COM 101 Lecture 26: COM101 Exam 4 Study Guide part 5
2 Dec 2016
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System a set of interdependent components: 2 key aspects complexity & connection. Differ in: scale/size, formality of structure. Non-summativity (wholeness: systems more than the sums of their parts. Relationships between group members, chemistry: the effect of components working in relation to one another differs from the effect of their isolated individual actions. Living systems: systems change/grow over time - dynamic, tied to their environments nature/state of the environment impacts the system. Living organisms cannot live without an environment. Social systems are tied to the larger contexts and environments they exist within. Individual elements organized into sub(systems) (sub)systems interact to form larger system: systems operates with in a larger environment. Openness (permeability) systems i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)ed i(cid:374) (cid:862)a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e ex(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge(cid:863) (cid:449)ith their environments. Throughput materials that pass through the systems are often changed/altered during the process. How the resources move in and out of social systems.
