Types of Systems The very circumscribed and also very partial and incomplete take on the history of General Systems Theory I provided in my last post, leaves us in the following position with respect to the problem of classifying systems. There are three very important dichotomies which have emerged out of the history of General […]
On Classifying “Systems:” Part Two
May 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on On Classifying “Systems:” Part Two
Tags: Complexity · Epistemology/Ontology/Value Theory · Knowledge Management
On Classifying “Systems:” Part One
May 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on On Classifying “Systems:” Part One
Introduction One of the aspects of Dave Snowden’s Cynefin approach is the identification of three physical and five human “domains,” or “systems.” The physical systems are called “order,” “chaos,” and “complexity.” In the area of human systems Dave breaks “order” down into known (simple) and knowable (complicated) systems, and also adds a fifth “domain” […]
Tags: Complexity · Epistemology/Ontology/Value Theory · Knowledge Making · Knowledge Management