Developing our own organisations

2021 ◽  
pp. 99-110
Author(s):  
Peter Beresford
Keyword(s):  
Identity Politics ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
Working Together ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Self Organizing

This chapter develops the discussion about working together by exploring how to have a real say — how we can develop our own organisations, as a basis for self-organization, rather than merely serving other people's causes. It looks beyond identity politics and the limitations associated with them, to focus on organising on the basis of shared experience, particularly of discrimination and exclusion. The chapter provides a basis for self-organizing around common understandings and strongly internalised goals arising from the desire to challenge oppression. It then returns to the self-organizing of disabled people, which has highlighted the difference between traditional processes where non-disabled people controlled the agenda and one where disabled people seek to speak and act on their own behalf, setting up and controlling their own organisations. Ultimately, the chapter mentions the case study of a 'user-led organisation', Shaping Our Lives, in which the author has been actively involved. Like other self-run organisations, it has done things differently to achieve different objectives, offering helpful insights for advancing participatory ideology in practice.

Extending the self-organization algorithm of chlorosomal bacteriochlorophylls to synthetic pigments

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (04) ◽  
pp. 277-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihaela Carmen Balaban ◽  
Teodor Silviu Balaban
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Nonpolar Solvents ◽  
Zinc Porphyrins ◽  
Cyano Groups ◽  
Synthetic Pigments ◽  
Self Organizing

Two new zinc porphyrins having two meso-undecyl solubilizing groups and two meso-formyl groups or two meso-cyano groups have been prepared in good yields and were shown by stationary absorption and fluorescence spectroscopies to self-organize in nonpolar solvents such as n-heptane. The diformyl and dicyano recognition groups can thus successfully replace the hydroxy and carbonyl recognition groups encountered in the natural self-organizing bacteriochlorophylls and which were, up to now, the only recognition groups used in synthetic or semisynthetic bacteriochlorophyll mimics.

Managing to Facilitate Cross-Sectoral Inter-Organizational Collaborations

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-41
Author(s):  
Yuki Kawabata
Keyword(s):  
Medical Technology ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
The Self ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Comprehensive Management ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
German States ◽  
Organization Process

The promotion of new and competitive industries through cross-sectoral inter-organizational collaborations are tackled in many regions globally. This study explores the management of facilitating collaboration with consideration of the planned approach to change based on change management theory. The “initial conditions,” “field,” and “emerging interaction toward the collaborations” are clarified as key elements for management through intervention. It is considered how these interventions are implemented on these elements. A conceptual model for considering comprehensive management of the self-organization process toward collaboration is proposed. In the case study, experiences of the medical technology industry of three German states are examined. The activities of cluster organizations of these states, which provide services to facilitate cross-sectoral collaborations, are scrutinized. The results of the case study are comparatively analyzed, and the modified conceptual framework is depicted by reflecting the findings of the study. The implications are then discussed.

ROBUSTNESS OF GUIDED SELF-ORGANIZATION AGAINST SENSORIMOTOR DISRUPTIONS

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (02n03) ◽  
pp. 1350001 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEORG MARTIUS
Keyword(s):  
Fault Tolerance ◽  
Visual Target ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Proof Of Concept ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Wheeled Robot ◽  
Continuous Domains ◽  
Sensor Configuration ◽  
Self Organizing

Self-organizing processes are crucial for the development of living beings. Practical applications in robots may benefit from the self-organization of behavior, e.g., to increase fault tolerance and enhance flexibility, provided that external goals can also be achieved. We present results on the guidance of self-organizing control by visual target stimuli and show a remarkable robustness to sensorimotor disruptions. In a proof of concept study an autonomous wheeled robot is learning an object finding and ball-pushing task from scratch within a few minutes in continuous domains. The robustness is demonstrated by the rapid recovery of the performance after severe changes of the sensor configuration.

An Approach to Chaos and Self-Organizing Behaviors in Symbiotic Relationships between Human and Robots

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuo Wada ◽  
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Sadayoshi Mikami
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Symbiotic Relationships ◽  
Self Organizing

This paper describes the role of chaos and the self-organization for achieving a symbiosis between the human and robots through an evolution of the robots and an adaptability of the robots to a complexity. It will be our great pleasure if this paper is helpful for promoting discussions among the readers.

CHARACTERIZATION AND MORPHOLOGY CONTROL OF POLY(p-PHENYLENEDIAMINE) MICROSTRUCTURES IN DIFFERENT pH

NANO ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 06 (06) ◽  
pp. 597-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
SI-WEI YANG ◽  
FANG LIAO
Keyword(s):  
Synthesis Method ◽  
Morphology Control ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Controlled Synthesis ◽  
Ph Change ◽  
Solubility In Water ◽  
Product Morphology ◽  
Shape Controlled ◽  
The Difference

A novel and shape-controlled synthesis method for uniformly-shaped poly(p-phenylenediamine) (PpPD) microparticles was developed using ( NH 4)2 S 2 O 8 (APS) as an oxidant. The results demonstrated that the morphologies of PpPD varied from nanofibers to nanospheres and nest-like microspheres by tuning the pH of solution. Tiny pH change leads to the significant change in product morphology. The structure of microspheres is similar to graphene which was first discovered. Further study showed that the PpPD nanofibers were dimer. The difference in the structure of PpPD nanofibers and nanospheres (microspheres) resulted in different solubility in water. The nanosized oligomer crystallites served as starting templates for the nucleation of PpPD nanofibers. Further growth of nanofibers was proceeded by the self-organization of phenazine units or their blocks located at the ends of the PpPD chains.

