> In my summary of the relationship between the seven "essentialities" and
> Senge's eleven "essences" of the five disciplines, namely SYSTEMS THINKING
> holism => wholeness (monadicity?)
> interconnectedness => wholeness (associativity)
> PERSONAL MASTERY
> being => liveness (being)
> generativeness => liveness (becoming)
> connectedness => fruitfulness (connect)
> MENTAL MODELS
> love of truth => sureness (categoricity)
> openness => openness (open)
> SHARED VISION
> commonality of purpose => otherness (quality)
> partnership => wholeness (associativity
> TEAM LEARNING
> collective intelligence => sparseness (limit)
> allignment => fruitfulness (connect)
>
> you will notice that nowhere do "wholeness" and "openness" occur together.
> In other words, in none of these five disciplines is "unfinished
> complementarity" a main facet. But is really the case? Is Senge sensitive
> to openness in Systems Thinking? Should he not have listed "openness" as
> an "essence" also of Systems Thinking?
I think Senge's notion of 'system' accommodates the 'openenss'. In other
words, systems are interconnected with permeable boundaries.
Senthil Kumar
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