.... This article explores how audiovisual environments may afford observational practices compatible with complex systems and introduces the concept of perceptual habitability as a way of addressing this question. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a qualitative and conceptual approach that combines...

...Leonardo Lavanderos Purpose This paper addresses a persistent limitation in second-order cybernetics: the lack of a formal differentiation capable of distinguishing between modes of structural stability and modes of relational viability in complex systems. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

... performance metrics – efficiency and responsiveness – and overall organizational fit, defined as the optimal level of both, are contingent on internal and environmental complexity drivers. Findings We find that crowdsourcing is the superior choice when both dimensions of environmental complexity...

...”. Organisations adopt policies and strategies to recognise and implement these new change forms. However, the path is complex and uncertain. Leaders and managers must understand the “Great Reset” dynamics and its potential impact on organisations. Principal areas necessitating organisational change due...

...Arantzazu Saratxaga Arregi Purpose Based on the reception of the principle of self-organization, the core of Heinz von Foerster's operational theories, I hypothesize how Heinz von Foerster's theory can be an orientation model for the epistemological problem of complexity. I have chosen this study...

... terms such as cybernetics, cybernetics systems, complex adaptive systems, viable system models (VSM), agent-based modeling, feedback loops and complexity systems. Design/methodology/approach The analysis leveraged R Studio’s biblioshiny function to perform bibliometric mapping. Keyword searches were...

... of living things. Design/methodology/approach The design is based on the use of the relationship between abduction, epigenesis, cismogenesis and morphogenesis. Findings This paper concludes with a counter-intuitive proposal to the dominant lines of thought, distinguishing: Complexity as vital...

...Tiago F.A.C. Sigahi; Laerte Idal Sznelwar Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: (1) to map and analyze existing complexity typologies and (2) to develop a framework for characterizing complexity-based approaches. Design/methodology/approach This study was conducted in three stages: (1...

...”. The analysis of many cases of digitalization projects leads to some higher-level principles useful for description most of them – trust, umwelt and complexity. Findings Based on the analysis of empirical material, the principle of requisite trust is introduced based on the definition of trust through...

...Andersen Niels Åkerstrøm; Justine Grønbæk Pors Purpose This article explores how the Danish public sector, over time, has followed different temporal strategies in order to extend the present and handle the system's increasing complexity, thereby counteracting a tendency towards entropy...

.../2012 , p. 244). Inspired by Churchman’s work (Churchman, 1968 , 1979 , 1982 ; Ulrich, 1988), Valentinov (2017b) suggests that moral communication can be feedback-centered, and he points to the complexity-sustainability tradeoff (Valentinov, 2013 , 2014). In line with Luhmann, he argues...

... the problem, and numerical experiments are done to analyze the complex characteristic of the system. Findings The result shows that the retailer is willing to provide a higher level of service if his risk preference is higher. The offline retail price and online retail price are positively related...

...Nicholas Weaver Purpose Theoretical generalisation provides the basis for tackling problems of service complexity, fragmentation and disrupted care pathways. Design/methodology/approach Recent mental health service transformation in Wales, United Kingdom, has been stimulated by a policy...

... by Prigogine’s (1967) thermodynamic theory that has encouraged biotic ecology theory to be generalised within complexity theory. Complex adaptive systems (CAS) is a formal paradigm that can be used to investigate the dynamics of those complex living systems that maintain their viability using adaptation through...

... than a single source. Social implications The current crisis of the corona virus demonstrates the strength and the limitations of reductionist thinking. It is appropriate at this time that other methods and ideas of thinking about complexity are “visible”. Whilst there are many ideas, techniques...

...Maurice Yolles Purpose This paper has two parts, namely, Part 1 and Part 2. The purpose of this paper (Part 1) is to explain an adaptive relational paradigm that can efficaciously respond to the complex issues in wicked problems. A relational paradigm can work across the disciplines and fields...

... that potentially enables political outcomes in complex socio-political environments to be anticipated, given additional appropriate measurement criteria. Originality/value The synergy of agency and institutional theories to explain the process of development is new, as is its application to the political...

..., it will allow conceptual and empirical methods to be used that will potentially enable political outcomes in complex socio-political environments to be anticipated. Social implications The implication of this research is that it will allow empirical methods to be used that potentially enables political...

... to say whether modern Irish society could be said to be “better” than that in the nineteenth century. Causality Homeostasis Autopoiesis Complexity A chess player is governed more by his worst moments than by his best moments. (Wiener, 1954) Certain perspectives of history...

... is reconstructed, updated and applied to twenty-first century political phenomena. The insights are validated, and the analytical framework’s robustness is demonstrated. Cybernetics Complexity Sociocybernetics Second-order cybernetics Emergence Autopoiesis The purpose of the paper is to set out...