I'd like to notify you of a new WWW site concerning autopoiesis
and its relation to enterprise / organizational studies. I'd
also like to suggest that it would be a relevant pointer to add
to your excellent Principia Cybernetica WWW site (which is cited
in the WWW pages described below).
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In response to an invitation from ACM SIGOIS (Association
for Computing Machinery -- Organizational Information
Systems SIG), I have constructed a set of Web pages on
"Self-Organization, Autopoiesis, and Enterprises".
This is the inaugural installment of ACM SIGOIS's series entitled
"Illuminations". The goal of this series is to bring novel and
cutting-edge ideas and research to the organizational computing
community.
The material includes:
-- An overview of self-organization in enterprise studies
-- An introduction to Maturana and Varela's theory of
autopoiesis
-- Discussion and examples of autopoietic theory applied to
enterprise / organizational issues
-- A substantial bibliography
-- Pointers to relevant / related Net resources
-- A suggested reading plan for further study
The entry point for Web browsing is the URL:
http://www.acm.org/sigois/auto/Main.html
Enjoy!
-- Randy
Dr. Randall Whitaker
Logicon / Armstrong Laboratory
Wright-Patterson AFB OH