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A reflection on a harmonious vision refers us to a line of theoretical and operational thought that can be traced back to the vision and method proposed by systems theory, which has greatly influenced and shaped organizational thinking oriented towards the search for efficiency and effectiveness in human organizations.
... although you have to have commissions, you have to make what you can out of the commission you get. And, you know, gradually people come to you to buy surprise and the thing that’s nicest about it is that when people come to buy surprise I have no idea of what I’m going to give them either. It’s not like I’m going out of my way to surprise them, I’m actually quite often surprised myself by what the outcome is because I’m a bit like a hound following a fox; I’m following something really close to the ground and I can’t actually see where it’s going. I’ve got my nose to the ground to make sure I’ following it properly.
Peter Rice,
An EngineerImagines, 4 February 1992
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Mecca, S. (2022). Harmonic Systemic Organizations: Activities, Interactions and Feelings. In: Cicione, F., Filice, L., Marino, D. (eds) Harmonic Innovation. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 282. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81190-7_9
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