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Systems And Customs
Description
It refers to the organized structures and traditional practices that govern a society or organization. A system is an orderly, planned framework or method, while a custom is an established tradition.
A bad system will beat a good person every time.” (Emphasizes that processes dictate performance more than individual effort). W. Edwards Deming
“Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators. Adopt a system, accept its beliefs, and you help strengthen the resistance to change.”— Frank Herbert
“We can’t impose our will on a system. We can listen to what the system tells us…”—Donella H. Meadows
“I appeal from your customs. I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you.” (From Self-Reliance, focusing on personal truth over social habit).—Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can’t even describe…”—Ellen Goodman
“Strengthening customs and immigration systems is essential.”—Ban Ki-moon
Systems
Definition: A set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole, like a legal, political, or computer network.
Purpose: To create order, efficiency, and predictable outcomes through formal, established procedures.
Nature: Usually formal, written, and enforced by authority or design.
Customs
Definition: Traditional ways of behaving or doing things that are common in a specific society or culture.
Purpose: To foster social harmony, identity, and shared cultural values among people.
Nature: Usually informal, unwritten, and passed down through generations by habit. (Note: “Customs” can also refer to the government border control department that collects taxes on imported goods).
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