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Complexity, a challenge to governance—postscript from a friend
Author(s) -
François Charles
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
systems research and behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 1092-7026
DOI - 10.1002/sres.873
Subject(s) - predictability , determinism , character (mathematics) , corporate governance , perception , field (mathematics) , epistemology , computer science , complex system , sociology , management science , philosophy , artificial intelligence , management , economics , mathematics , statistics , geometry , pure mathematics
Complexity shows its unpredictable character through events that occur simultaneously within systems and within the environment of systems. As global determinisms are broken, and as time flows, complexity is repeatedly reconstructed, and broken again. This behaviour makes it necessary to revise our generally authoritative view of governance. It may be replaced by informed and pragmatic concepts within a field where perception, predictability, determinism and manageability play a major and fundamental role. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.