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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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DESIGN (Co-participative) 1)4)

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A design process in which each and every stakeholder takes part.

The classical design process of some specific project by experts – generally without due consideration for the context - leads evermore frequently to great disasters (C. FRANÇOIS, 1989, p.1101-11).

This is a result of single mindedness of the over specialized experts or pressure groups.

The only way to acquire a good understanding of the multiple aspects of any situation is to consult and listen to all those who are enmeshed in it and, when possible after giving them the suitable information, discuss the critical points with them in order to reach consensual conclusions and decisions.

Such a process could be long and painful, but it is the price to be paid in order to avoid still more painful and, in many cases irreversible negative results. Moreover, with time, better co-participative design methods will hopefully be developed.

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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