... perspective on resilience, and new insights into way that organizations maintain their viability. Accountability Resilience Transparency Education Conversation Neoliberalism Black box Variety It is shown that within complex social environments, the unconsidered imposition...

...Paul Pangaro Purpose In an ideal situation, the author would like to answer each of the following questions: What is Conversation? What is Theory? What is Conversation Theory, anyhow? How did it arise? Who participated? How is it a theory? Where did it end up? Is it interesting? How might...

..., conversational processes and to take involved observers into account. Findings – The analysis of the three case studies shows that design-oriented approaches to CA aimed at generating novelty require “second-order CA” – CA that are based on second-order cybernetic principles. Research limitations...

... one course, into another course, which focused on designing such technology. Design Learning environments Conversation Evaluation Tangible The design and creation of digital systems that meet people's needs and capabilities requires a large skill set. To address...

... structure as a framework for creating a system of schools world-wide is new and has value for anyone contemplating alternative educational systems. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Teaching Learning Conversation Action and understanding Knowledge and wisdom Non-hierarchical systems...

... of architecture by observers. Design/methodology/approach The paper focuses on the designers' use of forms of representation, such as drawings, with reference to the cybernetic understanding of conversation. This account is then used to discuss the representational properties of architecture itself...

... addressing small group social interaction in social sciences. Findings The hypothesis was formulated of interactive evolution describing interactive evolution as a cyclic process that begins with the seeds of feedback reactivity (response), goes to the emergent conversation and developing towards...

.... This discussion is based on second‐order cybernetics principles, in which the researcher's role is considered in the observation process. It emphasizes the idea that media art is a social and aesthetic system based on conversation and autopoietic processes. Design/methodology/approach This argument is based...

...‐conversation, allowing the conversation to be steered. On the meta‐ (the corrective) layer, we criticise, ask questions (conversationally) such as “Is this what you were saying?” or “Can we get back to the point?” As indicated earlier, I insist on a third, substrate layer – the theme on which the conversation...

... more about assessment, prescription and proscription. Keywords: Analogy, Circularity, Conversation, Cybernetics,Design, Novelty www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/03684920710827238 This article originally appeared in Volume 36 Number 9/10, 2007, pp. 1173-206 of Kybernetes...

... Kybernetes “Human robustness and conscious purpose in contemporary medicine”Georg Ivanovas, Vlassis Tomaras, Vasiliki Papadioti, Nikolaos ParitsisVol. 36 Nos 7/8, 2007 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Analogy Circularity Conversation Cybernetics Design...

... of the word, as a problem solving activity that lives in the world of the complex‐yet‐definable. Analogy Circularity Conversation Cybernetics Design Novelty This paper is made up of two‐halves, and should, in effect, be seen as two papers in one. I value what designers actually do...