scholarly journals Behaviour as a Complex Adaptive System: On the Role of Self-Organization in the Development of Individual and Collective Behaviour

Complexus ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 195-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Nolfi
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive System ◽  
Complex Adaptive System ◽  
Collective Behaviour ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Complex Adaptive

scholarly journals Curriculum Studies Based on Complexity Science

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiang Shihui ◽  
Guo Shaodong
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive System ◽  
Complex Adaptive System ◽  
Complexity Science ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Emergent Properties ◽  
System Complexity ◽  
Curriculum Research ◽  
Complex Adaptive ◽  
Research Curriculum

Complexity science is in the forefront of contemporary scientific development; its rise and development triggered the breakthrough and innovation of methodology in scientific research. Curriculum is a complex adaptive system. Complexity curriculum research also includes nonlinearity, uncertainty, self-organization and emergent properties.

Role of personality self-organization in development of mental order and disorder

1997 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 881-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. ROBERT CLONINGER ◽  
N. M. SVRAKIC ◽  
DRAGAN M. SVRAKIC
Keyword(s):  
Complex Adaptive System ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Order And Disorder ◽  
Stepwise Development ◽  
Complex Adaptive ◽  
Self Transcendence

Normal and abnormal personality development can be quantified in terms of 15 specific steps in the self-organization of character as a complex adaptive system. Character is measured as three dimensions of Self-directedness, Cooperativeness, and Self-transcendence, each with five components corresponding to steps in personality development. Each of these steps is differentially influenced by heritable temperament dimensions, antecedent steps in character development, and life experiences. Predictions about the nonlinear dynamics of personality development, such as equifinality and multifinality, are confirmed in longitudinal data about individuals representative of the general population. The stepwise development of character determines large differences between individuals in their risk of psychopathology, as well as varying degrees of maturity and health.

scholarly journals Promoting Disaster Resilience: Operation Mechanisms and Self-Organizing Processes of Crowdsourcing

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhijun Song ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Chris Dolan
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Adaptive System ◽  
Complex Adaptive System ◽  
The Self ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Complex Adaptive ◽  
Self Organizing

It is often difficult to realize effective governance and management within the inherent complexity and uncertainty of disasters. The application of crowdsourcing, through encouraging voluntary support from the general public, advances efficient disaster governance. Twelve international case studies of crowdsourcing and natural disaster governance were collected for in-depth analysis. Influenced by Complex Adaptive System theory, we explored the self-organizing operation mechanisms and self-organization processes of crowdsourcing within disaster governance. The self-organizing operation mechanisms of crowdsourcing are influenced by the multi-directional interaction between the crowdsourcing platform, the initiator (who commences the crowdsourcing process) and the contractor (who undertakes disaster reduction tasks). The benefits of crowdsourcing for governance structure and self-organization processes in natural disaster governance are reflected in three perspectives: strengthening communication and coordination, optimizing emergency decision-making, and improving the ability to learn and adapt. This paper discusses how crowdsourcing can promote disaster resilience from the perspective of the complex adaptive system to enrich the theoretical research on crowdsourcing and disaster resilience.

Collaborate as a flock in the organization: how selection and synthesis influence knowledge convergence within a complex adaptive system

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Magnanini ◽  
Daniel Trabucchi ◽  
Tommaso Buganza ◽  
Roberto Verganti
Keyword(s):  
Complex Adaptive Systems ◽  
Adaptive Systems ◽  
Adaptive System ◽  
Complex Adaptive System ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategic Direction ◽  
Complex Adaptive ◽  
Knowledge Convergence

Purpose This study aims to investigate how two collaborative methods – selection and synthesis – influence knowledge convergence when people articulate a new strategic direction driving transformation within the organization. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a longitudinal field experiment developed in four organizations involving 82 employees over a three-month process. Inspired by dynamics governing flocks as complex adaptive systems, selection and synthesis have been separately used in two sets of companies. Primary and secondary data have been largely collected and analyzed throughout the whole process. Findings This study describes how the two alternative methods differently influenced two kinds of knowledge convergence. While selection triggers a general and static knowledge convergence and the propagation of individual knowledge over time, synthesis fosters a local and dynamic knowledge convergence where individuals tend to propagate knowledge generated collectively. Research limitations/implications This research offers insights into understanding the influence of alternative collaborative methods on the creation and propagation of knowledge when people are converging toward a new strategic direction. From a theoretical perspective, it contributes to complex adaptive system theory, highlighting the role of knowledge convergence and emergence through collaboration. Practical implications This research offers insights to managers who deal with the complexity of the engagement of different stakeholders during collaborative processes, offering some actionable takeaways to foster knowledge convergence by alternatively employing selection and synthesis. Originality/value This paper contributes to the management and social information processing literature emphasizing the role of knowledge convergence emerging from the complex interactions among multiple stakeholders.

Hybridität als Motor und als Ergebnis von Sprachwandel

Glottotheory ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Csaba Földes
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Language Change ◽  
Adaptive System ◽  
Complex Adaptive System ◽  
Explanatory Variable ◽  
Essential Factor ◽  
Language Functions ◽  
Complex Adaptive ◽  
Linguistic Innovation

AbstractThis paper deals with constellations in which, as consequences of linguistic interculturality, elements of two or more languages encounter each other and result in something partially or completely new, an – occasionally temporary – “third quality”, namely hybridity. The paper contributes to the meta-discourse and theory formation by questioning the concept, term and content of “linguistic hybridity”. It also submits a proposal for a typology of linguistic-communicative hybridity that consists of the following prototypical main groups, each with several subtypes: (1) language-cultural, (2) semiotic, (3) medial, (4) communicative, (5) systematic, (6) paraverbal and (7) nonverbal hybridity. At last, the paper examines hybridity as an explanatory variable for language change. In conclusion, hybridity is generally a place of cultural production, with special regard to communication and language it is potentially considered as an incubator of linguistic innovation. Hybridity can be seen as the engine and as the result of language change, or language development. It represents an essential factor by which language functions and develops as a complex adaptive system. Hybridity operates as a continuous cycle. By generating innovation, it triggers language change, which in turn, leads to further and new hybridizations. The processuality of hybridity creates diversity, while at the same time it can cause the vanishing of diversity.

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