CONSTRAINT (Emerging)
Charles François (2004). CONSTRAINT (Emerging), International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 642.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 642 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
A constraint produced by the progressive interplay of the elements of a system during its morphogenesis.
Such constraints are, for example, new rules of interaction (or their actualization, if they already existed potentially), new communication lines, new roles for the elements.
Of course, once established these rules, roles and lines, they tend to become permanent and obligatory and, consequently, to restrict other potentialities, or even to annulate them.
Emergence of constraints is an aspect of organizational closure, and in some sense, of the algorithmization of the system. It is a very significative aspect of instruction or training, as well as of structuration.