Difference between revisions of "Emergence (glossary)"
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The principle that whole entities exhibit properties which are meaningful only when attributed to the whole, not to its parts. Every model of ahuman activity system exhibits properties as a whole entitity which derive from its component activities and their structure, but cannot be reduced to them. (Checkland 1999)
Source
Checkland, P. B. 1999. Systems Thinking, Systems Practice. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Discussion
Discussion as to why this is the "consensus" definition for the SEBoK.