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The Organic Systems Framework
Barry Oshry's concise case for a framework of recurring whole-system relationships and processes, including individuation, integration, differentiation and homogenisation.
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Summary
The Organic Systems Framework argues for a coherent pattern language of whole-system relationships and processes in human systems.
Implications for practice
It supplies a compact account of individuation, integration, differentiation and homogenisation and connects those processes to recurring positions, power and partnership.
Key distinctions
- whole-system process vs role behaviour
- differentiation vs individuation
- integration vs homogenisation
Historical development
- Oshry's experiential programmes
- human systems thinking
- organisation development
Ideas it depends on
- whole
- part
- position
- relationship
- context
Further developments
- research and application of OSF
- system-sight practice
Connections to practice
- organisation workshops
- leadership
- partnership
- system diagnosis
Common confusions
- paradigm is used merely as a synonym for idea
- the framework predicts individual behaviour
Further checks
- map the full framework
- add research applications
- compare with other human-systems accounts
Recorded connections
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Cite this entry
Taylor, B. P. (2026). The Organic Systems Framework. The Necessary Tangle, release 0.35. https://transduction.systems/entries/publication_organic_systems_framework/
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