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Dergachova, Victoriia, Maryna Kravchenko, and Alexander Zgurovsky. "Econometric analysis of the structure and sustainability of Ukraine socio-economic system in the context of the economic systems theory." Problems and Perspectives in Management 15, no. 4 (December 20, 2017): 86–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.15(4).2017.08.
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The article is devoted to the development of a conceptually new systemic structural approach to the study of sustainability of economic systems. The problem of ensuring sustainability of economic entities remains unsolved, largely due to the lack of the necessary methodology. In the article, the approach is shaped by new economic systems theory, which implies the division of all economic systems into types depending on their spatiotemporal localization. Applied research of socio-economic system of Ukraine in its context is implemented by econometric modeling using data mining techniques and by calculating the economic sustainability index using the author’s techniques. The indicators, announced by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, as well as the ranking and indexing results, presented by leading international organizations, are used as the parameters. Alternative hypothesis about preconditioning of economic sustainability of the macro-level system by the structural balance of its four subsystems with different spatial and temporal localization is confirmed. The results of modeling have shown a number of interesting, previously not formalized, patterns of the country’s development and have allowed to better understand the forming mechanism of its sustainability in different periods during 2000–2015. Both the methodology itself and the empirical results obtained on its basis open up a wide variety of perspectives of micro and macroeconomic analysis.
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Westaby, James D., and Adam K. Parr. "Network Goal Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems: Testing Dynamic Network Theory in Complex Social Networks." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 56, no. 1 (October 24, 2019): 107–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0021886319881496.
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Grounded in dynamic network theory, this study examined network goal analysis (NGA) to understand complex systems. NGA provides new insights by inserting goal nodes into social networks. Goal nodes can also represent missions, objectives, or desires, thus having wide applicability. The theory ties social networks to goal nodes through a parsimonious set of social network role linkages, such as independent goal striving, system supporting, feedback, goal preventing, supportive resisting, and system negating (i.e., those who are upset with others in the pursuit). Moreover, we extend the theory’s system reactance role linkage to better account for constructive conflicts. Two complex systems were examined: a team’s mission and an individual’s work project. In support of dynamic network theory, using the Quadratic Assignment Procedure, results demonstrated significant shared goal striving, system supporting, and shared connections between goal striving and system supporting. These findings manifest what we coin as multipendence: Systems having some actions independently involved with goals, while others are dependently involved in the associated network. NGA also demonstrated that the goal nodes manifested strong betweenness centrality, indicating that goal striving and feedback links were connecting entities across the wider system. Strategies to plan network goal interventions are illustrated with implications for practice.
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ZACZYK, Mateusz, and Filip LIEBERT. "The resilience of social logistics systems – introduction." Scientific Papers of Silesian University of Technology. Organization and Management Series 2020, no. 146 (2020): 543–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.29119/1641-3466.2020.146.39.
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Purpose: The article aims to formulate basic assumptions defining the resilience of complex systems falling within social logistics' scope of interest. The article emphasizes the importance of general systems theory for the contemporary understanding of management sciences, with particular emphasis on logistics. The authors of the article have also characterized, based on the current state of literature, the concept of social logistics as one of the three "clean" types of logistics, positioning it alongside military and economic logistics Design/methodology/approach: The article presents an overview of approaches to the crystallizing issue of social logistics in literature. The analyzed object of research was referred to the general theory of systems and conclusions were drawn in the form of proposals to shape the social logistics system. In addition, the authors presented an original proposal for the composition of the social logistics system based on observation of the activities of social entities and in-depth analysis of Polish and foreign literature. Findings: Then it was proposed to consolidate the term 'social logistics system resilience' and to conduct empirical research along with an outline of the research procedure. The proposed research procedure will be used and the results of research conducted in accordance with it – described in subsequent articles of the authors. Social implications: In the article, it was concluded that the subject of the study is relatively broad, and the link between the topic of social logistics and supply chain resilience is a research gap that will be filled by series of articles, the starting link of which is this one. The analyzes contained in the article refer to a large extent to the problems of comfort in social life, with particular emphasis on human needs of a social nature. Originality/value The originality of the article express in compiling the issues of social logistics with issues of systems’ resilience. In the face of the constantly observed negative phenomena disrupting the functioning of social logistics systems, the topic of their resilience is of particular importance.
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Marchiori, Patricia Zeni, Andre Luiz Appel, Eduardo Michellotti Bettoni, Denise Fukumi Tsunoda, and Frank Coelho de Alcântara. "Elements of social representation theory incollaborative tagging systems." Transinformação 26, no. 1 (April 2014): 27–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0103-37862014000100004.
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This article discusses the information representation process based on the Moscovici's Social Representation Theory and domain analysis in Information Science. The aim was to identify mechanisms and constituent dimensions of social representation in collaborative tagging systems/social bookmarking systems. Scientific knowledge was defined as the object/phenomenon of representation in these systems; and the tag as the shareable structure of meaning that connects participants and resources. The empirical research involved descriptive statistical techniques applied to a corpora of tags available in CiteULike, which is a social tagging system developed for the academic community. The data analysis, performed in a sample of groups derived from the dataset, showed that the users' reuse of their own tags resembles the anchorage mechanism. The reuse of tags by other participants - in the same group - reveals some evidence of the objectification mechanism. Some speculation arose about the cognitive effort made by the individual, under group influence, with regard to the tagging activity, user's choice of resources, and sharing styles. Further studies on social bookmarking systems depend both on a "gain scale" of users and items tagged, requiring techniques and procedures redesigned by Information Science, Statistics, Network Analysis, Linguistics/Sociolinguistics and Social Psychology.
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El Manzani, Younès, Mohamed Larbi Sidmou, and Jean-jack Cegarra. "Does IS0 9001 quality management system support product innovation? An analysis from the sociotechnical systems theory." International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 36, no. 6 (June 3, 2019): 951–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijqrm-09-2017-0174.
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Purpose Building on the sociotechnical systems theory (STS), the purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct impacts of the social and technical QMs (ISO 9001) practices on both incremental and radical product innovation and the direct relationships relaying QMs (ISO 9001) as a sociotechnical system with incremental and radical product innovation. Design/methodology/approach The paper opted for a survey instrument to collect quantitative data from 82 Moroccan certified ISO 9001 firm. A partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the research hypotheses. Findings Results show that the social and technical QMs (ISO 9001) practices do not have a significant relationship with incremental and radical product innovation when they are taken in isolation. However, when ranged together to constitute a whole sociotechnical system of QMs (ISO 9001), QMs (ISO 9001) prove to have a strong positive and significant impact on incremental product innovation and a weak positive and significant impact on radical product innovation. Research limitations/implications Because of the small sample size that might weaken the significance of the results and the use of cross-sectional data, this research may lack a large statistical generalizability vis-à-vis the analytical generalization. Practical implications The results provide useful implications for managers, suggesting that in order to develop their product innovation, they must ensure that both QMs (ISO 9001) social and technical practices achieve a high level of integration without allowing some quality practices to take over. Originality/value Based on the STS, this study is the first to focus primarily on the role of the multi-dimensional structure of QMs (ISO 9001), i.e. social and technical practices, in incremental and radical product innovation.
