Allostasis
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CORE DEFINITION
Unlike homeostasis (maintaining a constant value), allostasis refers to the organism maintaining stability in a changing environment by predicting needs and proactively adjusting parameters (e.g., raising blood pressure in advance to cope with impending stress).
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Proactive adaptation perspective. Enterprise management should not pursue static stability (unchanging indicators) but dynamic adaptation (proactively changing structure based on predictions). True health is not constant indicators but agile regulatory capacity.
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Unlike homeostasis which maintains a constant value, allostasis proactively adjusts parameters based on predicting future needs (e.g., raising blood pressure before stress) to maintain stability amid change; it is 'anticipation-driven dynamic adaptation' rather than passive correction.
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- en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allostasisverified
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