APPROACH
Charles François (2004). APPROACH, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 139.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 139 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Methodology or model |
- “An internally coherent and theoretically grounded collection of models, methodologies , methods , and tools used to learn about the world and to act in it”(K. BAUSCH-Glossary of terms- personal communication)
BAUSCH adds: “It is a flexible and creative way of engaging in a disciplinary inquiry
- “ However the cybernetic and systemic ”tools“are mostly transdisciplinarian because they are in fact ”meta-tools“ i.e. they can be applied in a similar way in many disciplines.”
As an example feedback as a tool (or a model , for that) is a very general mechanism that can be recognized and used in all nonlinear situations , wherein a cyclical loop exist in the form cause-effect -cause .