Systems Research and Behavioral Science articles from September 2003

Systems Research and Behavioral Science archives from September 2003

Systems thinking: managing complexity and change.(Editorial)(Editorial)
September 1, 2003... The 46th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences was jointly organized with the Chinese Society for Systems Sciences, and, following the Conference held in Seoul, Korea in 1997, took place between 2 and 5 August...

Chaos and complexity theory in management: an exploration from a critical systems thinking perspective.(Research Paper)
September 1, 2003... This paper presents the theoretical and practical findings emerging from an exploratory study of Chaos and Complexity Theory (C&CT) as an alternative approach to propitiate new understandings about the nature of management in organizations....

Living systems science methodology for managing complexity and change.(Research paper)
September 1, 2003... Methodologies for managing complexity and change based on living systems science are presented. Managing complexity and change requires an understanding of complex systems and their environments. Living systems science provides a means for...

So what's new about complexity?(Research Paper)
September 1, 2003... This paper addresses the extent to which the insights of what is called the New Sciences (Catastrophe, Chaos and Complexity Theory) for organizational life are novel, and to what extent they do not take managers much further forward than other...

Study on the chaos model of liquidity in the stock market.(Research Paper)
September 1, 2003... For a stock market, a critical problem is the maintenance of its liquidity. Market liquidity can be described in various ways, in particular, in terms of the bid/offer spread and the market depth. A model of market liquidity dynamics has been...

Chaos and order through fluctuations in global capitalism in the twenty-first century.(Research Paper)
September 1, 2003... It is often suggested that capitalism is an unplanned economic system. In the absence of any overall mechanism for planning productivity, it is only through periodic recession that a market system can shut down activities which have become...

Uncovering system teleology: a case for reading unconscious patterns of purposive intent in organizations.(Research Paper)
September 1, 2003... Contemporary organizations are teleological--purposive--structures, designed to fulfil myriad societal needs. The purposive efforts of any organization are shaped by knowledge. Organizational knowledge includes both conscious and unconscious...

A three-phase design methodology for complex social systems.(Research Paper)
September 1, 2003... The complexity of a theory must adapt to the complexity of the corresponding reality. According to classical systems theory, it is the structure that characterizes the organizing status of an organization or a system. This paper discusses the...

The Design Way.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... This is a reflective and timely book. It calls for a synthetic worldview and, in doing so, offers a rounded vision of design and its societal role. Its approach will frustrate those wanting precision, structure and clarity in their designing....