Publisher's Synopsis
CAUTION: As is, this manuscript was written in the late eighties, privately published for the benefit one of the author's corporate clients, to be distributed among its managers. That version provided the author with the foundation for two subsequent books published in French, "Profils d'équie et cultures d'entreprises", Alain Cardon, Les éditions d'Organisations 1994, and "Décider en Equipe", Alain Cardon, Les Editions d'organisation, 1995. This text first presents the original conceptual foundations of key characteristics that apply to all systems sucha as a person, a family, a building, a team, a country, a living cell, a city, a tribe, etc. This first exploratory introduction considers how these basic characteristics or criteria can be coherently mapped out to provide a comprehensive understanding of any coherent ensemble or system. The author presents how universal system criteria can be refined and organized to better understand basic similarities, differences and complementarities within and between systems. Some such criteria, for example, are energy deployment, spatial organization, time perception, material form, etc. The second part of the book proceeds to lay out how this preliminary systemic awareness can serve to reconsider team development, organizational cultures, team-management strategies.The publishing choice in this 2020 Amazon version is to keep this original manustript in its original form, for trainers, consultants and coaches who want to delve deeper into the historical foundations of Metasystem-Coaching's truly original approach to individual, team and organizational coaching.
