Issue Articles
THEORETICAL
Paradox in organizations seen as social complex systems
Paradox may be the ground zero for disciplined speculation that forces individuals, organizations and societies to challenge normality and existing mental frames. Paradox can be a threat, and paradox can be a source for new insight. This paper examin... Read More
PRACTITIONER
Complexity, conceptual models, and teacher decision-making research
Informed by complexity research and models for analyzing conditions in complex adaptive systems such as schools, I describe findings from a descriptive case study of influences on teacher decision-making about writing instruction in a high-stakes wri... Read More
with LESLIE.PATTERSON@UNT.EDU
COLUMN
Adjacent opportunities (18.2):
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ACADEMIC
Social systems:
We argue the case that human social systems and social organizations in particular are concrete, non-metaphorical, cognitive agents operating in their own self-constructed environments. Our point of departure is Luhmann's theory of social systems as ... Read More
with DAVID (WEAVER) WEINBAUM PETTER BRAATHEN
PRACTITIONER
Viewing WIL in business schools through a new lens:
Employers require well rounded work-ready graduates with the skills to adapt to a contemporary workplace. Australian universities are responding to these needs through the implementation of Work-integrated Learning (WIL) programs aimed at providing s... Read More
with LISA MCMANUS
PRACTITIONER
A cladistics and Linnaean exploration into the Darwinian selection of favorable varieties of the ideal / textbook manufacturing species
The paper explores the Darwinian idea of natural selection through the preservation of favorable variations and the rejection of injurious variations. This is shown through focus on the evolutionary processes of variation and selective retention. Var... Read More
with CHRISTEN ROSE-ANDERSSEN JAMES BALDWIN KEITH RIDGWAY