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# systems theory
![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Mar 30, 2022</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Jan 03, 2023</small> 🏷️ [[Organization Development MOC|OD]]
Traced back to Austrian biologist Ludwig von Bertlanffy in the 1940s, this theory views organizations as a collection of interconnected parts. Subparts cannot be understood without understanding how they relate to one another. *[1]*
## Sources
*[1]* - [[Organization Development - Anderson 2020]]