Communication and Self-Organisation in Complex Systems: A Basic Approach

2001 ◽  
pp. 275-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Schweitzer ◽  
Jörg Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
Complex Systems ◽  
Basic Approach ◽  
Self Organisation

Features of Complex Systems

2020 ◽  
pp. 63-86
Author(s):  
J. Ladyman ◽  
K. Wiesner
Keyword(s):  
Complex Systems ◽  
Spontaneous Order ◽  
Adaptive Behaviour ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Nested Structure ◽  
Self Organisation ◽  
Non Equilibrium

This chapter uses the representative examples of complex systems discussed in the previous chapter to arrive at a list of the distinctive features of complex systems. These features include numerosity; disorder and diversity; feedback; and non-equilibrium. The interesting thing about complex systems is that these conditions can give rise to the following products: spontaneous order and self-organisation; nonlinearity; robustness; nested structure and modularity; history and memory; and adaptive behaviour. Not all these features are present in all complex systems. Whenever any of the products are found in a system, they are the collective result of the conditions, but not all the products are found in all complex systems. Often products help produce other products — for example, memory is impossible without a degree of robustness, and adaptive behaviour can build nested structure and modularity. The chapter considers each of them in turn in more detail and assesses whether each is necessary and/or sufficient for complexity on any or some conceptions of what complex systems are.

scholarly journals Complex leadership as a way forward for transformational missional leadership in a denominational structure

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
C.J.P. Niemandt
Keyword(s):  
Complex Systems ◽  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
Missional Leadership ◽  
Missional Ecclesiology ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Self Organisation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Dutch Reformed Church

The research investigates the role of leadership in the transformation of denominational structures towards a missional ecclesiology, and focusses on the Highveld Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church. It describes the missional journey of the denomination, and interprets the transformation. The theory of ‘complex leadership’ in complex systems is applied to the investigation of the impact of leadership on a denominational structure. The theory identifies three mechanisms used by leaders as enablers in emergent, self-organisation systems: (1) Leaders disrupt existing patterns, (2) they encourage novelty, and (3) they act as sensemakers. These insights are applied as a tool to interpret the missional transformation of a denomination.

scholarly journals Emergence and Dissolvence in the Self-organisation of Complex Systems

Entropy ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Testa ◽  
Lemont Kier
Keyword(s):  
Complex Systems ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Organisation
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