When a failure occurs, people tend to view the problem in two perspectives; individualistic perspective and systematic perspectives. Individualistic perspective refers to where, on the occurrence of an event, the focus is made on causes and effect assumptions of the reality-based on the psychology of an individual. This perspective concentrates more on finding who is accountable for an action and what should be done to them. On the other hand, system perspective tends to determine the causes of an event by examining both individual and other factors surrounding the situation, such as organizational and cultural factors. To clearly understand these perspectives, we must define the following terms. Context refers to circumstances surrounding the occurrence of an event. Circular causality refers to a feedback loop where immediate causes of events are examined to determine the original purpose. Interactional cycles relate to the relationship between various factors that lead to the occurrence of an event. An excellent example of a scenario applying both individualistic and systematic perspectives is where a youth using drugs may appear to be having a personality problem from individualistic perspective while on systematic view, his drug usage may be attributed to other factors such as social problems in home and school.
A peer fruit is yellow, narrow on the top and broad at the bottom, with a stem originating for the tip of the small part. This pear is hanging from a huge tree with a lot of leaves and several other fruits. However this particular fruit is the only one which is yellow, the others are green. From this description, it is evident that my perspective is shifting from individualistic to systematic. At first, my explanation is based on the fruit itself; thus, this is an individualistic perspective. However, in my second description, I widen my horizon to describing the tree itself, the leaves and the other fruits as well hence taking systematic perspective.
Therefore, in conclusion, people have different perspectives (individualistic and systematic perspectives) on the occurrence of events. Given the situation of circumstances, it is good, every time before making a judgment, you consider both individual and other factors surrounding the case.