Purpose – The present paper offers an innovative and original solution methodology proposal to the problem of arbitrary complex multiscale (ACM) ontological uncertainty management (OUM). Our solution is based on the postulate that society is an ACM system of purposive actors within continuous change. Present social problems are multiscale-order deficiencies, which cannot be fixed by the traditional hierarchical approach alone, by doing what we do better or more intensely, but rather by changing the way we do. Design/methodology/approach – This paper treasures several past guidelines, from McCulloch, Wiener, Conant, Ashby and von Foerster to Bateson, Beer and Rosen's concept of a non-trivial system to arrive to an indispensable and key anticipatory learning system (ALS) component for managing unexpected perturbations by an antifragility approach as defined by Taleb. This ALS component is the key part of our new methodology called "CICT OUM" approach, based on brand new numeric system behavior awareness from computational information conservation theory (CICT). Findings – In order to achieve an antifragility behavior, next generation system must use new CICT OUM-like approach to face the problem of multiscale OUM effectively and successfully. In this way homeostatic operating equilibria can emerge out of a self-organizing landscape of self-structuring attractor points, in a natural way. Originality/value – Specifically, advanced wellbeing applications (AWA), high reliability organization (HRO), mission critical project (MCP) system, very low technological risk (VLTR) and crisis management (CM) system can benefit highly from our new methodology called "CICT OUM" approach and related techniques. This paper presents a relevant contribution towards a new post-Bertalanffy Extended Theory of Systems. Due to its intrinsic self-scaling properties, this system approach can be applied at any system scale: from single quantum system application development to full system governance strategic assessment policies and beyond.

Would the big government approach increasingly fail to lead to good decision?

Fiorini, Rodolfo A.
2017-01-01

Abstract

Purpose – The present paper offers an innovative and original solution methodology proposal to the problem of arbitrary complex multiscale (ACM) ontological uncertainty management (OUM). Our solution is based on the postulate that society is an ACM system of purposive actors within continuous change. Present social problems are multiscale-order deficiencies, which cannot be fixed by the traditional hierarchical approach alone, by doing what we do better or more intensely, but rather by changing the way we do. Design/methodology/approach – This paper treasures several past guidelines, from McCulloch, Wiener, Conant, Ashby and von Foerster to Bateson, Beer and Rosen's concept of a non-trivial system to arrive to an indispensable and key anticipatory learning system (ALS) component for managing unexpected perturbations by an antifragility approach as defined by Taleb. This ALS component is the key part of our new methodology called "CICT OUM" approach, based on brand new numeric system behavior awareness from computational information conservation theory (CICT). Findings – In order to achieve an antifragility behavior, next generation system must use new CICT OUM-like approach to face the problem of multiscale OUM effectively and successfully. In this way homeostatic operating equilibria can emerge out of a self-organizing landscape of self-structuring attractor points, in a natural way. Originality/value – Specifically, advanced wellbeing applications (AWA), high reliability organization (HRO), mission critical project (MCP) system, very low technological risk (VLTR) and crisis management (CM) system can benefit highly from our new methodology called "CICT OUM" approach and related techniques. This paper presents a relevant contribution towards a new post-Bertalanffy Extended Theory of Systems. Due to its intrinsic self-scaling properties, this system approach can be applied at any system scale: from single quantum system application development to full system governance strategic assessment policies and beyond.
2017
Big government, Self-organization, Post-Bertalanffy, CICT, IDB, impredicative control systems, OUM, Cybernetics, Education, Learning, Social change
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