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Strategies for Professional Growth · End Term · 13 Apr 2025 · January 2025 term · Set 1

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[Principles & Archetypes] Systems thinking principles and archetypes reveal recurring patterns in complex systems, making their understanding essential for leaders and strategists to effectively navigate and solve dynamic challenges. Read the given scenarios and identify which principle or archetype best applies to each situation. Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Teams in a company blame different issues for a drop in performance, while leaders see only one big cause. Which principle does this illustrate?

  1. A

    System Boundaries

  2. B

    Elephant and the Blind Men

  3. C

    Causal Loops

  4. D

    Big Picture Thinking

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  • B

    Elephant and the Blind Men

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Question 24 of 27 in the IIT Madras BS Strategies for Professional Growth (SPG) End Term paper sat on 13 Apr 2025, in the January 2025 term (IIT M DEGREE AN EXAM QDB4 13 Apr 2025). It carries 1 mark.

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