Has anyone tried to hook up OST with any of Bucky Fuller's work? THANKS. On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Lisa Heft <[email protected]>wrote:
> I wrote a little paper about systems theory some time ago ... take a > look... > > http://www.pegasuscom.com/PDFs/the-mouse-and-the-earthquake.pdf > > Cheers, > Lisa > > Lisa Heft > Consultant, Facilitator, Educator > President Emerita, Open Space Institute US > Fellow, Columbia University Center for International Conflict Resolution > Opening Space > > Register now for the Fabulous Facilitation Conference! > March 6-8, 2013 - San Francisco > > > On Feb 20, 2013, at 6:39 PM, Charles Fuller wrote: > > Chris Weaver and others may wish to look to Bertalanfy, an individual > often cited in General Systems theory, organization development and other > human systems studies, as someone who helped form the ideas behind these > concepts by study of biology... > I don't believe he ever used the term 'self organizing' but wrote all > around the idea. I will attempt a quote which will be way off (it's been > 15 yrs. since reading him): > > many organizations can be viewed like a plant - a closed system having a > semi-permeable boundary (to me that's not really closed then) where they > allow nutrients to flow in and substances to flow out. Healthy systems > have information which is similar - crossing that boundary. The plant can > not live w/o that flow, neither can the human organization be healthy if > closed. (systems theory) Take one part away from the plant and it fails > just as each individual has a function with in the family or organization. > > Some one with more elegant writing/expression skills can accomplish what > I've attempted with more skill I'm certain. Possibly supply a reading cite > that goes directly to this... > > Happy hunting! > > - -Chad- - > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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