Life in Organizations LO9783

Marion Brady (mbrady@digital.net)
Fri, 6 Sep 1996 07:22:05 -0400 (EDT)

Replying to LO9754 --

Rol says,

>Julie responds to an earlier note from me on the aging into dysfunction of
>systems.
>I pointed out that the aging system is probably still doing what it was
>designed to do . . .

. . .with, perhaps, a subtle difference: That when the system was
first created, those involved had their attention focused on the system's
relationship to the problem. With the passage of time, the "problem"
element receded in importance; the "system" element grew in importance.

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Marion Brady

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