the build up process in open systems are - answer anabolic
In terms of chaos theory, the leader-member dyad is construable as - answerThe
elemental structure of the organization
The elemental structure refers to the - answerBasic organizing feature of the system
Internal dynamic of feeding the system to enable it to grow in structural complexity -
answerAutocatalysis
Organizational leaders will call systems thinking the - answerFifth discipline
Systems dynamic that is homologous to complexity dynamic of autocatalysis -
answerNegative entropy
System property whereby the same pattern repeats itself across levels of scale -
answerFractality
Characteristic of complex systems - answerNon-linearity
Metachange occurs when an organization moves into - answerThe professionalization
stage of the organizational life cycle
Reductionism refers to a way of looking at a system such that one tries to discern its -
answerBasic components
When employees internalize and organization's culture, they are experiencing a form of
- answerCatabolism
Internal structural shifts will occur in a complex system, suddenly and unexpectedly to -
answerRestore dynamic homeostasis
Anyone who constantly looks for prior causes to try to understand organizational
problems has a cognitive bias toward - answerdeterminism
Mechanistic thinking is deterministic. In contrast, on this same dimension systems
thinking is - answerTeleological
