scholarly journals The complexity paradigm in management reconceptualizing

2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (167) ◽  
pp. 107-139
Author(s):  
Slavica Petrovic
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Systems ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Complex Dynamic ◽  
Edge Of Chaos ◽  
Order And Disorder ◽  
Stability And Instability ◽  
Creative Research ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

Chaos and complexity theory is a special, functionalist systems approach to dealing with complex, dynamic, nonlinear systems. Through treating organizations as complex, with their environments coevolving, nonlinear systems, complexity theory is aimed at creative research of their erratic nature. When an organization is in a state of bounded instability, at the edge of chaos, order and disorder are intertwined, its behavior is irregular and unpredictable but has some pattern. According to the complexity paradigm organizations have to strive to avoid the equilibrium states of stability and instability. They have instead to strive to remain in a state of bounded instability, at the edge of chaos, where they are able to display their full potential for creativity and innovation.

scholarly journals The space "in-between": the relationship order-chaos and the creativity of senior students of Architecture

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-122
Author(s):  
Natalya Souza
Keyword(s):  
Rio Grande ◽  
Organizational Environments ◽  
Edge Of Chaos ◽  
Order And Disorder ◽  
Current State ◽  
Adaptive Solutions ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Senior Students ◽  
Creative Environment

The edge of chaos has been constantly viewed as a metaphor for the current state our world: a constant coexistence of order and disorder. [...] Several authors working within education and organizational environments have highlighted that creators must perform at the ‘edge of chaos’ in order to produce creative and adaptive solutions. [...] This paper aims to discuss the dichotomy between order and disorder in the creative environment (socio- physics aspects) of architecture students from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Particularly, this paper focuses on students who are working on their Final Graduation Work (FGW), because, unlike other tasks, this activity is completed away from the classroom, in a space 'in-between' – in-betweenwork and home spaces, in-between the collective and the individual, in-between order and chaos.

The Opportunities and Challenges of Technology Driven Creative Collaborations

2011 ◽  
pp. 325-342
Author(s):  
Diego E. Uribe Larach ◽  
John F. Cabra
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Creative Behavior ◽  
Organizational Creativity ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Human Endeavor ◽  
Education Science ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

The onset of the 21st century is marked by deep psychological and sociological transformations affecting every scale of human endeavor, ranging from individual to crowd behavior. Deep and central to these transformations is the penetration of digital communication and computer technology into modern day life. Above all, this new and evolving technological landscape has opened exciting new possibilities to drive creative behavior, organizational creativity and innovation through computer-mediated interactions. Such opportunities are met with equal challenges that need to be addressed in order to harness the full potential of massively distributed creative collaborations. This chapter will elaborate on the underlying trends that give rise to these opportunities and challenges and to what extent these trends will govern creativity and innovation in areas of organizational life such as business, education, science and design in the next 10 to 30 years.

On the complex dynamic behaviour in nonlinear systems with delay

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 83-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.G. Chiacchiarini ◽  
J.L. Moiola ◽  
A.C. Desages
Keyword(s):  
Nonlinear Systems ◽  
Dynamic Behaviour ◽  
Complex Dynamic

The Semiformality of Teacher Leadership on the Edge of Chaos

2020 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
JASON MARGOLIS
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Teacher Leaders ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
School Systems ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Edge Of Chaos ◽  
Systemic Learning

In this article, Jason Margolis draws from complexity theory to explore the twenty-year negotiation between formal and informal teacher leadership in research and practice, making the case that there has been a drift toward a conception of semiformal teacher leadership in the field. Through both theory and examples, he illustrates how semiformal teacher leadership has the potential to afford school systems and educators both information and processors of information they likely would not otherwise have. Teacher leaders, in roles that are neither inflexible or ill-defined, can carve out intentional spaces on the edge of chaos to promote professional learning and communication in ways that solely school teachers or solely school leaders may not. In these spaces, productive complexity, agency, and systemic learning can coevolve.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Emergence in Swarm Model Based on Largest Lyapunov Exponent

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Wu ◽  
Jie Su ◽  
Hong Tang ◽  
Huaglory Tianfield
Keyword(s):  
Lyapunov Exponent ◽  
Collective Intelligence ◽  
Largest Lyapunov Exponent ◽  
Complex Dynamic ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation ◽  
Edge Of Chaos ◽  
Complex Dynamic Systems ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Emergent Phenomena ◽  
Emergent Behaviors

Emergent behaviors of collective intelligence systems, exemplified by swarm model, have attracted broad interests in recent years. However, current research mostly stops at observational interpretations and qualitative descriptions of emergent phenomena and is essentially short of quantitative analysis and evaluation. In this paper, we conduct a quantitative study on the emergence of swarm model by using chaos analysis of complex dynamic systems. This helps to achieve a more exact understanding of emergent phenomena. In particular, we evaluate the emergent behaviors of swarm model quantitatively by using the chaos and stability analysis of swarm model based on largest Lyapunov exponent. It is concluded that swarm model is at the edge of chaos when emergence occurs, and whether chaotic or stable at the beginning, swarm model will converge to stability with the elapse of time along with interactions among agents.

scholarly journals As If … A Game Theory Perspective on Self-Access Learning

2019 ◽  
pp. 223-238
Author(s):  
Dominic G. Edsall
Keyword(s):  
Game Theory ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Quantitative Model ◽  
Learning Center ◽  
Use Of Self ◽  
Learning Centers ◽  
Complex Dynamic ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Capital Costs ◽  
Complex Dynamic Systems

The applicability of game theory (Osborne, 2004) to the design and management of learning activities within a self-access learning center is discussed in relation to encouraging unmotivated students to engage more with autonomous study. Through discussion of some basic principles of game theory and how they might apply to self-access learning, a theoretical example is used to demonstrate how the costs and rewards of activities can be balanced using game theory in such a way as to encourage students to complete activities in order to foster autonomy and motivation. Further examples from game theory are provided to show how it can explain some of the counterintuitive results often seen in self-access learning at Japanese universities. Possible future quantification metrics are briefly discussed in relation to the human-capital and social-capital costs and payoffs involved in student use of self-access learning centers. A game theory perspective on self-access learning may offer the potential benefit of providing a quantitative model that might allow the application of artificial intelligence and a complex dynamic systems approach to student usage data.

scholarly journals A Purposeful Systems Design Approach for Cybersecurity

10.29007/fq42 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maximilian Etschmaier
Keyword(s):  
Systems Approach ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Full Potential

The paradigm of purposeful systems is used to analyze and define cyberspace as a collection of functions that are to be provided and preserved if harm to various elements of the space is to be avoided. We consider harm to individuals, groups of humans, as well as humanity as a whole and identify an overall systems approach to regulating cyberspace that can guide efforts currently undertaken by various governmental and industry organizations. The approach is based on clear universal ethical principles. The result will harness the full potential of cyberspace while eliminating opportunities for “bad actors” to reap undue benefits at the expense of individuals and the community.

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