ORGANIZATION as a process of progressive mechanization
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2408 ▶ |
| Object type | General information |
According to L von BERTALANFFY: “At first, systems — biological, neurological, psychological or social — are governed by dynamic interactions of their components; later on, fixed arrangements and conditions of constraints are established which render the system and its parts more efficient, but also gradually diminish and eventually abolish its equipotentiality” (1956, p.5).
This reduction of the degrees of liberty of the relations among components leads to their grouping in a limited number of structural and functional subsystems, i.e. to the heterogeneity proper to complex systems and to the establishment of functional algorithms. These latter can be very rich, but are nevertheless quite limited when compared with the original potential of the system. It is thus apt to speak of mechanization.