"What in the end justifies systems thinking is the fact that any whole has properties - the so called emergent properties - that exist only in relation to the complete whole." ... "So, the first requirement of a systems thinker is an understanding of the concept of emergent properties and a readiness to resist reductionist arguments because the need for holistic thinking is real." ... [conditions for systems work:] "Understand and argue for the real existence of emergent properties, for that is the core justification for the systems ideas;"

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