{"id":4067,"date":"2015-05-16T18:02:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T18:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saasoft.com\/blog\/?p=4067"},"modified":"2015-05-16T18:02:16","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T18:02:16","slug":"micro-meso-and-macro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hcse.blog\/?p=4067","title":{"rendered":"Mono, Micro, Meso and Macro"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"missing_custom_puzzle_completion\"<\/a>Systems are made up of inter-dependent parts. And each part is a smaller system made up of inter-dependent parts. And so on.<\/p>\n

But there is a limit … eventually we reach a size where we only have a small number of independent parts … and that is called a micro-system.<\/p>\n

It is part of a meso-system<\/em> which in turn is part of a macro-system<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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And it appears that in human systems the manageable size of a micro-system<\/em> is about seven people – enough to sit around a table and work together on a problem.<\/p>\n

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So the engine of organisational improvement is many\u00a0micro-systems<\/em> of about seven people who are able to solve the problems that fall within their collective circles of control.<\/p>\n

And that means the vast majority of problems are solvable at the micro-system<\/em> level.<\/p>\n

In fact, without this foundation level of competent and collaborative micro-teams, the meso-systems<\/em> and the\u00a0macro-systems<\/em> cannot get a grip on the slippery problem of systemic change for the better.<\/p>\n

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The macro-system<\/strong> is also critical to success because it has the strategic view and it sets the vision and values to which every other part of the system aligns. \u00a0A dysfunctional macro-system sends cracks down through the whole organisation … fragmenting it into antagonistic, competiting silos.<\/p>\n

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The meso-system<\/strong> level is equally critical to success because it translates the strategy into tactics and creates the context for the multitude of micro-systems to engage.<\/p>\n

The meso-system<\/em> is the nervous system of the organisation … the informal communication network that feeds data and decisions around.<\/p>\n

And if the meso-system<\/em> is dysfunctional then the organisation can see, feel and move … but it is uncoordinated, chaotic, inefficient, ineffective and largely unproductive.<\/p>\n

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So the three levels are different, essential and inter-dependent.<\/p>\n

The long term viability of a complex adaptive system is the emergent effect of a system design that is effective and efficient. Productive. Collaborative. Synergistic.<\/p>\n

And achieving that is not easy … but it is possible.<\/p>\n

And for each of us it starts with just us …\u00a0Mono.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Systems are made up of inter-dependent parts. And each part is a smaller system made up of inter-dependent parts. And so on. But there is a limit … eventually we reach a size where we only have a small number of independent parts … and that is called a micro-system. It is part of a … <\/p>\n

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