Three Main Concepts about Systems Theory

The ripple effect is a great analogy for describing how one single part of the system can influence the entire system. The ripple effect would extend across the entire system just as if you were to take a rock and throw it into a pond. The initial force of the rock would cause not just one ripple throughout the pond, but also many ripples that would expand throughout the entire pond. For instance, let's just say I'm a truck driver for Wal-Mart, and my delivery must be delivered ex

actly at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. Unfortunately, my itinerary was disturbed because I hit a big rock in the middle of the road and blew out two of my tires. Consequently, the product in my truck was not delivered on time. This one incident would cause many ripples throughout the Wal-Mart system. The shipping and receiving department schedule would be totally distorted, the stockers that stock the shelves would be set back in their daily routine, and the consumers would suffer because the product that they went to buy may not have been on the shelves yet; possibly leading to frustration and ultimately forcing them to buy from another store. This theory of the "ripple effect" may often go unnoticed, however, it is one of the most common effects within a group setting.

There are also many different types of methods for boundary control such as physical barriers like doors, locks, walls or even fences. There are also psychological barriers, which may make people feel like an outcast. There are also linguistic barriers that keep boundaries between groups. It would be pretty difficult for an everyday person to walk into a medical forum and understand all the terms the speaker was throwing out, without understanding the medical language. There are also understood barriers such as roles and rules that are set. College students all understand the "rules" that go hand in hand with rushing for a fraternity or a sorority, and the roles that play an intricate part of the system as a whole (Rothwell, 33-34). In some cases one may call some boundaries extreme, but all in all it's almost an imperative group function. It is what establishes and keeps the group as a "group". However, a group's boundary cannot keep everything from entering, sometimes change just has to happen in order for the group to succeed or grow.

Scared and totally unprepared my father carried a huge burden, and this misfortune sent many ripples throughout my family. This huge set back took place right in the middle of my senior year of high school, and so my plans to attend the college of my dreams were put on hold, and I was forced to look for other options. My mother was just planning to quit her job seeing as we could have lived on my father's past income all alone, but now was forced to withhold from putting in her notice. My brother was forced to leave the private school he was attending and attend the public school, which was filled with gangsters and drug addicts. Every single person in my family was affected by the initial ripple (the owner firing the head manager) and to this day the ripple is extending, although, now in a positive light. My father has since opened up his own business and my mother has quit the job she was forced to stay at, my brother's finished high school, and I am attending the college that I wanted to. Although, it's not stated in the book sometime I think ripples can change for the better.

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