... into way that organizations maintain their viability. Accountability Resilience Transparency Education Conversation Neoliberalism Black box Variety Ross Ashby described the modus operandi of cybernetics: “it treats, not things but ways of behaving. It does not ask...

...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...

... at this level, then, happens in the doing, whether by trial and error or with guidance from someone who has already demonstrated an ability to deal with certain situations – a mentor or teacher. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Teaching Learning Conversation Action and understanding...

... the circle of acting, learning and understanding, we wanted our students to act as participants – to listen and to converse – not to be receiving delivered knowledge, rather to be exploring their own (and our shared) emergent set of questions. This required a higher order critical reflection and knowledge...

... 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...

... (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 is based (i.e. its context). This layer indicates the constraints within which the conversation occurs by providing the theme...

... 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...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Analogy Circularity Conversation Cybernetics Design Novelty Article Type: Awards of excellence From: Kybernetes, Volume 38, Issue 1/2 Kybernetes: The International Journal of Systems & Cybernetics "Try...

... of the design act, whereas many earlier attempts have been concerned with research that is much more about assessment, prescription and proscription. Keywords: Analogy, Circularity, Conversation, Cybernetics,Design, Novelty www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/03684920710827238 This article originally...

... disagreement with many other authors in the issue) is as follows. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 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. Because this special...