John,
You posted this statement:
Whether human organizations are such a "sufficiently complex system,"
You might be interested in William Czander's work "The Psychodynamics of
Work and Organizations, Theory and Application", (1993, Guilford Press:
New York and London). Heexplains the use of the analytic-inference mode
of explaining behavior in organzations. It demonstrates that cause/effect
- cause/effect - cause/effect leads to problem solving in packages.
It is based in the Psychoanalytic Perspective but i find it useful
dialogue.
Peace,
ET
eLIZabeth Reed-Torrence
--Elizabeth Reed-Torrence <ereedtor@seattleu.edu>
Learning-org -- An Internet Dialog on Learning Organizations For info: <rkarash@karash.com> -or- <http://world.std.com/~lo/>