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The notion of distributed intelligence and its place within organizations is fascinating; I had never tied the two concepts of organization and biology. Within our body, different systems while working within the body still carry out their respective tasks on their own. From the previously mentioned, I can make the correlation between distributed intelligence and see how it is reminiscent of when my boss allows me the independence to conduct my work as I see fit. The only rule that applies is that I get my work done as long as my work is in line with the organizational mission of our office. In biology the various organs function without conscious control, through the autonomic nervous system, and as long as they are working towards keeping a person alive they are fine and the brain lets them work independently.
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All of it being "loosely coupled" is the key here. As you have pointed out in your example the body gets the work done, and without one part it cannot complete a full task. So like you said within your job, if you leave out one detail no matter which way you do it, your task cannot be complete. The same with communication, we can do the best we can to communicate in any way, shaoe, or form, but if we cannot complete one part of the task then the whole is failed.
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