Talk:The purpose of a system is what it does

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This article was nominated for deletion on 31 July 2008. The result of the discussion was keep.

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POSIWID is a term very widely used by system theorists, many of whom recount stories of its use by Stafford Beer. It needs a Wikipedia article. I have found a recent academic book to reference which in turn references Stafford Beer directly. The tone of the article relates directly to the way that the term is typically used, not to my own views — Preceding unsigned comment added by AidanWard (talk • contribs) 15:30, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]