Towards smart model-based governance by systems thinking / Federico Barnabe, Ilaria Perissi, guest editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barnabe, Federico, editor.

Perissi, Ilaria, editor.

Series:

Kybernetes, 0368-492X ; Volume 48, Issue 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cybernetics.

System theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.

Summary:

The reason underlying this SI is the need to recognize how complex our world is and that this outlook entails understanding how to manage our organizations and design proper governance mechanisms accordingly. Our idea was to bring together two main streams of research that have been extensively studied, discussed and analysed not only by Kybernetes and all its distinguished contributors but also within the field of management studies: Cybernetics and Systems Thinking. These two streams of research have a long history and ample literature testifies to their breadth of application and their potentials in analysing various complex domains. However, although they are concerned with the same ultimate goal of assisting organisations and managers in dealing with complex systems and subsequently informing decision-making, Cybernetics and Systems Thinking have been developing along parallel paths towards their common goal even though they adopt different approaches. In particular, the SI is primarily linked to the BSLab-SYDIC Workshop 2017 (http://bslab-symposium.net/BSLab-Sydic-2017/BSLAB-SYDIC-WS-Rome-2017.htm) which aimed specifically at aggregating various issues within the broad topic of Smart Model-based Governance and its perspective of applications to present and future complex organisations.

Contents:

Cover

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Guest editorial

Governance through political bureaucracy: an agency approach

Governance for intelligent organizations: a cybernetic contribution

Improving managers' intelligence through Systems Thinking

Mechanisms of meme propagation in the mediasphere: a system dynamics model

Smart technologies as social innovation and complex social issues of the Z generation

Towards a systems thinking based view for the governance of a smart city's ecosystem

Analysis of crowd stampede risk mechanism

Water used to be infinite: a Brazilian tale of climate change

A systemic methodology for the reduction of water consumption in rural areas

Sustainable development goals - an analysis of outcomes

Integrated simulation for national development planning.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78973-796-6