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Kudzh, Stanislav A., and Viktor Ya Tsvetkov. "Trinitarian systems." Russian Technological Journal 7, no. 6 (January 10, 2020): 151–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.32362/2500-316x-2019-7-6-151-167.
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The article explores the trinitarian systems used in the natural and technical sciences. Various types of trinitarian systems are considered. A systematic analysis of trinitarian systems was carried out. The article proves that the trinitarian system is the simplest complex system. The paper examines the relationship of trinitarian systems with the theory of categories. It is shown that the trinitarian system serves as the basis for categorical analysis. The paper proves that the trinitarian system is the simplest multigraph. The trinitarian system allows transforming spaces of different curvature into each other. The trinitarian system in linear systems defines a cyclicity, which can entail: development, degradation or bifurcation. Triangulation essentially develops a trinitarian approach and can be considered as the use of a trinitarian system to solve theoretical or technical problems in areas such as, for example, psychology, social sciences, politics, geometry, and ground surveying. The general conclusion is that the Trinitarian system is a universal instrument of cognition.
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Chhibber, Pradeep K., and John R. Petrocik. "The Puzzle of Indian Politics: Social Cleavages and the Indian Party System." British Journal of Political Science 19, no. 2 (April 1989): 191–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007123400005433.
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The social cleavage theory of parly systems has provided a major framework for the study of Western party systems. It has been quite unimportant in studying other party systems, especially those of developing countries, where comparative development, and not mass electoral politics, has been the focus of study. This article reports the results of an attempt to bridge these traditions by analysing popular support for the Congress Party of India in terms of the expectations of the social cleavage theory of parties. This analysis illustrates the degree to which Indian partisanship conforms to the expectations of the theory. More importantly, this social cleavage theory analysis offers some new perspectives on (1) the inability of the Indian political system to develop national parties other than the Congress and (2) the ‘disaggregation’ of the Congress party.
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Qi, Ji, Zhong Yi Zheng, and Jian Min Li. "Risk Mutability Analysis and Pre-Control of Dynamical System." Applied Mechanics and Materials 533 (February 2014): 360–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.533.360.
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Based on systematical research on catastrophe theory, system dynamics is a general theory to describe dynamical systems with the goal of achieving structural stability and dynamic stability. In this paper, catastrophe model of dynamic system is established and elements of the system are defined as well. Conditions for system structure mutating are also defined via analysis on dynamism, fuzziness and mutability of system structure. In view of the fact that modes and strength of disturbance or damage to system structural stability are two decisive factors for major accident occurrence and consequences, the course of disturbance or damage can be deemed as the process of quantitative evaluation of major accident risks. Hence, by adopting combination of qualitative and quantitative methods and with the help of simulation technology, decision-makers can do researches on engineering, social and economic systems to make scientific and effective pre-control.
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Hiscock, Robert. "Paradigm lost? A historical review of the application of systems theory to public relations since 1975." Public Relations Inquiry 8, no. 3 (September 2019): 201–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2046147x19872239.
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This study traces the formative application of systems theory to public relations and its consideration as a promising paradigm framework for the field, through a rich array of critical perspectives, and more recent analyses that examine public relations as a social phenomenon. The principles of grounded theory are applied to the selection and assessment of a representative sample of academic literature published between 1975 and 2016. A categorization framework emerges from the thematic analysis of the data that re-evaluates the historical application of systems theory. Two main insights emerge from the study. First, even in cases where a specific systems theory is not directly invoked, systems concepts are evident throughout the data of this period. Second, although systems theory has been applied extensively in the analyses of the organization, and more lately in the analyses of the impacts of public relations on the social world as a whole, analysis of the individual as a system actor as a central unit of analysis was not apparent in the data. Accordingly, a reflection on the individual as a system actor is undertaken, along with an updated visual model of the public relations system. Concluding remarks summarize the case for the ongoing relevance of systems theory to public relations research, practice, and education.
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Li, Fei, Meijun Zhou, and Zhangxuan Qin. "Generated land systems: recognition and prospects of land system science." Environmental Reviews 28, no. 2 (June 2020): 199–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/er-2019-0045.
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Although land system research has made important progress in land change monitoring, long-term histories of land use change, land system change modeling, and case-study synthesis, it still faces some challenges in system integration and comprehensive analysis. To better understand and explore the comprehensiveness of land systems, system integration theory should be combined with system generation theory that emphasizes historical accumulation. Therefore, this paper revisits some of the basic connotations and theories of land system science by reviewing relevant research and proposes the concept of generated land systems based on system generation theory with an aim to providing a reference base for future research. As coupled human–environment systems are generated by mankind’s transformation, utilization, and adaptation of the land surface and its upper and lower spaces of Earth, generated land systems evolve in the mutual generation and restriction of the biophysical environment, land use, and social economy. The evolution forms of generated land systems can be classified as fluctuation, degradation, and optimization based on the ascendency and resilience of the system. The need for generated land systems to be multi-functional is what motivates the direction and form of generated land system evolution. Generation mechanism, process, adaptability, scale effect, and tele-coupling are important issues of generated land system research. In addition, how generated land systems can enter a new evolutionary cycle through functional transformation is also crucial to achieving sustainable management and utilization of land resources.
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FILIPPOV, Volodymyr. "System theory as the foundation of sustainable development ideology." Economics. Finances. Law, no. 2/2 (February 28, 2020): 6–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.37634/efp.2020.2(2).1.
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The social, environmental and economic subsystems are investigated in the framework of systems theory. Using a systems-integrated approach as an analysis tool, it is determined that the study of the links between elements, structures and subsystems provides the very foundation on which the ideology of sustainable development is based. The purpose of this article is to use systems theory to ground the ideology of sustainable development in the context of the socio-ecological-economic system. The main reason for the need to form a socio-ecological-economic system is the contradiction between the interests of society in the conservation and protection of the environment and the interests of economic entities aimed at maximizing profits in any way. This contradiction is due to the presence of external factors that arise in the process of system development and the formation of sustainable development of the country. In the proposed system, the unity of the three components, nature, population and economy, is the most important dominant, so the socio-ecological-economic system is understood as a set of interrelated elements of demographic, social, natural, industrial and institutional character, without which the existence of a common system is impossible. It is advisable to single out the socio-ecological-economic systems that are synonymous with the concept of region or regional system and contain three subsystems: social, environmental and economic. These subsystems are comprised of the following components: population and population, natural resources and production components, infrastructure and the like. The proportions of the economy should be shaped by the need to comply with environmental constraints. This will achieve coherence between the economic and environmental components of sustainable development. Mutual reconciliation of the development of economic and social components is ensured if economic growth is shifted from an end in itself to the goal of meeting social needs. In other words, economic growth must be accompanied by adequate social transformations and contribute to solving the problem of improving the quality of the environment. Otherwise, the growth of the economy will be devoid of any meaning in terms of the needs of the human community.
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Razumov, Evgnii. "Globalization as a socio-environmental equilibrium: applying Luhmann`s theory to Integrated Reporting." SHS Web of Conferences 74 (2020): 01028. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20207401028.
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International accounting standards systems are able to define borders by producing reference codes for institutional, informational and cultural codes. Such ways of influence are similar to globalization in other societal spaces: for example internalization of trade systems has been produced by creating institutes and organizations as well as miscellaneous standards. These tendencies have been highlighted by Niklas Luhmann through differentiation of borders determinants of a system. And this operational determination of globalization as continual creation of the world system is to be highly appreciated for comprehensive analysis of the last developments in accounting and reporting field influenced by environmental issues. In this paper three-tier classification of globalization in terms of system definition proposed as development of Niklas Luhmann ideas. Through analysis of the mean shifts in reporting as social memory phenomenon and communication process accounting problems reformulated as world system`s issues and demonstrated existence of globalization as operational phenomenon for accountancy and social responsibility systems. Concepts of the social systems theory have been visualized and interpreted to determine possible ways of equilibrium states for human systems and environment. As a result main ways for integrated reporting application and its future development formulated.
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Csirszki, Martin Milán. "The applicability of Parsons’ action system to the food system." Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Law = Agrár- és Környezetjog 16, no. 30 (April 30, 2021): 40–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.21029/jael.2021.30.40.
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In this paper Talcott Parsons’ systems theory is applied to the food system. After the introduction of the basic categories of the food system, the main elements of Parsons’ theory are drawn up. Then, the detailed analysis takes place on three abstraction levels: within the general paradigm of human condition, the action system and the social system. During the analysis, two conclusions are formulated: one of them is in connection with the correction of abstraction levels concerning the food system, the other one creates the classes of the food system that can be corresponded to the four Parsonsian functions. In the end of the study, a final conclusion is formulated.
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Sertakova, Ekaterina. "SOCIAL SYSTEMS, MODELS, TRANSFORMATIONS: ANALYSIS OF THEORETICAL APPROACHES." Social Anthropology of Siberia 2, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 18–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.31804/2687-0606-2021-2-2-18-35.
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This article aims to consider key concepts and models from the theory of social systems that can be used as a theoretical basis for conducting cultural and anthropological research. Based on the analysis of a number of authoritative sources, attention was focused on the activity approach, which takes into account the role of the elements of the system (a person, specific communities and groups) in its functioning and change. In addition, the issue of the dynamics of social systems of different types (classical, nonclassical and postclassical) was analyzed, which allows you to pay attention to the transformations taking place in a modern multicultural urban society or the traditional society of an ethnic village, to identify their regularity, to fix the direction. Also in this work, models of social transformations in culture are considered - Westernization, destabilization, assimilative-religious, and in our opinion the most effective is the modernization-traditionalist model, the elements of which contribute to the preservation of traditional value dominants and allow you to develop a program for the sustainable development of a state, region or small territory in the global world.
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Genienė, Rasa, Eglė Šumskienė, Violeta Gevorgianienė, and Jurga Mataitytė-Diržienė. "The Deinstitutionalization of Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities from the Perspective of Ecological Systems Theory." Socialinė teorija, empirija, politika ir praktika 22 (May 21, 2021): 28–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/stepp.2021.27.
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The deinstitutionalization of social care in Lithuania started in 2012 after the adoption of the strategic guidelines by the Ministry of Social Security and Labour. The goal of this reform was to improve the care conditions and introduce new community-based services for persons with disabilities. Almost ten years of the reform resulted in only five percent of persons with disabilities who moved to community settings, mainly group-living homes. The slow-motion of the reform, as well as the tensions in the communities, suggests the need for a thorough analysis of the process of deinstitutionalization and its improvement.
Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory is applied as a conceptual and methodological tool for understanding the roles of deinstitutionalization agents at different levels, including the Ministry of Social Security and Labour, municipalities, non-governmental organizations, social care institutions, and local communities. All of these agents are involved and diversely interact among themselves during the transformation process of the social care system. The ecological theory provides the necessary integrated approach to the analysis of the process of deinstitutionalization of the social care system at the micro-, meso-, exo-, and macro levels.
Deinstitutionalization and the trajectories of its participants reveal resilient connections with different fields of the ecological system and show that different system components not only represent different systems but become microsystems themselves that affect all elements in the ecological system.
The complexity of environmental systems constitutes the basis of ecological systems theory. It serves as a lens to guide the analysis of the transformation of a particular person’s life in the context of deinstitutionalization. Herewith, it is an appropriate tool for understanding the impact of deinstitutionalization on specific local communities.
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Kovacevic, Despot. "The impact of full and partial social cleavages on party systems: A comparative analysis of the countries of the former SFRY." Sociologija 62, no. 3 (2020): 354–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/soc2003354k.
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Party systems represent parts of political systems which arise as a result of interactions between political parties. Party relations produce characteristics which place a particular party system within the typology of party systems. A number of factors can be considered in explaining the nature of party competition, most often placed within the categories of institutional and sociostructural factors. This paper analyses the impact of full and partial social cleavages on party systems. Given that the theory of social cleavages has proved insufficient in explaining party differences and the dynamics of party systems, especially in new democracies, we will improve the analysis by including the concept of partial social cleavages. This research shows the unequivocal influence of dominant social cleavages on the situation and changes in party systems. Although in some cases no changes in the type of party system have occurred, it can be concluded that exactly in those cases there exist permanent and ingrained social cleavages, but also partial cleavages which affect the relations in the party system at the given time. Identity issues stand out as the dominant topic in political competition, especially in the countries where ethnic relations have not been resolved.
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Domjan, Michael, Brian Cusato, and Ronald Villarreal. "Pavlovian feed-forward mechanisms in the control of social behavior." Behavioral and Brain Sciences 23, no. 2 (April 2000): 235–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x00002430.
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The conceptual and investigative tools for the analysis of social behavior can be expanded by integrating biological theory, control systems theory, and Pavlovian conditioning. Biological theory has focused on the costs and benefits of social behavior from ecological and evolutionary perspectives. In contrast, control systems theory is concerned with how machines achieve a particular goal or purpose. The accurate operation of a system often requires feed-forward mechanisms that adjust system performance in anticipation of future inputs. Pavlovian conditioning is ideally suited to subserve this function in behavioral systems. Pavlovian mechanisms have been demonstrated in various aspects of sexual behavior, maternal lactation, and infant suckling. Pavlovian conditioning of agonistic behavior has been also reported, and Pavlovian processes may likewise be involved in social play and social grooming. Several further lines of evidence indicate that Pavlovian conditioning can increase the efficiency and effectiveness of social interactions, thereby improving their cost/benefit ratio. We extend Pavlovian concepts beyond the traditional domain of discrete secretory and other physiological reflexes to complex real-world behavioral interactions and apply abstract laboratory analyses of the mechanisms of associative learning to the daily challenges animals face as they interact with one another in their natural environments.
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Walsh, Hannah, Andy Dong, and Irem Tumer. "Towards a Theory for Unintended Consequences in Engineering Design." Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design 1, no. 1 (July 2019): 3411–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dsi.2019.348.
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AbstractConventional failure analysis ignores a growing challenge in the responsible implementation of novel technologies into engineered systems - unintended consequences, which impact the engineered system itself and other systems including social and environmental systems. In this paper, a theory for unintended consequences is developed. The paper proposes a new definition of unintended consequences as behaviors that are not intentionally designed-into an engineered system yet occur even when a system is operating nominally, that is, not in a failure state as conventionally understood. It is argued that the primary cause for this difference is the bounded rationality of human designers. The formation of unintended consequences is modeled with system dynamics, using a specific real-world example, and bifurcation analysis. The paper develops propositions to guide research in the development of new design methods that could mitigate or control the occurrence and impact of unintended consequences. The end goal of the research is to create a new class of failure analysis tools to manage unintended consequences responsibly to facilitate engineering design for a more sustainable future.
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Uriadnikova, Inga, and Vasyl Zaplatynskyi. "MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX SOCIAL HUMAN SECURITY SYSTEMS." JOURNAL of Donetsk mining institute, no. 1 (2021): 135–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.31474/1999-981x-2021-1-135-142.
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Purpose: scientific substantiation of social security based on the principles of management of complex systems and an example of the application of mathematical modeling to determine internal risks in a complex social system.. Methods: use of elements of mathematical modeling, in particular the theory of optimal control and linear programming; analysis of the content of the concept of “security paradox”, logical-determinant assessment of this concept. Results: it is proposed to apply the principles of management of complex systems to ensure the social security of groups of people and society. An example of the application of mathematical modeling to determine internal risks in a complex social system is given. In order to ensure the proper functioning of risk mitigation measures in complex social systems, it is proposed to introduce compensatory risks, which may be penalties or other measures that can be considered as specifically introduced risks for individuals. The introduction of external protection against a number of dangers can provoke the emergence of a “security paradox”, the essence of which is to reduce the personal activity of counteracting risk by relying on external protection. Effective social security requires the development of a culture of security, morality, worldview and legislative measures.. Scientific novelty: the use of elements of mathematical modeling for risk assessment in the social security management system is proposed; introduced the concept of “security paradox”, which arises when security is moved from the individual to the collective level. The use of principles of management of complex systems for social security is offered. Practical significance: The use of a systematic approach and principles of management of complex systems in ensuring the security of society will identify the most important risks and focus on their prevention, prevention or reduction. An example of mathematical modeling is proposed to assess the internal risks of the social system.
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Kampmann, Christian Erik, and Rogelio Oliva. "Structural dominance analysis and theory building in system dynamics." Systems Research and Behavioral Science 25, no. 4 (September 24, 2008): 505–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sres.909.
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Marsan, G. Ajmone, N. Bellomo, and L. Gibelli. "Stochastic evolutionary differential games toward a systems theory of behavioral social dynamics." Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences 26, no. 06 (April 12, 2016): 1051–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218202516500251.
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This paper proposes a systems approach to social sciences based on a mathematical framework derived from a generalization of the mathematical kinetic theory and of theoretical tools of game theory. Social systems are modeled as a living evolutionary ensemble composed of many individuals, who express specific strategies, cooperate, compete and might aggregate into groups which pursue a common interest. A critical analysis on the complexity features of social system is developed and a differential structure is derived to provide a general framework toward modeling. Then, a case study shows how the systems approach is applied. Moreover, it is shown how the theory leads to the interpretation and use of the so-called big data. Finally some research perspectives are brought to the attention of readers.
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Morse, Wayde C. "Recreation as a Social-Ecological Complex Adaptive System." Sustainability 12, no. 3 (January 21, 2020): 753. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12030753.
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The environment and society are both the context for and product of human actions and interactions. Outdoor recreation is the primary interaction many people have with the environment and it is an interaction that greatly contributes to human well-being. To sustainably manage the social and ecological components of outdoor recreation, an integrative and dynamic systems perspective is needed. Analyses that link recreation management and recreational experiences to both social and ecological outcomes across multiple sales and over time are not developed. This article will outline how a number of fragmented recreation management frameworks such as the recreation experience model, beneficial outcomes, the recreation opportunity spectrum, limits of acceptable change, and constraints theory can be organized within a larger social-ecological framework. The outdoor recreation meta-framework presented here links structuration theory from the social sciences with theories of complex adaptive systems and hierarchical patch dynamics from ecology to understand the human and ecological drivers for and responses to outdoor recreation.
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Butculescu, Claudiu Ramon D., and Sorina Maria Florea. "CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING SYSTEMIC INTERACTION OF LAW WITH OTHER SOCIAL NORMATIVE SUBSYSTEMS." Agora International Journal of Juridical Sciences 8, no. 4 (November 23, 2014): 27–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.15837/aijjs.v8i4.1596.
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This article tackles the issue of systemic interaction between various normative systems. As such, it addresses and analyses the system of law from the perspective the general systems theory. More than that, the paper analyses the links and interactions between various normative systems, called sub-systems in the paper, and the division of law, namely public law and private law.
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Li, Hongjun, Zhijun Liu, Li Zheng, and Yuping Lei. "Resilience analysis for agricultural systems of north China plain based on a dynamic system model." Scientia Agricola 68, no. 1 (February 2011): 8–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0103-90162011000100002.
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This paper presents a case study of resilience theory to understand agricultural systems in the Luancheng County of the North China Plain. A dynanic system model coupled with social, economic and ecological subsystems of agriculture for the Luancheng County was constructed with a time step of one month. The model includes five main components, water resources, profitability, irrigation, crop yield and area. The simulated groundwater table, wheat area and yield, maize area and yield, and rural labor transfer reflected the general trend of the observed data, with calculated determination coefficients higher than 0.88. Resilience of agricultural systems, as indicated by agricultural profitability and food security, were explored for the Luancheng County. Initially, investments in agriculture increased its resilience rapidly. However, with the degradation of resources and the increases in agricultural investment, the cost of agricultural production became too high to gain profit. The rise in population increases the risk of food security. As a result, the resilience of agricultural systems decreased gradually. The Luancheng County is now in the conservation phase of the adaptive cycle. Partial adjustments should be introduced to enhance its resilience and promote the continuing development of the agricultural systems.
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Sykora, Martin. "Engineering social media driven intelligent systems through crowdsourcing." Journal of Systems and Information Technology 18, no. 3 (August 8, 2016): 255–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsit-03-2016-0019.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore implicit crowdsourcing, leveraging social media in real-time scenarios for intelligent systems. Design/methodology/approach A case study using an illustrative example system, which systematically used a custom social media platform for automated financial news analysis and summarisation was developed, evaluated and discussed. Literature review related to crowdsourcing and collective intelligence in intelligent systems was also conducted to provide context and to further explore the case study. Findings It was shown how, and that useful intelligent systems can be constructed from appropriately engineered custom social media platforms which are integrated with intelligent automated processes. A recent inter-rater agreement measure for evaluating quality of implicit crowd contributions was also explored and found to be of value. Practical implications This paper argues that when social media platforms are closely integrated with other automated processes into a single system, this may provide a highly worthwhile online and real-time approach to intelligent systems through implicit crowdsourcing. Key practical issues, such as achieving high-quality crowd contributions, challenges of efficient workflows and real-time crowd integration into intelligent systems, were discussed. Important ethical and related considerations were also covered. Originality/value A contribution to existing theory was made by proposing how social media Web platforms may benefit crowdsourcing. As opposed to traditional crowdsourcing platforms, the presented approach and example system has a set of social elements that encourages implicit crowdsourcing. Instances of crowdsourcing with existing social media, such as Twitter, often also called crowd piggybacking, have been used in the past; however, using an entirely custom-built social media system for implicit crowdsourcing is relatively novel and has several advantages. Some of the discussion in context of intelligent systems construction are novel and contribute to the existing body of literature in this field.
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Jiang, Yushan, and Qingling Zhang. "Estimation and Global Stability Analysis of PDAEs with Singular Time Derivative Matrix and Wetland Conservation Application." Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society 2016 (2016): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3713864.
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Some partial differential algebraic equations (PDAEs) system with singular time derivative matrices is analyzed. First, by PDE spectrum theory, this system is formulated as infinite-dimensional singular systems. Second, the state space and its properties of the system are built according to descriptor system theory. Third, the admissible property of the PDAEs is given via LMIs. Finally, the developed energy estimation method is proposed to investigate the global stability of PDAEs. The proposed approach is evaluated by an application in numerical simulations on some wetland conservation system with social behavior.
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Holton, Judith A. "Social movements thinking for managing change in large-scale systems." Journal of Organizational Change Management 33, no. 5 (June 11, 2020): 697–714. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jocm-05-2019-0152.
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PurposeThis study explores the efficacy of social movements thinking for mobilizing resources toward sustainable change in large-scale systems such as health and social services.Design/methodology/approachThe study proceeds from a critical realist perspective employing a qualitative multi-case study approach. Drawing on the tenets of grounded theory (i.e. constant comparative analysis and theoretical sampling), data from semi-structured interviews and field notes were analyzed to facilitate theoretical integration and elaboration.FindingsOne case study explores the emergence of social movements thinking in mobilizing a community to engage in sustainable system change. Data analysis revealed a three-stage conceptual framework whereby building momentum for change requires a fundamental shift in culture through openness and engagement to challenge the status quo by acknowledging not only the apparent problems to be addressed but also the residual apathy and cynicism holding the system captive to entrenched ideas and behaviors. By challenging the status quo, energy shifts and momentum builds as the community discovers shared values and goals. Achieving a culture shift of this magnitude requires leadership that is embedded within the community, with a personal commitment to that community and with the deep listening skills necessary to understand and engage the community and the wider system in moving forward into change. This emergent conceptual framework is then used to compare and discuss more intentional applications of social movements thinking for mobilizing resources for large-scale system change.Originality/valueThis study offers a three-stage conceptual framework for mobilizing community/system resources toward sustainable large-scale system change. The comparative application of this framework to more intentional applications of social movements thinking to planned change initiatives offers insights and lessons to be learned when large-scale systems attempt to apply such principles in redesigning health and social service systems.
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Nechansky, Helmut. "The four modes of coexistence in social systems." Kybernetes 46, no. 3 (March 6, 2017): 433–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/k-10-2015-0268.
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Purpose The paper aims to relate the four modes of coexistence of goal-orientated systems – conflict, hierarchy, the niche and cooperation – to static behavioral descriptions of social systems. Design/methodology/approach Analyzing the options for interactions of goal-orientated systems leads the four modes of coexistence. These show certain behavioral characteristics. Searching for these characteristics in selected behavioral descriptions in organizational theory, sociology, political science and system science allows relating them to certain modes. Findings In organizations, the four modes of coexistence show in general (Cameron and Quinn) and dyadic interaction patterns (Argyris). In sociology, they show in educational schemes preparing for specific modes (Bernstein) and in different exchange patterns (Polanyi). In political theory, the four modes of coexistence show in preferred policies of parties, in institutional development, in oligarch power politics (Winters) and in external policy. In system science, they show in problem solving strategies (Jackson) and “mindscapes” (Murayama). Research limitations/implications The analysis is restricted to static patterns leaving out dynamic developments, for example, in networks. Practical implications Together with previous investigations, the paper shows how behavioral descriptions ranging from psychology to politics correspond to the four modes of coexistence, and it suggests interrelations and alignments of the modes via various levels of societal organization. Originality/value The four modes of coexistence provide an unequivocal theoretical framework that allows finding parallels in behavioral descriptions ranging from psychology via sociology to politics.
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Nikolić, Jelena, and Dejana Zlatanović. "Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Synergies: A Systemic Approach." Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy 64, no. 3 (September 1, 2018): 36–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ngoe-2018-0016.
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AbstractRespecting the importance of corporate governance (CG), particularly various corporate governance mechanisms for improving corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, the paper highlights relevant CG–CSR synergies from the perspective of systems thinking. The paper further aims to demonstrate the ways in which selected systems methodologies can support CG–CSR synergies. Accordingly, we selected appropriate systems methodologies, such as dialectical systems theory, soft systems methodology, and system dynamics. We defined the dialectical system, consisting of essential corporate governance mechanisms, which contribute to CSR; we also identified the key stakeholders and their perceptions of CG–CSR relations through CATWOE analysis; thus, the appropriate root definition and conceptual model, including the activities that are relevant for CG–CSR relations, were developed. Developed systemic framework provided a relevant methodological support to highlight the various issues of corporate governance, such as institutional framework, market for corporate control, ownership structure, board structure, and their contribution to CSR.
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Cao, Fu Jun, Hao Cheng Xu, and Yan Tao Jiao. "Process Analysis of Construction Quality Management System for Water Project Based on Dissipative Structure Theory." Advanced Materials Research 655-657 (January 2013): 2230–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.655-657.2230.
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Using the dissipative structure theory (DST), the construction quality management system process of water project in China (WPCQMS) is analyzed in this paper. In the history of development, the process of the participants of WPCQMS gradually undertake quality management responsibility can be divided into the following several major stages: quality self-control stage of construction unit, quality collaborative control stage of owner unit, quality supervision stage of supervision unit, and quality supervision stage of government agency. Furthermore, the existing main problems of WPCQMS are analyzed, and it is put forward that the reforming orientation of WPCQMS should establish the three systems, including the main construction body quality management endurance system, the government quality supervision system, and the social credit assessing system.
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Prikhodko, Yuriy. "Foundations of the innovative theory of systems transformation." Problems of Innovation and Investment Development, no. 24 (April 27, 2021): 4–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.33813/2224-1213.24.2021.1.
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Purpose. The purpose of the article is to justify the theoretical basis and methodological foundations of the systems’ transformation in the context of the influence of external and internal factors. Methodology. The results of the article were obtained through the application of such methods: analysis, synthesis, deduction, induction in the study of systems, the theory of self-organization and scientific concepts. These methods form the basis of a modern study of the self-organization of systems of living or inanimate nature of artificial or natural organic or inorganic, socio-economic, humanitarian, military, political and other origins. Systematic method – for substantiating the laws and principles of the transformation of systems, the general law of transformation of systems; modeling – for developed mathematical model of the system. Results. The author substantiates the regularities and principles of system’ transformation, determines the external and internal factors of this process, reveals their objectivity and subjectivity; the general law of transformation of systems is defined and formulated; An approach to mathematical modeling of systems is proposed on the basis of complex consideration and application of external and internal factors. Originality. The general law of systems transformation is definite for the first time. The law objectively takes into account all existing theories and concepts concerning transformation, self-organization and modernization of systems, that is quantitative, qualitative and functional changes taking place with them. The mathematical model of the system is represented by the function of the action and interaction of objective and subjective external and internal factors. Practical value. The obtained research results allow at the present stage of development of science to create a universal approach and the corresponding equipment for modeling, analysis and evaluation of the degree of transformation of systems of any origin. The determination of their productivity, stability, prevention of chaos, dissipation and corresponding corrective actions, depending on missions and goals, actions that are being persecuted and carried out or are taking place. According to the research, the way to the solution of this problem lies in the field of the most optimal representation of the action of external and internal factors by physical, social or any other nature by mathematical, functional, statistical, expert methods on the basis of the corresponding presented functions and qualimetric approaches. Key words: system, theory of self-organization, transformation, thermodynamics evolution, interaction, external factors, internal factors, model.
