EclecticLip

Workplaces, like consumer products, involve the interplay of multiple systems: everything from accounting to manufacturing to research to… uh… the zeitgeist-tracking of a marketing department needs to work together reasonably smoothly.

The book was found on a pilgrimage to Powell’s Books in late 2009 and immediately targeted as a future book club read.  While most companies work together reasonably smoothly, those companies whose departments function with seamless ease, are likelier to enjoy greater success.  (Such is the Darwininan nature of business.)  As such, learning more about how complex systems function, was thought to be of high value.

As always, if you find the summary useful, please consider supporting the author by purchasing the book. 

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Thinking in Systems (summary)