Part I - David Greve

them, the connections of several actions have to be
realized and the corresponding changes have to be
introduced, which always affect the whole system.
12. The relationship between the whole system
and subsystem
Primitive systems develop to complicated systems (cf.
basic principle 8) by creating subsystems. The more
subsystems a main system has, the more autonomous
they become through their function, the larger has to be
the integration capability of the main system. If a
subsystem which is underestimated through non-usage
becomes a conflictual opposite to the main system due to
its grown independence, the foundation for the
detachment is always laid by an undersupply, weakening
or repression of the system. During the repression time it
responds with disturbing misperformances. If a
subsystem gets independent, a new double task develops:
The main system must close the „wound“, e.g. by
delegating the task to other subsystems or by shortening
the system. The new subsystem has to become an own
system quickly because it is premature like a preterm
birth, it must now deliver the control performances the
main system used to perform on its own. Thereby, the
seperated system develops a claim for primacy: It
proclaims the size and importance of the main system for
itself, and vice-versa, if the main system isn't able to
close the wound de jure, it keeps claiming integration of
the subsystem. But the desire of both systems to restore
the old state is a unrealizable illusion which has a
traumatic, not a real character. This trauma is sustained
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