http://dsoul.blogharbor.com/blog A journal about cybernetics, systems thinking, general systems theory, and the practice of effective management. en-us Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:26:02 -0800 Systems Blogware dsoul http://dsoul.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2006/1/10/1646034.html http://dsoul.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2006/1/10/1646034.html Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:24:00 -0800 We will start with the premise that we are interested in things that are connected. Never mind now why, for now it is sufficient just to state that we are interested in such a connection of things. To make coversation easier, rather than always saying ‘the collection of things that are connected’ we will attach the label ‘system’ to this collection. To be clear, we shall define a system as any cohesive collection of items that is dynamically related. Articles Systems control cybernetics Systems