scholarly journals Mõistuse suutlikkuse piiridest

2009 ◽  
pp. 81-91
Author(s):  
Leo Näpinen
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Open Society ◽  
General Rules ◽  
The World ◽  
Self Organizing

Toetudes Friedrich August Hayeki spontaansete kordade ja George Sorose poolt teostatud Karl Raimund Popperi avatud ühiskonna mõiste edasiarendusele ning autori enese tööle iseorganiseerumise ja organiseerimise mõistete eksplitseerimisel, näidatakse, et mõistuse suutlikkusele maailma muutmisel (konstrueerimisel ja organiseerimisel) seab piirid iseorganiseerumine—struktuuride spontaanne, s.o. loomulik, ilma välise korrastava põhjuseta, tekkimine. Spontaansuse õitsenguks peavad valitsema teatavad üldised, suures koosluses käitumise reeglid. Iseorganiseeruva ja evolutsioneeruva reaalsuse, kuhu me ise kuulume, mõistmine on ebatäiuslik (s.o. see ei saa olla neutraalne või objektiivne või täielik) jameie tegevusel on ettekavatsemata tagajärjed. Kõik loomulik-ajaloolised süsteemid organiseeruvad ise kui avatud süsteemid omaeneste eesmärkidega ja spontaanse käitumisega terviklikus iseorganiseeruvas maailmas.Basing upon Friedrich August Hayek's concept of spontaneous orders and upon the elaboration of Karl Raimund Popper's concept of open society carried out by George Soros, and also basing upon author's own former work on the explication of the concepts of self-organization and organization, it is demonstrated that this is the self-organization - a spontaneous, i.e., a natural (without the external ordering reason) formation of structures - that puts the limits to the capability of mind in changing the world. For flourishing the spontaneity, certain general rules must exist. The understanding of the self-organizing and evolving reality where we ourselves belong to is imperfect (i.e., it cannot be neutral or objective or complete) and our activity leads to the results we have not intended.

What Are Institutions?

2007 ◽  
pp. 28-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Hodgson
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Theory ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
The Self ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Social Rules ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Type Of Institution ◽  
Key Terms ◽  
Special Case ◽  
Self Organizing

A primary aim of this paper is to establish some workable meanings of key terms of institutional theory including institution, convention and organization, by drawing on insights from several academic disciplines. Institutions are defined broadly as systems of established and prevalent social rules that structure social interactions. This, in turn, prompts some examination of the concept of a rule, and why rules are followed. The author discusses some general issues concerning how institutions function and how they interact with individual agents, their habits, and their beliefs. The paper also addresses the controversial distinction between institutions and organizations. D. North’s influential formulations of these terms are criticized for being incomplete and misleading. The author examines this distinction and what may be meant by the term formal when applied to institutions or rules. Here an organization is treated as a type of institution involving membership and sovereignty. Further types of institution are also considered, including the difference between self-organizing and other institutions. The article identifies an excessive bias in the discussion of institutions toward those of the self-organizing type, showing theoretically that these are a special case. The author argues that institutions also differ with regard to their degree of sensitivity to changes in the personalities of the agents involved.

Visualization of fish community distribution patterns using the self-organizing map: A case study of the Great Morava River system (Serbia)

2013 ◽  
Vol 248 ◽  
pp. 20-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milica Stojkovic ◽  
Vladica Simic ◽  
Djuradj Milosevic ◽  
Dejan Mancev ◽  
Tadeusz Penczak
Keyword(s):  
Fish Community ◽  
River System ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Organizing Map ◽  
Morava River ◽  
Self Organizing

scholarly journals Self-organization at air-water interfaces emerging from Marangoni and elastocapillary effects directed by amphiphile filament connections.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitch Winkens ◽  
Peter A. Korevaar
Keyword(s):  
Driving Forces ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Marangoni Flow ◽  
Water Interface ◽  
Air Water Interface ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Floating Objects ◽  
Self Organizing

Marangoni and elastocapillary effects are well-known as driving forces in the self-organization of floating objects at air-water interfaces. The release of surface active compounds generates Marangoni flows that cause repulsion, whereas capillary forces drive attraction. Typically, these interactions are non-directional and mechanisms to establish directional connections between the self-organizing elements are lacking. In this work, we unravel the mechanisms involved in the self-organization of a linear amphiphile into millimeter-long filaments that form connections between floating droplets. First, we show how the release of the amphiphile tetra(ethylene glycol) monododecyl ether from a floating source droplet onto the air-water interface generates a Marangoni flow. This flow extrudes self-assembled amphiphile filaments which grow from the source droplet, and concomitantly repels floating droplets in the surroundings. A hydrophobic drain droplet that depletes the amphiphiles from the air-water interface directs the Marangoni flow and thereby the growing filaments. We show how these filaments, upon tethering to the drain, potentially facilitate internal Marangoni convection and elastocapillary effects, which attract the drain back towards the source droplet. Furthermore, this concept establishes connections that are selective to the composition of the drain droplets – which influences the rate at which they deplete the amphiphile – such that repulsive and attractive forces can be balanced. Thereby, we provide a novel method through which directional attraction can be established in synthetic self-organizing systems, and advance our understanding of how complexity arises from simple building blocks.

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