Systemic Structure Behind Human Organizations From Civilizations to Individuals /

• Main Authors: Lin, Yi (Author), Forrest, Bailey (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Series: Contemporary Systems Thinking,
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Philosophy.; System theory.; Business and Management.; Business and Management, general.; Complex Systems.; Philosophy of Man.

Systemic Structure behind Human Organizations: From Civilizations to Individuals shows how the systemic yoyo model can be successfully employed to study human organizations at three different levels: civilizations, business enterprises, and individuals. This monograph tackles managerial problems fro...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Characteristics of Whole Evolutions
• Several Empirical Justifications
• Elementary Properties of Systemic Yoyos
• The State of a Civilization
• Interactions between Civilizations- Turmoil within a Civilization
• Economic Entities Seen as Spinning Systemic Yoyos
• Economic Eddies and Their Dynamic Equilibrium
• Dynamics between Small and Large Projects
• Nature and Man
• The Four Human Endowments
• Structures of Human Character and Thought
• Happiness, Fear, and Forced Struggle.