TY - JOUR
AU - Polese, Francesco
AB - [Modified excerpt] Systems theory is an interdisciplinary theoryabout every system in nature, in society and in many scientific domainsas well as a framework with which we can investigate phenomena from aholistic approach. Systems thinking comes from the shift inattention from the part to the whole, considering the observedreality as an integrated and interacting unicuum of phenomena where theindividual properties of the single parts become indistinct. Incontrast, the relationships between the parts themselves and the eventsthey produce through their interaction become much more important, withthe result that system elements are rationallyconnected towards a shared purpose. The systemic perspectiveargues that we are not able to fully comprehend a phenomenon simply bybreaking it up into elementary parts and then reforming it; we insteadneed to apply a global vision to underline its functioning. Although wecan start from the analysis of the elementary components of aphenomenon, in order to fully comprehend the phenomenon in its entiretywe have to observe it also from a higher level: a holisticperspective.[Service Science, ISSN 2164-3962 (print), ISSN 2164-3970 (online), was published by Services Science Global (SSG) from 2009 to 2011 as issues under ISBN 978-1-4276-2090-3.]
TI - A Brief Review of Systems Theories and Their Managerial Applications
JF - Service Science
DO - 10.1287/serv.2.1_2.126
DA - 2010-06-21
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/informs/a-brief-review-of-systems-theories-and-their-managerial-applications-AfY2qxWWPg
SP - 126
EP - 135
VL - 2
IS - 1-2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -