Creating ‘Rhizomatic Systems’ for Understanding Complexity in Organizations

The article describes and demonstrates the use of a new research proposal for understanding the complexity in organizations in terms of a Deleuzian sense of an event. It creates the rhizome metaphor that allows the emergence of different ways of systems thinking, a legitimate challenge to the Modernist’s orthodoxy. For Deleuze and Guattari, micropolitics are the essence of what we call ‘rhizomatic systems.’ It is this concept of the organization, as a rhizome or rhizomatic systems that we want to focus from ‘problem solving’ in a real-world situation to the process of problematization, that is, the making or appreciating a series of events in the problematizing fields. The paper draws on the research experience in which participatory action research was carried out in a Korean distribution company. The participatory learning process happened to create a series of events in which ‘time-related research’ was conducted in order to facilitate the process of problematization within the organization.

The Complexity and Application Research of Several Attractors About Economic System Time Series

In this paper, time series with stable convergence, saddles, Hopf bifurcations and chaotic points in one kind of complicated systems have been studied in respects of： fractal characteristic and fractal dimension. By using phase space reconstruction technology of chaotic time series, work of reconstruction has been done respectively on these four different conditions and further by applying wavelet network models, work of modeling and prediction have been done accordingly. The results indicate： treatment of zero mean value in the identification of the chaotic models has no obvious influence on precision and length of predictions, while the treatment by Fourier Filter can damage effectiveness of prediction.     

Community Organizations in Venezuela: Toward the Disintegration of the Modern State and the Emergence of a Community Organized Society?

This paper argues that Venezuelan community organizations (COs) are playing a substantial role in the building of a new social order in which elements such as rights, equity, and justice are being displaced from a universal narrative toward more local narratives. This displacement is enwrapped in a discourse on the political participation of citizens in the running of public affairs, which implies a redefinition of the role of COs and the state beyond the usually accepted sphere of COs. The need to unfold the sense of COs thus becomes paramount for understanding our present and its current manifestations of an epochal change.     

A Shortest Path Algorithm for Multi—stage Network with Linear Parameter

1　IntroductionThere often existsome network optimization problems with parameters in many real prob-lems.But the effective algorithms are not given because of complexity with parameters.Inthis paper,we propose an effective algorithm for solving the short…     

Preface——Special Issue to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Journal of Systems Science and Complexity

<正>This special issue is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Journal of Systems Science and Complexity(JSSC)which is under the auspices of the Institute of Systems Science,Chinese Academy of Sciences.Institute of Systems Science,Chinese Academy of Sciences was established in 1979 by scientists Chao-Chih Kwan,Wen-Tsun Wu,Guo-Zhi Xu.In 1981,the Journal of Systems Science     

Business Action Research in Practice—A Strategic Conversation About Conducting Action Research in Business Organizations

The objectiveof this paper is to provide practitioner researchers with insights into the initial findings around the challenges of conducting business action research in practice in commercial settings on the basis of experiences of a PhD cohort at Monash University in the first 18 months of candidature. In performing the role of a concluding paper, it sets out a generic framework for action research that the cohort has come to embrace. In doing so, it draws on emergent themes spread across the six diverse topics that are the subject of action research interventions of the cohort members. The paper then identifies and analyses the common patterns that have emerged and offers observations and conclusions for those involved in practitioner research.     

A Kind of Systems Methodology——The SPIPRO Principle

This paper deals with the Self-Increasing-Difficulty system (SIDIS) separated from general systems, with emphasis on the relevant methodology based on the Spiral Combining Propulsion Principle (SPIPRO principle in short). The system feature and its causative factors are analysed, and the implications and mechanism of the SPIPRO principle are discussed. Finally, the application possibilities of this methodology are illustrated with some examples.     

Recent Advances on Networked Systems and Intelligent Control——Dedicated to a Visionary Leader: Prof. Lihua Xie's 60th Birthday

<正>It is with great pleasure and admiration that we celebrate the 60th birthday of Professor Lihua Xie, a distinguished researcher and visionary leader in the field of robust control and estimation. Prof. Xie’s remarkable journey, marked by outstanding achievements and ground-breaking contributions, has left an indelible mark on the world of engineering and academia.     

The Holistic Sense of Prison Phenomena in Venezuela. II. Toward a Profound Unveiling of the “Background”

This is the second article of the trilogy devoted to the study of the sense of Venezuelan prison institutions. It shows how the research reported in the first article gives way to the central question presented in this paper: What are the conditions of possibility of our discomfort and dissatisfaction with the current situation in the Venezuelan prisons? The reflection on this question progresses by uncovering different ways of understanding the sense of prisons. These serve as hypothetical grounds of the moral intuitions that make the prisons problematical. As the reflection develops, it seems to indicate that what underpins the problematical nature of the prison problem is the same post-modern liberal order which, according to the first article of the trilogy, underpins prison schizophrenia. This poses some theoretical questions, which give way to the third article of the trilogy. Finally, the possibility of an in-depth solution to the Venezuelan prison problem is discussed.

