Issue Articles
PHILOSOPHY
From evidence-based management to management of non-knowledge
Leadership and management are increasingly expected to base themselves on evidence, i.e. knowledge. This article does not disagree that knowledge may be beneficial. Yet, based on sociological insights on the complex relation between knowledge and ign... Read More
CLASSIC PAPER
Heinz von Foerster and the second-order cybernetics
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PRACTITIONER
From ignorance to knowing and applications for improving obsolescent manufacturing systems
The aim of this paper is to present a bench marking and diagnostic tool within the hierarchical Linnaean and cladistic representation of the discrete manufacturing systems presented. This is achieved through attempts of moving away from the ignorance... Read More
with JAMES BALDWIN KEITH RIDGWAYACADEMIC
How social network features and organizational structure impact team performance in uncertain environments
Teams are framed as individuals embedded in hierarchical and knowledge networks, who interact among each other with the aim of accomplishing a common task. Social interactions are the means through which team members exert their mutual social influen... Read More
with ILARIA GIANNOCCARO GIUSEPPE CARBONEACADEMIC
The challenge of systemic change:
Governments of the Republic of Korea have an exemplary record in providing leadership through published visions and strategies. This review is inspired by seven such endeavors conducted since 1999. All of these efforts use the future to motivate chan... Read More