Nature
itself is a system with all parts entangled. Systems are like a human body:
they are consisted of parts, and those same parts affect the performance of the
whole. All the parts are interdependent. Just like a team of players during a
game. But the team is not alone. They have the counter-party, there are judges,
there are physical constraints engaged, and also spectators may be present. All
of this forms a system. Times and circumstances may change, but systems tend to
endure. If we don’t understanding this, wrong decisions, sometimes disastrous,
can happen.
Also an
organization is a system – a “living” system that performs by its own “will”. Rather
than focusing on organizational goals and values, the management practice, when
complying with the bureaucratic processes, sets the latter as the ultimate
objective. Systems take on a life of their own and seem immune to common sense.
When members of an organization feel as though, by circumventing established
rules and procedures, they must constantly fight the system, the result can lead
to cynicism, poor ethical climate, or forces them to jump from one urgent
matter to another instead of worrying about important ones.