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Systems are things with many interrelated parts. These include natural systems such as ecosystems or the organ systems of your body. Systems can also be human created. These include unplanned systems that emerge such as a city without urban planning and systems that are designed such as a software system. The following are common examples of systems.
Agricultural systems | Air traffic control systems | Banking systems | Biological systems e.g. respiratory system | Bureaucracies | Carbon cycle | Climate systems | Communication systems | Cultures | Economies and economic systems | Ecosystems | Education systems | Electrical grids | Emergency services | Food chain | Food web | Global financial system | Healthcare systems | IT systems | Industrial systems | Institutions | International diplomacy and related institutions | Justice systems | Labor markets | Legal systems | Markets | Military–industrial complex | Monetary systems | Ocean currents | Organizations | Oxygen cycle | Political systems | Prison systems | Rail systems | Social media platforms | Social systems | Societies | Solar systems | The Internet | The global environment | The human brain and the central nervous system | Transportation systems | Voting systems | Waste management systems | Water cycle | Weather systems | World trade system |
Cultures are examples of systems that emerge and self-organize without any design.Societies are examples of systems that are somewhat planned whereby a government organizes things to some degree. As a system, society includes many parts such as laws, regulations, government departments and institutions.Systems theory is the practice of modeling the behavior of systems. For example, systems tend to have an equilibrium whereby competing forces are in balance.As systems are complex, the effects of change to them is difficult to predict. As such, changes to systems commonly generate unintended consequences.
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