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ALBERT, MATHIAS. "Governance and democracy in European systems: on systems theory and European integration." Review of International Studies 28, no. 2 (April 2002): 293–309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0260210502002930.
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The article proposes to conjoin the analysis of European integration and a modern systems theory of society. At first identifying some deficiencies in current debates on governance and democracy in Europe, it then introduces some tenets of modern systems theory relevant for the argument, focusing on the notions of ‘world society’;, ‘structural coupling’, and ‘social evolution’;. Using the debate on an emerging European constitution as an example, it then demonstrates how a systems-theoretical perspective can help to resituate the account of a European constitutionalism in the overall evolution of world society's legal and political systems. In an equal fashion, it proposes to sharpen the theoretical discussion on democracy in Europe by first outlining the function of legitimacy in a functionally differentiated political system. A concluding section comments on the ‘value added’ of a modern systems-theoretical perspective which is still uncommon in European Studies and IR.
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Sforzi, F., and M. C. Mancini. "The reinterpretation of the agri-food system and its spatial dynamics through the industrial district." Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) 58, No. 11 (November 26, 2012): 510–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/146/2011-agricecon.
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The industrial district theory has brought to the development economics the opportunity to interpret the economic change through places, where it actually is formed, as a result of the join action of the local and extra-local social, economic and institutional forces. This paper sets out to discuss the contribution that the industrial district theory can make to the debate on the spatial dynamics of agri-food systems in the age of globalisation. To this end, the first part of the paper analyses the contribution of the industrial district approach in the relationship between industry and territory; the second part studies the evolution of the concept of the agri-food system and the main determinants of the spatial dynamics in modern agri food systems. This paper supports that the industrial district theory can shed a new light on the spatial dynamics of agri-food systems, and can offer an alternative to the mainstream approach. In using the local community as a unit of analysis, the ID theory gives a key role to human agents of production and their knowledge and the agri-food system can be seen as ‘a global network of places’, each place being specialized in a different component of the system.
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Chen, Charles, and Shih-Wei Chou. "Measuring Patients’ Perceptions and Social Influence on Home Telecare Management System Acceptance." International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics 5, no. 3 (July 2010): 44–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jhisi.2010070104.
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Successful implementation of a Home Telecare Management System (HTMS) requires acceptance by the users, especially when technical innovation is applied to manage chronic healthcare in elderly patients, who are unaccustomed to using modern technology. Based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Social Influence Theory (SIT), a Home Telecare Management System (HTMS) Acceptance Model is proposed and tested to improve the understanding of patients’ acceptance of HTMS and the impact of social influence on patients’ attitude and behavioral intentions in using HTMS. Via empirical research and analysis of 221 patients’ questionnaires, the partial least squares (PLS) technique indicates that most of the model’s hypotheses are significant. Implications for both theory and practice are also provided.
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Almaguer-Kalixto, Patricia E., Margarita Maass Moreno, and José Antonio Amozurrutia. "Sociocybernetics and action research: Analysis and intervention in complex social problems." Current Sociology 67, no. 4 (April 24, 2019): 544–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011392119837576.
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Participatory action research (PAR) has been used as a methodology for social intervention that combines research enquiry and action in the analysis of and intervention in complex social problems. However, a better systematization of complex social research processes is required to enable reflexivity at a participatory level and second-order observation of the full research system constructed. This article proposes a PAR model using conceptual and methodological elements of sociocybernetics, which is the application of first- and second-order cybernetics and general systems theory to social sciences. The authors see this model as able to reinforce the systematization of PAR, enabling a second-order reflexivity and feedback process through information analysis and communication strategies. The first part of the article explains how sociocybernetics concepts can contribute to this sociological methodology and discusses points of similarity between the two approaches and the basis of the proposed model. The second part addresses an empirical case of PAR developed in the context of the High Atlas in Morocco using the proposed model. By reinforcing a systems perspective, internal and external elements of the research system can be defined better to understand its relevance to optimal fulfilment of the research purpose. The value that sociocybernetics adds may be the comprehension of processes of change through the assimilation, accommodation and adaptation of the components and limits of the system, the feedback process and other interactions within the system and its environment, in order to analyse how social changes occur in complex settings.
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Zhao, De Cai, and Bo Yang Xie. "Research and Development of Online Course Systems." Applied Mechanics and Materials 333-335 (July 2013): 2179–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.333-335.2179.
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Based on the knowledge management theory, social constructivist theory, the theory ofteam learning, object-oriented programming methods, from the student's learning characteristicsand the technology platform and operating environment and etc., feasibility analysis and needsanalysis are carried out. System design and development are becoming into the design goals ofsocial, intelligence and humanity , the abstract factory design pattern to SQL Sever as a databaseservice system are chosen to be used a number of key technologies, combined with intelligent,high-performance, full-featured search technology, efficient, general purpose, open-to-useWeb-based course system are designed and developed.
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Smochko, N. M. "MONO-DEVELOPMENT OF TERRITORIAL SYSTEMS IN THE THEORY OF MODERN SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY." GEOGRAPHY AND TOURISM, no. 54 (2019): 50–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2308-135x.2019.54.50-59.
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The purpose of this research work is the theoretical study of the conceptual and categorical apparatus of the territorial system of mono-development in the theory of contemporary social geography, namely the definition of its features, properties, connections and relationships. Method. The research uses common scientific methods, including analysis, scientific synthesis, analytical method, methods of comparison and generalization. The structure of the territorial system, as a specific historical and temporal form of organization of society, can be considered in component-functional and territorial-functional aspects. Accordingly, the need of identifying the category of mono-development and its inherent differences in the theory of social geography requires detailed examination of its etymology, meaningful separation from other categories, hence, scientific justification, taking into account the specificity of geographical comprehension. The scientific novelty is that the category «territorial system of mono-development» is proposed in the scientific circulation of the theory of social geography. The systemic and specific features, properties, relationships and connections of the territorial system of mono-development as a complex discrete form of territorial organization of society have been revealed. Practical meaning. The results of this study are the basis for conducting scientific and theoretical studies of the territorial system of mono-development, its identification and complex study of functioning in modern geospatial.
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Ngowi, Lucas, Ellen Kalinga, and Nerey Mvungi. "Socio-Technical Perspective for Electronic Tax Information System in Tanzania." Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology 40, no. 1 (July 31, 2021): 62–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.52339/tjet.v40i1.714.
