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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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The active involvement of – if possible – all the stakeholders in the design and management of the system they are parts of.

M.E. DODDS and G. JAROS write: "Specialized hierarchies with separation of authority and responsability have lost their effectiveness and efficiency".

This is a result of the evermore intricated character of great modern organizations, in which no one can anymore know every important aspect, nor even clearly see why some aspects are relevant.

On the other hand, stakeholders are becoming, by need, evermore qualified, reflexive, and even sophisticated.

DODDS and JAROS conclude: "… over the past decades we have learned that one cannot develop others, although one can facilitate their self -development. Managers are beginning to learn, and politicians are hopefully soon to learn, that one also cannot control others anymore… Empowerment of people and empowerment of nature are both required" (1994).

These new features in sociosystems explain the emergence of new ways to manage problems and design systems.

→ Design conversation, Generic Design, Heterarchy, Problem.

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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