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System
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Combination of interacting components with identifiable boundaries that form a unitary or complex whole
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Boundary
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Every system has a structural limitation that separates it from other systems. Defines it makes it unique
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Closed system
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Does not interact with the environment-rigid impermeable boundaries. Resistant to change.
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Open system
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Interacts with environment, permeable boundaries. Can receive and discharge energy (information) to its environment. Adaptable and receptive to change.
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Wholeness
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Change to one part of system affects the whole system (all parts). All parts are interrelated.
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