Systems Research and Behavioral Science articles from May 1998

Systems Research and Behavioral Science archives from May 1998

Evolution guided by design: a systems perspective.(Systems Design)
May 1, 1998... Keywords conscious evolution; evolution by design; evolutionary competence; evolutionary consciousness; evolutionary guidance systems; evolutionary learning; guided evolution; societal evolution; systems perspective of evolution A SYSTEMS...

Visioning the future of social systems: evolutionary and discontinuous leap approaches.(Systems Design)
May 1, 1998... Keywords idealized user-design of social systems; appreciative inquiry INTRODUCTION Social systems design has been called `a journey to create the future' (Banathy, 1991, 1996a), which begins with a felt sense that a social arrangement...

Whether to design and plan a life.(Systems Design)
May 1, 1998... Keywords autobiography; career counseling; decision making; design; education; ethics; lifelong learning; human development; lifestyle; plan; personal guidance system; planning; social systems design; vocational guidance The human lifespan may...

Human nature, humanistic social systems, and design.(Systems Design)
May 1, 1998... Keywords human nature; social system; design; quality-of-life; humanistic; psychology; values INTRODUCTION Historically, a variety of system types organized human interactions under `command and control' administrations, which consisted...

Evaluating educational system designs.(Systems Design)
May 1, 1998... Keywords evaluation; education; system design; system evaluation INTRODUCTION Background How adequate are the more traditional evaluation theories and methodologies for the task of evaluating new systems designs? Created in...

Guidelines for facilitating systemic change in school districts.(Systems Design)
May 1, 1998... Keywords systemic change process; K-12 education; systems design; facilitation; guidance system INTRODUCTION Increasingly, educators are recognizing that the conditions and educational needs of their communities are becoming...

Chaos has no plural - trying out a holistic approach to organizational learning.(Systems Design)
May 1, 1998... Keywords organizational learning; systemic change management; complexity in organizations; chaotic processes "But in your half sleep the nerve fiber that carries the light impulses will not connect with the zone of vision. You will hear...

Beyond boundaries: an application of systemic tools to transcend corporate turfs.(Systems Design)
May 1, 1998... Keywords social system design, Evolutionary Guidance Systems (EGS), common service delivery, human resources, social system dimensions BACKGROUND Corporate Downsizing In a global economy businesses have been reengineered,...

The development of health care technology through design and emergence.(Systems Design)
May 1, 1998... Keywords design; emergence; technology; health care; teleonics; process INTRODUCTION The mere mention of technology in health care, perhaps more notably than in any other field, evokes extreme reactions (Florman, 1981; Jennett, 1986)....