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International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics

2nd Edition, as published by Charles François 2004 Presented by the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science Vienna for public access.

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The International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics was first edited and published by the system scientist Charles François in 1997. The online version that is provided here was based on the 2nd edition in 2004. It was uploaded and gifted to the center by ASC president Michael Lissack in 2019; the BCSSS purchased the rights for the re-publication of this volume in 200?. In 2018, the original editor expressed his wish to pass on the stewardship over the maintenance and further development of the encyclopedia to the Bertalanffy Center. In the future, the BCSSS seeks to further develop the encyclopedia by open collaboration within the systems sciences. Until the center has found and been able to implement an adequate technical solution for this, the static website is made accessible for the benefit of public scholarship and education.

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MANAGEMENT (INTERACTIVE) 4)

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"A system of management invented explicitely to apply to the management of complexity" (J. WARFIELD, pers. com.).

WARFIELD states: "It is intended to be applied intermittently in organizations, to enable 1992 – 1996 those organizations to cope with issues or situations whose scope is beyond that of the normal type of problem that organizations can readily solve.

"I.M. is related to the… "Science of Generic Design" which provides a scientific basis for the practice of I.M." (Ibid).

The characteristic steps of I.M. are"

"- Definition of the situation or issue: including

1) Approach to complex issue;

2) Exploration, i.e. learning more about the complex issue, and

3) Definition of the complex issue

4) Creation of several alternative designs for resolving the situation or issue

5) Choice of the alternative to be implemented

This will be achieved through the following phases:

"- The Planning phase

"- The Interactive Workshop Phase

"- The Follow-up Phase

("Iterative application of the three phases will frequently occur").

WARFIELD also states: "IM roles are defined for both the supplier of IM services and the client organization. The roles are designed to achieve specific objectives, and to provide a compatible "cast" for the IM "drama". All specified roles must be filled. Role specifications are intended to provide quality control to IM use" (1995c).

Among the most important techniques used WARFIELD cites: Nominal Group Technique, Interpretive Structural Modeling, Field Development, Profile Development, Ideawriting, Delphi and Tradeoff Analysis.

(For complete information see J.N. WARFIELD, 1989, 1990 and 1995a)

Categories

  • 1) General information
  • 2) Methodology or model
  • 3) Epistemology, ontology and semantics
  • 4) Human sciences
  • 5) Discipline oriented

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Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science(2020).

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