Issue Articles


PRACTITIONER

A nonlinear dynamics approach to exploring the spiritual dimensions of occupation

The spiritual dimensions of occupation are explored using a dynamic systems model to address the interrelationships between spirit-mind-body-world. A deeper appreciation of the wholeness of human occupation emerges within a spiritual paradigm reflect... Read More

with TINA CHAMPAGNE JANICE RYAN HOWARD SACCOMANDO IVELISSE LAZZARINI

EMERGENCE

A few extensions to path-dependence and emergence in complex social systems

Eve Mitleton-Kelly has summarized the theories of complexity into five categories. Four of the categories arise from various natural sciences studying complex systems, and the fifth one mostly arises from economic and social studies, which deal with ... Read More

PRACTITIONER

Learning at the edge—Part 2: Scholar-practitioner reflections on boundaries

This is the second segment of a two-part paper, which attempts to strengthen a bridge between theoretical and practical worlds by bringing information from organizations to complexity theorists. It is written as a boundary object to encourage further... Read More

PHILOSOPHY

Wittgenstein’s ladder in Prigogine’s universe*

What if the postmodernists’ main message about uniqueness and idiosyncrasy of individual humans is taken seriously? What if Wittgenstein’s suggestion about philosophy as the “critique of language” in the Tractatus Logico-Philo... Read More

CLASSIC PAPER

Emergence (9.4)

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ACADEMIC

Towards a complexity framework for managing projects

Several studies have suggested that it is difficult to manage projects using the traditional model of project management. Researchers have proposed multiple perspectives to identify and manage such projects. This paper provides a perspective based on... Read More

with ASHOK PUNDIR GANAPATHY GANAPATHY NARAYANASAMY SAMBANDAM