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Group 3 GW 3

Basilla, Dimaano, Felix, Luz, Mendoza Reflection Paper

Working it! different kinds of people, especiall" !en t!e" are unknon to

"ou can #e $er" difficult% &lt!oug! e are dealt t!is c!allenge at least one in our life,

e still !a$e to make it t!roug! and finis! t!e task gi$en% 'ompetiti$e ad$antage is

!at companies fig!t for in t!e #usiness toda" to #e a#le to #eat out t!eir competitors%

&s mentioned in t!e (Fift! Discipline), t!e onl" sustaina#le competiti$e ad$antage is

t!e a#ilit" to learn faster t!an t!e competition% *!is is onl" made possi#le it! t!e

creation of a learning organization% But to make t!e learning organization in t!e first

place, it is #uilt it! a strong foundation of fi$e disciplines namel"+systems thinking,

personal mystery, mental models, building shared vision, and team learning. can sa"t!at agree it!systems thinking #eing t!e most important among t!em #ecause it

reall" is !at is needed for all t!e disciplines to ork t!roug! integration% &s an

emplo"ee of a compan", one can not onl" t!ink of !is or !er a" of doing t!ings #ut

s!ould #e t!e a" a compan" must #e doing t!ings% *!e standards, traits, and

specialties of certain people can #e put to good use !en integrated properl"% -"stems

*!inking is all a#out looking at t!e #ig picture #" seeing t!e smaller ones and putting

t!em all toget!er as a !ole% .ne can not look at a small aspect of a pro#lem and

focusing on /ust t!at #ecause it ser$es as a s!ort term remed" onl"% t)s all a#out #eing

a#le to anal"ze !at is !appening no to #e a#le to use for t!e future% &s !umans,

pro#lems don)t come up out of no!ere #ut !at e did in t!e past is t!e root cause

of t!e pro#lems e presentl" deal it!% Being a#le to set up a learning organization

it!in a compan" and using t!is frameork can not onl" !elp us as !uman #eings #ut

also as a compan"% *!e effect of t!is frameork is #eneficial for #ot! parties%


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Group 3 GW 0

Basilla, Dimaano, Felix, Luz, Mendoza Reflection Paper

.ur inno$ations in tec!nolog" !a$e led to great c!ange% 1oe$er, t!ese

inno$ations !a$e also lead to faster depletion of our resources t!at is leading to

en$ironmental damage% 2$en it! t!e creation of a #ook called Limits to Grot!4

!ic! s!oed !o e can sta" in t!e correct limit of !ar$esting resources it!out

too muc! en$ironmental degradation, people still tend to #e greed" and !ea$il"

ex!aust our planet)s natural resources% *!e report t!en talks a#out t!e orld5s

6carr"ing capacit"6 and !o t!is is an important factor in a$oiding and forecasting

ma/or pro#lems% *!e carr"ing capacit" mainl" talks a#out !o #ig of a population can

t!e orld carr", gi$en its resources% &ccording to t!e report, it ill take more t!an one

planet 2art! to carr" t!e gi$en population of toda"% *o simplif" t!ings, e ere a#le

to see t!at o$er population is pro#a#l" t!e main cause of most of t!e social issues seen

in t!e orld toda"% f e ere to furt!er reflect on t!is t!oug!t, e ould !a$e to sa"

t!at t!is is $er" e$ident in t!e P!ilippines, as it is $er" muc! o$er7populated as ell%

*!e social issues t!at t!e P!ilippines is facing toda", are $er" muc! t!e fruits of o$er

population% *o make t!ings parallel, let us sa" t!at t!ere is a certain carr"ing capacit"

t!at t!e P!ilippines possess% Gi$en t!at, our current population exceeds t!at carr"ing

capacit", t!us, pro#lems suc! as po$ert", and lack of natural resources !a$e risen%

*!e report t!en tackles World3, a kind of softare t!at #asicall" displa"s

-"stem D"namics, #ecause of !o it can adopt to c!anging situations% &gain, it is

d"namic% t is said in t!e report t!at World3 can manage man" t!ings, suc! as

population, and resources% *!at #eing said, e #elie$e t!at not onl" ill !umanit" #e

t!e ke" in #eing a#le to control glo#al situations, #ut tec!nolog" ill $er" muc! !elp


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us as ell% -"stem D"namics, gi$en !o it !as #een used in t!e report, can also #e

$er" muc! used in #usiness, as t!ere are man" c!anges in a #usiness5 course of life%

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