The four concepts are: (i) interrelationships; (ii) perspectives; (iii) boundaries; and (iv) dynamics.
At 16m36s into the recording, the debate turned to Jackson for a response.
[16m36] Thanks, Barb. I’m concerned with the way in which we use systems thinking in evaluation. I’ll try and pick out some issues that I see with the Systems Concepts approach, which means the use of interrelationships, perspectives, boundaries, and dynamics in evaluation practice.
[17m00s] And to make the case for what I think is the clearer guidance that Critical Systems Practice can give.
[17m09s] A problem with the concepts is that they…
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Apparently complex problems can have very simple solutions
“The following text explains at great length what it is Systemic Consulting and Organisational Constellations methodology: how they function, for what they are used, its practical application and other information.”
Also a selection of resources at http://cecilioregojo.com/talent_manager_1_000012.htm
The tongue plays a fundamental role in several body functions such as swallowing, breathing, speaking, and chewing. Its action is not confined to the oral cavity, but it affects lower limb muscle strength and posture. The tongue is an organ that has an autocrine/paracrine mechanism of action to synthesize different substances to interact with the whole body; according to a line of thought, it is also an extension of the enteric system. The aim of this study was to review the functions of the tongue and its anatomical association with the body system. According to the authors’ knowledge, this is the first scientific article focusing on the tongue in a systemic context. In a clinical evaluation, connections with the tongue should be considered to optimize the clinical examination of the tongue and therefore enhance rehabilitation programs and therapeutic results.
Unwelcome news via Mark Johnson passed to the CYBCOM mailing list:
I am deeply sorry to write to inform you that Prof. Loet Leydesdorff died on Saturday morning. I’m sure many within the cybernetics community will share a deep sense of loss. .
Others will have better-informed tributes than I – and they are very welcome to post them here, and if I find them, I will share. But his work on knowledge-based economies, innovation, and growth (triple- and n-helix models) was globally recognised, and his work on Luhrmann, constructivism, redundancy and information theory, and application of the latter to music was truly interesting. A true multi-skilled, insight-generating cybernetician.
Here’s a brief introduction – by him – to his 2020 book
Other canonical links (starting with his website):
https://www.leydesdorff.net/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ych9gNYAAAAJ&hl=en
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loet_Leydesdorff
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Loet-Leydesdorff/research
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loet_Leydesdorff
https://cepa.info/author/leydesdorff-l
There are also interesting posts and already one tribute post on his facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/loet.leydesdorff/
https://stream.syscoi.com/2021/01/31/towards-a-calculus-of-redundancy-leyersdorff-2021/
https://stream.syscoi.com/2021/04/27/the-evolutionary-dynamics-of-discursive-knowledge-leyersdorff-2021-open-access-book/
and (very interesting, and just shared because I found a legal download link):
https://stream.syscoi.com/2023/03/13/beers-viable-system-model-and-luhmanns-communication-theory-organizations-from-the-perspective-of-metagames-johnson-and-leydesdorff-2013/
Beer’s Viable System Model and Luhmann’s Communication Theory: ‘Organizations’ from the Perspective of MetagamesSystems Research and Behavioral Science (2013)23 Pages Posted: 16 Jun 2013 Last revised: 2 Aug 2013Mark JohnsonUniversity of BoltonLoet Leydesdorff
March 13 (the second Monday of the month) is the 108th meeting for Systems Thinking Ontario. The registration is on Eventbrite at https://ecological-limits.eventbrite.ca .
Ecological Limits to Development: Living with the Sustainable Development Goals
This session celebrates the open access release of The Ecological Limits to Development!
Katie Kish and Stephen Quilley critique and reimagine the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The existing SDGs are challenged through perspectives of ecological economics and complexity thinking. New goals that align more thoroughly to biophysical limits to growth are suggested.
Ways in which this set of new SDGs could be made usable for Canadian municipalities are also considered.
From the book description …
Drawing on ideas from H.T. Odum, Herman Daly, Zigmunt Bauman, and many others, this book provides guiding research for a convergence between North and South that is bottom-up, household-centred, and predicated on a re-emerging domain of Livelihood.
Systems Changes Learning: Recasting and reifying rhythmic shifts for doing, alongside thinking and making | first Systems Changes article by David Ing in peer reviewed journal JSCI
EconPapers: The Pretence of Knowledge – Hayek’s Nobel Prize Lecture, 1974
(The paper which Graham Berrisford alleges looks like a riposte to Stafford Beer’s CyberSyn – in any case, a useful and interesting piece of systems thinking)
The Best of Bees: Friedrich Hayek and Stafford Beer at the 1960 Symposium on the Principles of Self-OrganizationPost authorBy jhiblogPost dateJuly 29, 2022By Maxfield Hancock
Blog 3: Systems Thinking in Research: Considering Interrelationships in Research Through Rich PicturesResearch Stream: Stories/Lived ExperiencesAuthors: Bob Williams, Systems Thinking Practitioner, Trainer and Evaluator – Consultant. Joan O’Donnell, Systems Thinking Trainer and PhD Researcher at Maynooth University’s Assisting Living and Learning Institute, Research Funded through the Science Foundation of Ireland (SFI) Centre for Research Training in Advanced Networks for Sustainable Societies (ADVANCE CRT)
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