     

The Algebro-Geometric Method for Solving Algebraic Differential Equations——A Survey

Journal of Systems Science and Complexity - This paper presents the algebro-geometric method for computing explicit formula solutions for algebraic differential equations (ADEs). An algebraic...     

Macroeconomic System Analysis On The Problem of Stagflation——The General Theory of Employment and Price (Ⅰ)

A system approach to building a theoretical model of macoecnomic system is shown in the paper. The IS-LM model, which is well-known in macroeconomics, is extended into a dynamic equilibrium model—IS-LM-AS model. The aggparative production function is a fresh deduced from a set of axioms. A comparative static analysis is carried out for evidence of the stagflation and the macroeconomic policy dilemma.     

Action Learning as a Mindset—The Evolution of PICCO

This paper investigates action learning as a maintenance of mindset. It is an account of a personal evolution from a 4-year work in progress Action Research (AR) study exploring organizational viability. That study, involving two separate organizations and four cycles of AR, has seen the researcher and to some extent the organizations develop action-learning mindsets. The paper is an attempt to step outside the study and its associated learning from an organizational perspective and to link the threads of learning from the mindset of an action researcher. The paper suggests that adopting the mindset of an action researcher favors the transfer of learning from one organizational situation to another. Advocating that action researchers do not restart their initial methodologies, it is contended that the second organization has gained advantage of learning from the first. It is concluded that action learning mindsets articulate cumulative wisdom from organizational and methodological perspectives.     

Call for Papers——The Fourth International Conference on Electronic Business(ICEB2004)

December 5-9, 2004, Beijing, China Hosted by Tsinghua University, Beijing, China http://www.rccm.tsinghua.edu.cn/ICEB2004/ICEB Website: http://www.icebnet.org/ Co-organizers Tsinghua University, Beijing, China The National University of Singapore, Singapore National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, China The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK, China Conference Advisors Chunjun Zhao, Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Christopher Tang, Dean, NUS Business School NUS, Singapore     

The Risk Evaluation of the Implement for Enterprise E—Business

In this paper, risk evaluation index system of electronic business is put forward for core manufactures. At the same time, risk evaluation method is established on the basis of fuzzy mathematics and grey theory, and its effectiveness and feasibility are tested in the practical example.     

The Robust H∞ Control of a Stochastic Inventory—Production System

1　 Introduction DealsMost inventory- production models assume that the demands are influenced by randomlyfluctuating environment.Under the assumption of probability distribution being known,many researches on inventory optimization and control problem ha…     

The Dark Side of the Moon—Unilluminated Dimensions of Systems Practice

This paper explores some of the unilluminated or less explicit aspects of issues faced by those using systems approaches in real-world problem situations. The paper contends that discourse on systems approaches tends to be dominated by rational logical aspects of methodology, though other aspects of the intervention process, such as political dimensions of legitimacy, have become more important in the last 10–15 years. Unsurprisingly the discourse has been different for different methods. Method has been largely invisible in the hard systems area (or at least relatively little discussed), and although it has been the subject of much debate in the soft systems area, the debate has been nonetheless narrowly defined. It is narrowly defined in its relative neglect of process aspects for conducting a systems study. Since the nature of these processes (for example, the client/consultant relation) changes from hard systems to soft systems to critical systems in a way that makes social process progressively a more important dimension of each approach, this aspect has featured more in discourse on critical systems, but in general it remains a curious area of neglect. There is increasing interest in this area, and some signs that relevant theory and practice from closely related domains is being accessed to strengthen these approaches. This paper attempts to make a contribution by outlining and discussing some areas that could usefully complement existing systems approaches. The paper considers the following areas: (a) client relations, (b) analyst role, (c) language and communication, (d) group processes, (e) culture (and rationalities), (f) information gathering techniques and processes, and (g) change management or implementation. The paper draws on experiences of systems practices in the literature, interviews with systems practitioners, and writings in related areas. The paper ends by discussing some of the implications of these issues for the development of well-rounded systems approaches.     

The Differentiated Effect of Administrative Policy in China's Housing Market——Based on the Heterogeneous Households Multi-Agent Model

Since 2010, Chinese government has introduced a series of administrative policies to limit speculation in the housing market to stabilize price fluctuations and keep the housing market in a healthy state of development. In order to investigate whether administrative policy can play its due role, this paper constructs a comprehensive bottom-up housing market heterogeneous households multiagent model(HHMAM) to undertake research on the differentiated effect of administrative policy in different cities. The empirical studies find that: 1) Administrative policy that increases interest rates will cause housing prices to continue to decline in the long term, but they will resume a rising trend after reaching the lowest point; 2) If the government cancels a property-purchasing limitation, housing prices will continue to rise; and 3) investors tend to invest in 1~(st)-tier cities due to the high demand and greater likelihood of appreciation in these cities.     

Macroeconomic System Analysis on the Problem of Stagflation——The General Theory of Employment and Price (Ⅱ)

A system approach to building a theoretical model of macroeconomic system is shown in the paper. The IS-LM model, which is well-known in macroeconomics, is extended into a dynamic equilibrium model—IS-LM-AS model. The aggregate production function is afresh deduced from a set of axioms. A comparative static analysis is carried out for evidence of the stagflation and the macroeconomic policy dilemma.