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  2. Synergy - Wikipedia

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    Synergy is an interaction or cooperation giving rise to a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its parts (i.e., a non-linear addition of force, energy, or effect). [1] The term synergy comes from the Attic Greek word συνεργία synergia [2] from synergos, συνεργός, meaning "working together".

  3. Cultural synergy - Wikipedia

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    Cultural synergy is a term coined from work by Nancy Adler [1] of McGill University which describes an attempt to bring two or more cultures together to form an organization or environment that is based on combined strengths, concepts and skills. The differences in the world's people are used in such a way that encourages mutual growth by ...

  4. Synergism - Wikipedia

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    For example, Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) viewed that everything, including human salvation and reprobation, was determined by God. [57] In contrast, "libertarian Calvinism", a revision described by Oliver D. Crisp in his book Deviant Calvinism (2014), is a soteriological monergism. [ 58 ]

  5. Motor coordination - Wikipedia

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    A functional muscle synergy is defined as a pattern of co-activation of muscles recruited by a single neural command signal. [18] One muscle can be part of multiple muscle synergies, and one synergy can activate multiple muscles. Synergies are learned, rather than being hardwired, like motor programs, and are organized in a task-dependent manner.

  6. Glossary of systems theory - Wikipedia

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    Synergy: The process by which a system generates emergent properties resulting in the condition in which a system may be considered more than the sum of its parts ...

  7. Group decision-making - Wikipedia

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    The group leaves the choice to chance. For example, picking a number between 1 and 10 or flipping a coin. [6] There are strengths and weaknesses to each of these social decision schemes. Delegation saves time and is a good method for less important decisions, but ignored members might react negatively.

  8. Horizontal integration - Wikipedia

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    An example of horizontal integration in the food industry was the Heinz and Kraft Foods merger. On 25 March 2015, Heinz and Kraft merged into one company, with the deal valued at $46 billion. On 25 March 2015, Heinz and Kraft merged into one company, with the deal valued at $46 billion.

  9. Syndemic - Wikipedia

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    The word is a blend of "synergy" and "epidemics". ... Early epidemiological studies, for example, evaluated the ways in which social and health conditions co-occurred ...