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Organization and conflict

Kenneth E. BouldingView all authors and affiliations
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1 These cases can be formalized into a mathe matical measure of expansion conflict. Suppose we have n organizations, occupying a field of size X, apportioned among them in amounts x1, x2, ..., xn. Suppose that each organization has a desired rate of growth (or decline), r1, r2, ..., rn. Let R be the rate of growth of the whole field. Then expansion conflict potential may be meas ured by the expression C = r 1x1- RX . If the aggregate desired rate of expansion is equal to the actual rate of growth of the whole field, expansion conflict potential will be zero. If the aggregate desired expansion is greater than the actual growth of the field, there will be con flict: C will be positive. The greater the excess of the aggregate desired expansion over the growth of the field, the greater the potential for conflict. Negative values of C are not particularly signifi cant and simply indicate no conflict. This is the situation where the expansion pressure of the organizations is so small that they reach their equilibrium sizes without even exhausting the available field.

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