Due Unit 5: Organization System Archetypes

Due Unit 5: Organization System Archetypes

For the fifth section of your Term Project you are to write a 3 page paper, APA formatted. The
paper will include an effective Introduction and Conclusion. It will also include proper headings
and titles per APA guidelines.
Section V of your paper will address the following material for learning.
A system thinking perspective looks for certain patterns of structure that recur again and again.
Senge refers to these patterns as “systems archetypes”. Senge has identified eight system
archetypes that occur across a broad spectrum of life, including biology, economics, political
science, family therapy and management. Senge argues that mastering the system archetypes
puts an organization on the path of system thinking.
When you think about your company what are 3 of the most common system archetypes that you
experience. Identify each archetype, define it and describe how you’ve experienced it. Also,
discuss what potential solutions to stop this pattern from reoccurring and what the outcome
would be if this archetype no longer existed.