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Autor:
G. A. Swanson, Kenneth D. Bailey
Publikováno v:
Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 26:331-341
The specific purpose of this paper is to trace the development of entropy-related thought from its thermodynamic origins through its organizational and economic applications to its relationship to money information. That trace reveals that existing e
Autor:
Kenneth D. Bailey
Publikováno v:
Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 23:291-300
Although Living Systems Theory (LST) has been widely recognized for its major contributions to scholarship in general and systems theory in particular, the full extent of its contribution has never been explicitly presented. The purpose of this paper
Autor:
Kenneth D. Bailey
Publikováno v:
Kybernetes. 35:375-384
PurposeTo present the contributions of sociocybernetics, particularly as developed by Felix Geyer, and to compare sociocybernetics with social entropy theory (SET).Design/methodology/approachThis paper first outlines the problems with earlier approac
Autor:
Kenneth D. Bailey
Publikováno v:
Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 22:497-508
Social systems theory has long focused primarily on the internal relations of systems. There was initially very good reason for this, as it was necessary to spell out the inner workings of a social system in detail in order to understand it. Now, how
Autor:
Kenneth D. Bailey
Publikováno v:
Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 22:355-361
This paper was delivered as the Presidential Address for the 48th International Society for the Systems Sciences Annual Conference in Pacific Grove, California. The full theme of the 2004 conference of ISSS was Fifty Years of Systems Science: Honorin
Autor:
Kenneth D. Bailey
Publikováno v:
Axiomathes. 15:29-45
Miller’s Living Systems Theory (LST) is known to be very comprehensive. It comprises eight nested hierarchical levels. It also includes twenty critical subsystems. While Miller’s approach has been analyzed and applied in great detail, some proble
Autor:
Kenneth D. Bailey
Publikováno v:
Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 18:41-62
Unified science is one goal of systems science, but can only be achieved through a standardized, unified terminology. The practice of transporting concepts to other disciplines is widespread, but often lacks coherent planning, and thus fails to achie
Autor:
Kenneth D. Bailey
Publikováno v:
International Journal of General Systems. 29:913-939
As social systems increase in complexity, they must monitor the relationships among their internal components carefully, to see that their functioning is harmonious. The internal components must not only meet their own needs, but must meet the overal
Autor:
Kenneth D. Bailey
Publikováno v:
Kybernetes. 26:674-688
A number of entropy models of social systems have been developed recently. Unfortunately, the complementarity of these approaches remains largely unanalysed, due to terminological and conceptual differences among them. There is an urgent need for a m