We consider the notion of "system" as an organising concept, before going on to look in detail at various systemic metaphors that may be used as a ba… - Robert L. Flood

So far it has been ascertained that a root definition is a core description of purposeful activity taken from a specific point of view.

Different methodologies express different rationalities stemming from alternative theoretical positions which they reflect. These alternative positions must be respected, and methodologies and their appropriate theoretical underpinnings developed in partnership.

Cybernetics, although not ignoring formal networks, suggests that an informal communications structure will also be present such that complex conversations at a number of levels between two or more individuals exist.