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THE FOURTH PARADIGM Redesigning Evolutionary Complex Systems of Organizational Communication 2014 ISA Conference Yokohama Prof. Andrea Pitasi Gabriele d’ Annunzio University Pescara-Chieti [email protected]
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THE FOURTH PARADIGM Redesigning Evolutionary Complex
Systems of Organizational Communication
2014 ISA Conference Yokohama
Prof. Andrea Pitasi Gabriele d’ Annunzio University Pescara-Chieti
AIMS• RECONSTRUCTS THE KEY PARADIGM SHIFTS IN SYSTEM
THEORY:
whole/part one (P1) system/environment one (P2) autopoietic paradigm shift (P3)
• THEORIZING A FOURTH PARADIGM SHIFT
“In any event, we have changed our own evolution but not ended it”
(Barash 2008: 25)
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THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
- The System Theory: (the Edge Foundation, www.edge.com); (Terna, 2006); Lakof & Nunez, 2005)
- The definition of complexity: Luhmann (1990)
“The term complexity is meant to indicate that there are always more possibilities of further experience and action than can be actualized” (1990: 26)
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THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
- Why The System Theory ?
a. It can offer an analytic, deductive system that is unified syntactically and semantically over all the sciences from biology to economics and from mathematics to sociology.
b. It is able to create an interface between science and humanities (Edge Foundation, www.edge.com)
c. It creates an evolutionary theory of global society and is able to grasp the flow of communication.
d. It becomes the theory of communication flows in global society itself. Relationship between globus and Mundus
e. It can model and simulate alternative and other possible scenarios (Terna, 2006)
f. It creates a science-based and knowledge-intensive policymaking.
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THE SYSTEMIC APPROCH PARADIGM SHIFTS PARADIGM (P)
THE SYSTEMIC APPROCH PARADIGM SHIFTS PARADIGM (P) :
P1) Whole/Part
P2) System/Environment
P3) Autopoiesis
P4) Enormous Constellation System
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THE SYSTEMIC PARADIGM SHIFT from P3 to P4
the liquefaction of the concept of organized system and structure that turns into a dematerialized
intangible:
Luhmann Normann
Autopoiesis Organizational change
Enormous Constellation System (P4)System
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WHAT’S NEXT?
• P4:
P4 designs the convergence between the digital dematerialization and the transnationalization and globalization of intellectual, financial and memetic capitals.
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