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Suprahuman systems (here to be called ‘institutions’) emerge from human “conversations” and “communications”1. Understanding how this emergence comes about, and what its consequences are, may help to explain some of the problems of coordination of activities within organisations.
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Robb, F.F. (1993). Suprahuman Systems and Management: Steering in Jeopardy?. In: Stowell, F.A., West, D., Howell, J.G. (eds) Systems Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2862-3_16
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