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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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AGIL imperatives 1)

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A mnemonic for remembering "the four imperatives that must be adequately fulfilled for a system by its subsystems if that system is to continue to exist" (M.C. JACKSON, 1992, p.46).

"The meaning of the terms that make up AGIL is as follows:

A. Adaptation – the system has to establish relationships between itself and its external environment

G. Goal attainment - goals have to be defined and resources mobilized and managed in pursuit of these goals

I. Integration – the system has to have a means of coordinating its efforts

L. Latency (or pattern maintenance) – the first three requisites for organizational survival have to be solved with the minimum of strain and tension by ensuring that organizational "actors" are motivated to act in the appropriate manner" (Ibid)

As mentioned by JACKSON, these four imperatives where originally stated by T. PARSONS and N.J. SMELSER.

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  • 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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