Multiple perspective method

An effective approach to facilitating complex socio-technical systems management. Three types of perspective are used in this approach. Science and technology represent the most successful "religion" of modern times. They form the paradigm for the technical perspective. The organizational perspective focuses on process rather than product, on action rather than problem-solving. The personal perspective views the world through a unique individual. It sweeps in aspects that relate individuals to the system and are not captured by technical and organizational perspectives. The individual can make a crucial difference. An effective leader can impose an individual perspective on that of his followers and organization, changing a corporation or a society. Recognizing the significance of the individual perspectives that bear on a given system, we also must consider their interaction and integrate them to derive deeper insight for decision and implementation. Bringing differences among the perspectives to the surface facilitates constructive resolution and integration. The perspectives are dynamic, that is, they can change over time, so that the cross-cuing and integration process may require iteration.