Kim Woods Only (602 3.2)

250-300 words

According to Kleiner, Roberts, Ross, Senge & Smith (1994) systems archetypes “are accessible tools with which managers can quickly construct credible and consistent hypotheses about the governing forces of their system” (p. 121). Daniel Kim’s website, www.thesystemsthinker.com has a good information on systems thinking as well as archetypes. After reviewing Kim’s website and the articles listed in this week’s Documents & Resources section, describe which System Archetype listed could have helped you solve a problem in the past? After reviewing the attached article, are System Archetype’s useful or not?  Explain. 

Kleiner, A., Roberts, C., Ross, R., Senge, P. & Smith, B. (1994). The fifth discipline fieldbook: Strategies and tools for building a learning organization. New York, NY: Doubleday. 

Additional Resources 

Gill, R. (2013). The evolution of organizational archetypes: From the American to the entreprenueurial dream.  Communication Monographs, 80(3), 331-353. Doi:10.1080/03637751.2013.788252 

Hart, D. W. & Brady, N. (2005). Spirituality and Archetype in Organizational Life. Business Ethics Quarterly. 15(3). 409-428 

Miller, D. & Friesen, P. (1980). Archetypes of organizational transition.  Administrative Science Quarterly, 15(3). 409-428 

Roesler, C. (2012). Are archetypes transmitted more by culture than biology? Questios arising from conceptualizations of the archetype.  The Journal Of Analytical Psychology, 57(2). 223-246. Doi:10.1111/j.1468-5922.2011.01963.x