Replying to LO28163 --
John Dicus wrote
> I've been thinking about systems another way.
>
> I invite you to talk about "what is not a system," and "why?"
>
> I wonder what we'll discover in such a line of thinking?
John's contributions are always very interesting and to the points. A more
formal note of this approach is in Notes on the Synthesis of Form by C.
Alexander.
Henry Mintzberg recently writings about 'ying and yang' of management and
"Why I Hate Flying" and so on are alternatives.
There are infinite possibilities here, say, refer to The Art of
Possibility by Zanders.
The best possible world is ours.
Hanching Chung
http;//www.deming.com.tw
June 15, 2002, a conference on Rationality and Intuition
June 15 2003, 3rd conderence on Models and Metaphors
--demingtw <demingtw@ms17.hinet.net>
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