The Experimental Arche Continued: Von Foerster on Observing Systems

Jan Achterbergh () and Dirk Vriens ()
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Jan Achterbergh: Radboud University Nijmegen
Dirk Vriens: Radboud University Nijmegen

Chapter Chapter 3 in Organizations, 2010, pp 75-116 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the previous chapter we used Ashby’s cybernetic theory to discuss the “experimental arche” of organizations. This arche referred to a continuous and risky process of control, design and operational regulation with respect to organizational transformation processes.

Keywords: Cognitive Content; Internal State; Electrical Impulse; Recursive Computation; Select Variable (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14316-8_3

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