It is so common that it may be considered almost universal among second order cyberneticians, to identify second order cybernetics and radical constructivism, distinguished as opposite sides of the same coin. It is perhaps not so common that radical constructivists make this equation: they seem much more interested in the influence of radical constructivism in other subjects, especially educati...

In this essay communication is considered as a cybernetic system in which two participants (the representer and the representee) share a representation (made up of a representing and a represented), each constructing his own meaning from the identity of the representing and the represented in the representation in the form of a conversation. Meaning, in this context, is not seen as lying in any...

What is Bio-Cybernetics and Energy Medicine? Bio-cybernetics is a hot topic in the emerging field of energy medicine in Europe. Bio-cybernetic medicine is not a new idea but an old concept that has been given a new name. A bio-cybernetic matrix is a modern term for the acupuncture meridian system and the related medical field of acupuncture meridian assessment developed by Reinhold Voll, MD in ...

This paper provides an explanation of the increasing complexity of corporate IT management as a special case of application of the law of requisite variety. Frequently cited drawback of established frameworks of IT best practices like COBIT and ITIL is their complexity and related difficulty in their implementation. Through the perspective of the law of requisite variety, drawn from the field o...

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High failure rates often observed in practice suggest that collaborative relationships are still not well understood. In this paper we investigate the nature of these relationships from second-order Cybernetics and Social Systems Theory perspectives. Thereby we develop a novel theoretical framework, the Collaborative System, which explains: 1. the organizational function of collaboration; 2. th...