In this diagram, I illustrate that the enterprise itself can be considered an object within a larger environment.
This model reemphasizes the “unitary” or holistic viewpoint present in the approach. It starts from a unitary, rather than a fragmented, perspective. The enterprise is seen as a single entity/system within its environment.
Because of the unitary foundation of this approach, the concept of enterprise integration in subsumed. “Integration” is less required when this unitary approach is taken.
In this regard, I view an enterprise as a single dynamical subsystem within a larger dynamical system, its environment. One way of looking at this is to ask the question: How many things are there? The answer will probably be either "an infinite number" or "one". One thing, with its various interdependent components, is easier to understand and manage that millions of separate things. This applies especially to human enterprise.
An overall framework, such as this, is a foundation, and is defined with more detail filled in from the middle and then increasingly greater detail built in at the top. As an analogy, a tree grows from a seed, to a trunk/tap-root, to branches/roots, and then to the dynamic leaves/tendrils. This concept's foundation starts from a unitary perspective, rather than a fragmented one. An enterprise is seen as a single entity/system, comprised of large numbers of integral components, within its larger environment. Each person within the enterprise is as an integral component, and yet is also a unique and interdependent entity from other perspectives.
Because of the unitary and fully connected foundation, this approach to enterprise engineering subsumes the concepts of differentiation, analysis, synthesis, and integration.
Integration of differentiated elements is needed less when this unitary approach is taken. The economical refinement (decomposition) and maintenance of mission and process, from a comprehensive and stable framework, becomes the principle focus of development, rather than uneconomical integration of fragmented and inconsistent missions and processes.