Systems Research and Behavioral Science articles from January 2006

Systems Research and Behavioral Science archives from January 2006

Editorial.(Editorial)
January 1, 2006... Welcome to a new Volume of Systems Research and Behavioral Science. We have some excellent research papers in store for our readers this year and we start on a real high note. The first research paper in this new volume is by the...

Designing, utilizing and evaluating 'technology-creating Ba' in a Japanese scientific research institution.
January 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION One key issue for the 21st-century Center of Excellence (COE) program "Technology Creation Based on Knowledge Science: Theory and Practice' sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan...

New knowledge creation through leadership-based strategic communities: case studies in Japan.
January 1, 2006... NETWORKS OF STRATEGIC COMMUNITIES It is a truism that large, established companies must continually evolve by engaging in various forms of innovation. Particularly in light of the advent of the knowledge society, businesses are faced with a...

Autopoiesis and knowledge in the organization: conceptual foundation for authentic knowledge management.
January 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Today the concept of knowledge undoubtedly arouses interest for those who study or are involved in business management and the economic dynamics of societies, especially in the framework of the crucial transformation...

Seeking Churchman's system for guaranteeing knowledge claims.
January 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION There is only perspective seeing, only perspective 'knowing'; the more effects we allow to speak about one thing, the more eyes, different eyes, we observe one thing, the more complete will our 'concept' of this thing, our...

A philosophical discussion of the root definition in soft systems thinking: an enrichment of CATWOE.
January 1, 2006... OVERVIEW OF SSM AND CATWOE Soft systems methodology (SSM) was originally devised by Peter Checkland (1981) in an attempt to bring the insights of systems theory to situations involving human beings. Its central thrust has been succinctly...

Soft systems approach to project-based education and its practice in a Japanese university.
January 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is, first, to develop and propose a soft systems methodology-based (SSM) approach for project-based education, and then to apply this approach to an information literacy education program at a...

Integrating systems thinking into IS education.(Notes and Insights)
January 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION IS failure (1) has been observed and documented in various articles (Barker and Frolick, 2003; Beresford et al., 1976; Bostrom and Heinen, 1977; Bussen and Michael, 1997; Heeks, 2002; Kay et al., 1999; Kaye, 1990; Keil and...

The Fourth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, University of Carthage, Tunisia, 3-6 July 2006.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... The conference will continue in its endeavours over recent years to develop an interdisciplinary agenda for the humanities. It will include keynote presentations by internationally renowned speakers and numerous small-group workshop and paper...

The Sixth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organisations, Monash University Centre, Prato (near Florence), Italy, 11-14 July 2006.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... To be held on the Tuscan town of Prato, the conference will include some of the world's leading thinkers in the field of knowledge, culture and change management, as well as numerous papers, workshops and colloquium presentations by...

2006 International Conference on Philosophy of Complexity Science and Perceptual Control Theory (PCS & PCT 2006), 17-20 July 2006, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... The conference is organized by: Chinese Society of Philosophy of Nature, Science and Technology Chinese Society of Complexity and Philosophy of Systems Science American Control Systems Group The scope of the conference will...