How to restore Bertalanffian systems thinking

Autor: Vojko Potocan, Jozef Ovsenik, Matjaz Mulej, Dusko Ursic, Jozica Knez-Riedl, Monty L. Lynn, Zdenka Zenko, Stefan Kajzer
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Kybernetes. 33:48-61
ISSN: 0368-492X
DOI: 10.1108/03684920410514346
Popis: Ludwig von Bertalanffy created general systems theory in an effort to counter the oversight and endangerment of humankind by disciplinary specialization. Bertalanffy desired for a holistic worldview and openness to replace overspecialization. Although widely cited and regarded, his concept prevailed only at a fictitious level, mostly as a tool inside specialization, which many scholars are neither able to overcome nor complement with interdisciplinary, creative co‐operation. Similarities (isomorphisms) are not enough. Here, a system of seven groups of systems thinking principles, which serve as a framework for restoring Bertalanffian systems thinking without his exaggerations is presented.
Databáze: OpenAIRE