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Business Enterprise
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The Integrated Modeling Method
views a business enterprise
as a functional system
instead of as an organization chart.
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Cells, Organisms, and Superorganisms
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The Living Systems Model
views all three entities as parts of
a single functional system
instead of as independent life forms.
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Integrated Modeling Method
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This method makes it easy to model the complex structure of a business enterprise, based on the discovery that:
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Every Business Enterprise has the
Same Inherent System Structure
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Instead of asking what are the essential characteristics of one business, this method begins with the basic system architecture that is common to every business.
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Structural details are then tailored to represent the unique characteristics of the particular business enterprise that is being modeled.
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This approach is many times faster than traditional modeling methods, yet produces a more complete, accurate, and useful model of the entire business enterprise.
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Living Systems Model
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Development of this new kind of model was made possible by the discovery that for eukaryotic life forms:
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Every Life Form has the
Same Inherent System Structure
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This model provides a comprehensive system view of the functional structures that enable living systems to sustain their lives while interacting with their environments.
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For humans, it shows how cells lead an indentured life within a higher-level organism, while organisms lead an indentured life within an even higher-level superorganism.
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The result is a single three-level system structure that explains how the levels interact, and defines the purposeful roles played by the life forms at each level.
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