Systems Research and Behavioral Science articles from January 2002

Systems Research and Behavioral Science archives from January 2002

Editorial.
January 1, 2002... We start this new volume of Systems Research and Behavioral Science with a highly topical research paper. Peter Corning questions what the political buzzword `devolution' actually means. In addressing this topic, he makes the link to the...

`Devolution' as an opportunity to test the `synergism hypothesis' and a cybernetic theory of political systems. (Research Paper).
January 1, 2002... THE DEVOLUTION OF `DEVOLUTION' `Devolution' is a political buzzword these days as empires, nations, bureaucracies and even business firms collapse, divide, downsize, outsource and in various ways become less than they once were. In the...

Enriching the model-building phase of soft systems methodology. (Research Paper).
January 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION The importance of worldviews, perceptions and conceptual tools in design situations is becoming increasingly acknowledged as the view on design as a mental activity is recognized and emphasized (Dahlbom, 1992; Fairtlough,...

Analysing IT ethics. (Research Paper).(information technology)
January 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION In many professions such as medicine, law and the armed forces there are ethical decisions that need to be made on a frequent basis. For example, the possibilities of human genetic engineering within the medical profession has...

A systems view of the evolution in information systems development. (Research Paper).
January 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION After decades of evolution, the roles and missions of information systems (IS) have dramatically changed. IS have traditionally been regarded as a product or a service, and now they have a new function as an innovative...

Organization design initiated by information system development: a methodology and its practice in Japan. (Research Paper).
January 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION The purpose of the present paper is to propose a methodology for initiating effective organization design by information system development. The primary emphasis of our methodology is on organization design since we believe...

A report on the China-Japan-UK systems project: cross-cultural learning and integration. (Notes and Insights).
January 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION One of the most remarkable features of systems science lies in the fact that it has been developed in the course of the effort to analyse and synthesize complex systems that we encounter in the contemporary society. As an...