1.0The Systems Thinkerhttps://thesystemsthinker.comJay W. Forresterhttps://thesystemsthinker.com/author/jay-w-forrester/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="A2JZfGrshW"><a href="https://thesystemsthinker.com/the-next-great-frontier%e2%80%88designing-managerial-and-social-systems-part-2/">The Next Great Frontier: Designing Managerial and Social Systems (Part 2)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://thesystemsthinker.com/the-next-great-frontier%e2%80%88designing-managerial-and-social-systems-part-2/embed/#?secret=A2JZfGrshW" width="600" height="338" title="“The Next Great Frontier: Designing Managerial and Social Systems (Part 2)” — The Systems Thinker" data-secret="A2JZfGrshW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> systems analysis of a company draws on knowledge about how structure and policy relate to behavior. Information comes primarily from interviewing people in the company about how they make decisions at their individual operating points. Statements describing the basis for decisions are the rules or policies governing action (, “policies” meaning all the reasons for […]