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Socio-technical systems theory has rarely been used by system architects in setting up computing systems. However, the role of socio-technical concepts in computing, which is becoming social in nature, has made the concepts more relevant and commercial. Tax information systems are examples of such systems because they are influenced by external variables such as the political environment, technological trends, and social environment, introducing complexity in their deployment and determining the type of e-services and their delivery to a diverse group of people. It was observed that in Tanzania there is resistance, reluctance and minimal use of electronic tax system because of insufficient end-user support and their involvement in constructing the system. Therefore, there is need to develop an electronic tax information system using socio-technical systems perspectives to ensure design of an efficient user-friendly tax administration system. The research used the qualitative approach, featuring case studies in Korea, Chile, Tanzania, and Denmark. The study used best practices from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to benchmark Tanzania Revenue Authority current practices. It was found that tax models implemented are techno-centric push models, which don’t attract its use by tax payers and requiring human intervention in its operation, hence not cost-effective. As the first and relevant phase in socio-technical system development, this paper presents the problem definition and analysis of e-Tax collection system in Tanzania.
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Ivakhnenko, E. N. "Domestic Education as a System and an Object of Management." Higher Education in Russia 27, no. 8-9 (October 3, 2018): 9–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.31992/0869-3617-2018-27-8-9-9-23.
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The article proposes communicative conceptualization of the notion of “education system”. The turn of modern theoretical sociology toward the system-communicative theory (N. Luhmann), in the author’s opinion, marked not only a waiver of structural and functional approaches to the analysis and management of social systems, but also a refrain from the relapses of their criticism built on the notion of “ideal norm”. The author also makes an attempt to implement the logic of the development of operationally closed recursively evolving systems as a tool for analyzing some actions of the regulator on reforming Russian higher education, which were directly transferred to higher education institutions within the last 10–15 years.
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Puspitasari, Ira, Shukor Sanim Mohd Fauzi, and Cheng-Yuan Ho. "Factors Driving Users’ Engagement in Patient Social Network Systems." Informatics 8, no. 1 (February 9, 2021): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/informatics8010008.
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Participatory medicine and e-health help to promote health literacy among non-medical professionals. Users of e-health systems actively participate in a patient social network system (PSNS) to share health information and experiences with other users with similar health conditions. Users’ activities provide valuable healthcare resources to develop effective participatory medicine between patients, caregivers, and medical professionals. This study aims to investigate the factors of patients’ engagement in a PSNS by integrating and modifying an existing behavioral model and information system model (i.e., affective events theory (AET) and self-determination theory (SDT)). The AET is used to model the structure, the affective aspects of the driven behavior, and actual affective manifestation. The SDT is used to model interest and its relations with behavior. The data analysis and model testing are based on structural equation modeling, using responses from 428 users. The results indicate that interest and empathy promote users’ engagement in a PSNS. The findings from this study suggest recommendations to further promote users’ participation in a PSNS from the sociotechnical perspective, which include sensitizing and constructive engagement features. Furthermore, the data generated from a user’s participation in a PSNS could contribute to the study of clinical manifestations of disease, especially an emerging disease.
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Corsi, Giancarlo. "Legitimating reason or self-created uncertainty? Public opinion as an observer of modern politics." Thesis Eleven 143, no. 1 (December 2017): 44–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0725513617741019.
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Theoretical approaches to public opinion are hard to find in the sociological literature, with the exception of the seminal work of Jürgen Habermas. One important alternative, although almost unknown in the English-speaking world, is offered in a few contributions by the systems theoretician Niklas Luhmann. Both critical theory and systems theory start from a historical analysis of the conditions that led to the rise of a public sphere and understand its function as the limitation and control of the arbitrariness of power. Critical theory considers the public sphere as a social space where citizens can (or should) participate and discuss freely and without constraints. Thus, it legitimizes political power. Systems theory presents a completely different concept of the public sphere and conceives of it in terms of second-order observation. Through public opinion the modern political system observes itself and stimulates as well as limits its decision-making processes. This paper argues that both approaches share the idea that the political system, like every other social subsystem, must generate a system-specific uncertainty (i.e. specific conditions that it cannot control) in order to limit its own arbitrariness and to be able to develop its decision-making potential. Both approaches locate this uncertainty in the sphere of public opinion. But they radically differ in the way they conceptualize public opinion’s effects on modern politics. Such differences between critical theory and systems theory are illustrated by an analysis of recent political events.
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Pogosyan, Vardgues. "Change And Variability Of Phenomena In Complex Social Systems." WISDOM 13, no. 2 (December 26, 2019): 95–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v13i2.276.
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The discourse of chaos theory is used in the description of non-linear processes of social change. Comparing to the mainstream theories of the linear pattern, chaos theory shows significant expansion of the heuristic capabilities in the interpretation of asynchrony and polyvariance of the observed phenomena. A methodological separation of predictability and determinism in the study of socio-dynamics has been carried out. The circumstance that determines the formation of the corresponding attractors is the invariant components of the civilization matrix of society. The sociocultural factor, together with the activation of negative feedbacks, is decisive in the problem of absorption by the system of new information, determining the methods and limits of the reception of innovations. In part of the study of the relative homeostatic state of the system in socio-dynamic and for a detailed analysis of the order parameters, the set of which is unique for each specific cultural type, it recommended to use as a complement research tool the civilizational approach explaining local specificity.
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Konopleva, Irina V., and Anna R. Sibireva. "NONLINEAR MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF PEDAGOGICAL SYSTEM FUNCTIONING." Volga Region Pedagogical Search 34, no. 4 (2020): 93–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.33065/2307-1052-2020-4-34-93-98.
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The purpose of this article is to study the crisis in pedagogical systems from the point of view of an internal observer. The aim of the work is to build and investigate a mathematical model describing the course of crises in pedagogical systems. When building the model, a synergetic methodology, system and process approaches are used. For the mathematical analysis of various social phenomena, systems of differential equations are used to investigate the dynamics of the process. The paper considers a system of nonlinear differential equations in three-dimensional space that describes the functioning of the pedagogical system during the crisis. Numerical and topological methods of nonlinear dynamics, the method of Lyapunov characteristic exponents and the theory of strange attractors by Lorentz were used to study it. Numerical modeling of system solutions for various sets of control parameters (system coefficients) makes it possible to determine the region of stability (asymptotic stability), limit cycles, bifurcation points, and describe possible trajectories of development of the pedagogical system. Mathematical modeling deepens the knowledge about the essence of crises, the peculiarities of their course, makes it possible to study qualitative and numerical modeling, and also allows predicting possible effective measures to combat crisis phenomena and develop new approaches in the management of pedagogical systems.
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Deaton, Jennifer D., and Jonathan Ohrt. "Integration of Expressive Techniques in Multisystemic Therapy With At-Risk Adolescents: A Retrospective Case Analysis." Family Journal 27, no. 1 (December 18, 2018): 92–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1066480718819873.
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The multisystemic therapy (MST) treatment model is derived from social ecological theory, through which known risk and protective factors of ecological systems are identified by indirect and direct contribution to at-risk behaviors. However, youth with emotional disturbances postdischarge from residential treatment facilities are often referred to MST due to managed care organizations extending beyond the once identified population of juvenile offenders. Consequently, MST works within the ecological system at which an integration of MST and expressive techniques (ETs) can occur in order to simultaneously work within the individual system. In this article, we discuss the foundation of MST and present a retrospective case analysis of the integration of MST and ETs. We discuss limitations and future research considerations.
