..., proposes an organizational theory for society and for cooperatives, strongly grounded in both, self-management and control. It presents a theory of self-management as a balancing effort to the control exercised by the external economic, political and societal forces of the environment. The literature also...

..., its effects should be measured at the general sociological level. The “Green Pass” allowed Italian social life to be shaped according to a social and political profile that can be traced back to a “society of control”. This paper aims to discuss the aforementioned issue. Design/methodology/approach...

... “payoffs” investigated in game theory; it allows studying repeated exchange and resulting accumulation of utility; it allows mapping power relations. Originality/value The paper shows the interrelation between cybernetic principles of control, goal-orientated human behavior and the utility concept...

... and managerial control – a major challenge for the administration of academic institutions. The ideas of Charles Darwin represent an opportunity for overcoming such a challenge. However, traditional managerial models show inadequate, pre-Darwinian assumptions for devising organizational designs. This paper aims...

... = 8 different states. In their traffic control application, however, traffic lights make use of only four states: red, red-and-amber, green, amber. The state red-and-amber-and-green, for example, is not designated for use in this application. The s-variety of traffic lights, accordingly...

... advertising (Wang et al., 2016) and so on. H1. The relationship between central and local government is agency relationship, information between them is asymmetric and target of central government is social welfare maximization. Control Game theory Information...

... is adopted by the species. The dynamic differential equation is as follows: Yidan Chen can be contacted at: chenyidan916@163.com © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Trust Control Corporation Evolutionary game Nonprofit...

...Yi Lin; Hejing Xiong; Mianyun Chen; Andrej Bertoncelj; Klemen Kavčič Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate whether protection of core capabilities requires a greater level of control, i.e. ownership, even if it is at the cost of lower flexibility. Despite the significant research...

... through which every system is purported to pass through during its life cycle: system enthusiasts, visionaries, pragmatists, conservatives and sceptics: Cybernetics Databases Control Programming and algorithm theory Advancements in visualization system have led to the development...

...Mian‐yun Chen; Yi Lin; Hejing Xiong; Huaishu Li; Lizhong Song; Yanhui Lai Purpose In order to improve performance robustness of control systems, the discrete variable structure control (VSC) design for uncertain systems and its application to a ship autopilot are to be discussed in this paper...

... paper showing that these few cybernetic principles determine the possibilities of social change – and of history. Helmut Nechansky can be contacted at: hn@nechansky.co.at © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Cybernetics Control Decision making Organizational analysis Social...

...Ranulph Glanville; Theodore Zamenopoulos; Katerina Alexiou Purpose Even though design as a purposeful activity naturally fits into the realm of cybernetics, the emphasis on control has limited the scope of using cybernetic principles in design. The idea of organization, another fundamental concept...

...Ranulph Glanville; Terence Love; Trudi Cooper Purpose This paper sets out to report on research by the authors into the development and application of four extensions to Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety (LoRV) that increase its utility in the arena of unplanned changes in hegemonic control...

... in the end is rooted in theories of “energy.” And I have a kind of suspicion that these metaphors are not only wrong but also dangerous. Wendel A. Ray can be contacted at: waray@bellsouth.net © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Cybernetics Structural analysis Control For many...

...James Rowe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that culture is our primeval management that has its roots the same desire for control that management does. The paper explores the fundamental cognitive systems that allow us to create culture. Design/methodology/approach The paper...

...Johannes van der Zouwen; Johannes H. Smit Purpose In survey interviews information is transferred to the researchers via a communication process between interviewers and respondents. This process is controlled directly by the interviewers, and indirectly by the researchers who constructed...

...Vadim I. Kvitash Relonics is a systems‐specific technology based on a complete scientific theory of control, regulation and coordination in super‐complex systems which allows generation of a new class of relational systemic information currently not available from any existing technologies. © MCB...

...A. Benabidallah; Y. Cherruault; Y. Tourbier Decomposition of several variables functions by means of functions of one variable was a fundamental problem, studied by mathematicians, and the specially by KOLMOGOROV school. This question is closely connected with optimization and optimal control...

...Manuel A. Duarte‐Mermoud; Ignacio Chang J. This paper presents a method for designing a fixed controller, which is able to control in a stable fashion a family of linear time‐invariant n‐th order plants with arbitrary relative degree. This plant family is defined in terms of a nominal...

... to information theory is described. After briefly critiquing the literature in information theory, a new kind of cybernetic information will be proposed called “control information.” Control information is not a “thing” but an attribute of the relationships between things. It is defined as: the capacity (know...