Colonial Systems
Colonial Systems
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殖民系统
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发表时间：
1999
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Jaana Porra
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作者：
Jaana Porra
殖民地系统是作为机械论和有机系统范式的替代而提出的。它们的基础是将进化的社会历史(恩斯特·迈尔)、物种水平的进化(埃尔德里奇和古尔德)和地方背景(马丁·海德格尔)作为人类系统定义的中心前提。殖民地的系统观点与机械论和有机模型不同，有十个不同的公理，这些公理定义了系统在动态平衡(稳定)和剧烈变化期间如何运作。从殖民地系统的公理描述出发，本文提出了标点原型法，以阐明局部殖民地是如何通过创造和采用孤立的原型而生存和繁荣的。这种改变机制(1)需要自我意识来认识到改变的必要性，以及(2)描述殖民者建立和采用成功的原型所必需的授权。殖民地系统模型可以用于解释信息系统、组织和社会机构是如何变化的。此外，群体可以被用来比喻设计新的人类系统，这些系统比机器和有机体的模型更能体现人性。
Colonial systems are presented as an alternative to the mechanistic and organic systems paradigms. They are based upon the inclusion of an evolutionary social history (Ernst Mayr), species-level evolution (Eldredge and Gould), and local context (Martin Heidegger) as central premises in the definition of human systems. The colonial viewpoint of systems is differentiated from the mechanistic and organic models by ten different axioms that define how systems operate during both homeostasis (stability) and radical change. From the axiomatic descriptions of colonial systems, the method of punctuated prototyping is derived to clarify how local colonies survive and prosper by creating and adopting isolated prototypes. This change mechanism (1) requires the self-awareness to recognize the necessity for change, and (2) describes the empowerment necessary for the colonists to build and adopt successful prototypes. The colonial systems model can be applied to explanations about how information systems, organizations, and social institutions change. Further, colonies can be used as a metaphor to design new human systems that capture a greater degree of humanness than do the models of machines and organisms.