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Helfmann, Luzie, Enric Ribera Borrell, Christof Schütte, and Péter Koltai. "Extending Transition Path Theory: Periodically Driven and Finite-Time Dynamics." Journal of Nonlinear Science 30, no. 6 (September 10, 2020): 3321–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00332-020-09652-7.
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Abstract Given two distinct subsets A, B in the state space of some dynamical system, transition path theory (TPT) was successfully used to describe the statistical behavior of transitions from A to B in the ergodic limit of the stationary system. We derive generalizations of TPT that remove the requirements of stationarity and of the ergodic limit and provide this powerful tool for the analysis of other dynamical scenarios: periodically forced dynamics and time-dependent finite-time systems. This is partially motivated by studying applications such as climate, ocean, and social dynamics. On simple model examples, we show how the new tools are able to deliver quantitative understanding about the statistical behavior of such systems. We also point out explicit cases where the more general dynamical regimes show different behaviors to their stationary counterparts, linking these tools directly to bifurcations in non-deterministic systems.
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Nensi Veni Indipenrian, Baiq, Bambang Subroto, and Aulia Fuad Rahman. "Analysis of behavioral intention on ABC system adoption: Model of information systems technology and success acceptance." Journal of Economics, Business & Accountancy Ventura 18, no. 3 (December 30, 2015): 403. http://dx.doi.org/10.14414/jebav.v18i3.510.
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This study aims to examine the effect of individual behavioral change on the adoption of activity- based costing (ABC) system and its usage, using Unified Theory of Accep-tance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and Information System Success Model. The sample involves 78 respondents who have positions as financial manager, controller manager, accounting manager, and production manager in mid-sized manufacturing companies in East java. The data were collected by survey method. This study used a Partial Least Square (PLS) as the data analysis method. It was found that not all of the main UTAUT models were supported, because performance expectancy and effort expectancy have no effect on behavioral intention and use behavior to adopt ABC system. Whereas, social factors, information quality and facilitating conditions had a positive effect on behavioral intention and use behavior to adopt ABC system. The different results of this study with several previous studies are probably caused by the differences in the context of system, culture and characteristics of the sample. The implication of this study is not only to propose a theoretical framework for researches in future, but also useful for companies to optimize the use of ABC system that should be supported by top level and mid-level management and the readiness of the individu-als to accept the adoption of the ABC system.
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Severino, Sergio, and Paolo Di Venti. "From Autoreferentiality to Interdipendence: healthcare, social welfare and local service's governance in Sicily." SALUTE E SOCIETÀ, no. 1 (December 2012): 166–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/ses2012-001012en.
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This paper argues a critical reflection about the dynamics of the Sicilian Health System. The analysis of its internal reforms shows the effort to achieve a gradual decentralization of management and control bodies. It was conceptualized as a de-generalization process, described starting from the von Bertalanffy's General Systems Theory. This latter allows to fit the concept of complexity to the social systems dynamic's, characterized by specific rules and standards aimed to an ever new fitting to the environment.
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Jensen, Tina Blegind, Annemette Kjærgaard, and Per Svejvig. "Using Institutional Theory with Sensemaking Theory: A Case Study of Information System Implementation in Healthcare." Journal of Information Technology 24, no. 4 (December 2009): 343–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jit.2009.11.
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Institutional theory has proven to be a central analytical perspective for investigating the role of social and historical structures of information systems (IS) implementation. However, it does not explicitly account for how organisational actors make sense of and enact technologies in their local context. We address this limitation by exploring the potential of using institutional theory with sensemaking theory to study IS implementation in organisations. We argue that each theoretical perspective has its own explanatory power and that a combination of the two facilitates a much richer interpretation of IS implementation by linking macro- and micro-levels of analysis. To illustrate this, we report from an empirical study of the implementation of an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system in a clinical setting. Using key constructs from the two theories, our findings address the phenomenon of implementing EPRs at three levels: the organisational field, the organisational/group, and the individual/socio-cognitive level. The study shows how a rationalised myth of an efficient EPR system has travelled from the organisational field to the hospital ward and on to individual doctors. The findings also provide evidence of a strong human agency by showing how doctors enact their work practices and shape the use of the EPR system. The study contributes to IS research by showing the need to address macro-level structures, as well as individual interpretations and practical use situations, in order to identify how and why information systems are adopted by users.
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Jin, Yanghua, Biao Nie, and Yuchun Xiao. "Theoretical model and application of multilevel modeling in the research of social system." Kybernetes 37, no. 9/10 (October 17, 2008): 1401–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/03684920810907706.
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PurposeTo identify the typical multilevel issues in social science, as well as illustrate the theoretical basis, hierarchical models and empirical exemplars of multilevel paradigm.Design/methodology/approachHierarchical and multilevel data are extremely common in social systems, but multilevel analysis is constrained by statistical techniques. With the development of social system theory and empirical methods such as hierarchical structure modeling and latent growth modeling, multilevel paradigm can be used to analyze multilevel data. So it is necessary to identify typical multilevel phenomena in social science and discuss multilevel modeling techniques.FindingsThis paper identifies four typical multilevel phenomena in social system study: hierarchical and clustered sampling, collective construct research, longitudinal repeated measures, and event history analysis. Hierarchical structure modeling and latent growth modeling are effective multilevel analysis techniques in social science because of their advantages in the integration of social system research.Research limitations/implicationsThe quality and availability of multilevel data are the main limitations regarding which model will be applied.Practical implicationsThe paper can aid the provision of effective multilevel models to social workers.Originality/valueThis paper provides information on application of multilevel modeling in social science.
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Stupak, Oksana. "Theoretical background for the use of the systematic approach to the process of development of youth’s social activity in civil society institutions." Scientific bulletin of South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky 2019, no. 4 (129) (December 26, 2019): 33–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.24195/2617-6688-2019-4-4.
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The multidimensional nature of the notion «system» is conditioned by a wide range of factors applied in philosophical, pedagogical and social studies. The review of scientific and encyclopaedic literature on systemic research confirmed the versatility of approaches to the definition of “system”. The purpose of the article is theoretical analysis of scientific approaches to the concept «system», characterization of system types in the context of pedagogical research. The determined approaches to this category in the scientific theory and practice allow considering the system as an orderly classification of interrelated elements which, interacting with the environment, form a holistic system, constitute a set of interacting elements oriented towards the achievement of a specific goal. It has been defined that a set of components oriented towards the goal determines the basis of the research system and systematic research methods. It has been determined in the article that autonomy in choosing ways of action on the basis of the developed criteria is the characteristic feature of purposeful systems. During the research, the importance of introducing the systematic approach to modern pedagogical science was emphasized, in particular the problem of forming social activity of youth in the institutions of civil society. The systematic approach involves performing a number of tasks: developing system goals; constructing objects as a system; building models of the system; determining system properties; studying the functioning of the system. In the context of our study, it is worth noting that the social, pedagogical, social-pedagogical and innovative systems that justify a number of principles, features and characteristics that are considered relevant during the formation of social activity contribute to the development of the system enabling the development of young people’s social activity. The analysis of the scientific-pedagogical literature made it possible to identify the main characteristics of these systems. According to the results of theoretical analysis, the concept and development stage of the system enabling the formation of young people’s social activity in the institutions of civil society were determined. Keywords: system, systematic approach, pedagogical system, innovative system, social-pedagogical system, youth.