GUTS: A proposed Grand Unified Theory of Systems for the Prediction of Behavior in Business Organizations

摘要

This paper proposes a theoretical Grand Unified Theory of Systems (e.g., a system of systems) that can potentially be used to predict and understand some of the ways in which business organizations behave. Such a GUT of systems would enable us to view such organizational behavior not as chaos nor rigid rule control, but as the dynamic product of the systemic interaction of the people and the infrastructure that support such systems. Such a GUT must, however, take account of the prior structure that has been erected (especially in physics) and the ways in which such prior structures can help us to understand and to create a useful (e.g., predictive) theory and model. To this end, this paper proposes a potential model to aid in understanding the complexity of our human organizational systems by applying concepts taken from field theory in physics. The model proposed provides a frame of reference for discussing aspects of the human organization that this model represents.