SOFT TECHNOLOGY
Charles François (2004). SOFT TECHNOLOGY, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 3108.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 3108 ▶ |
| Object type | Discipline oriented, General information, Methodology or model |
- “The scaffolding”(support systems, group process techniques,. design methodologies , decision making processes) for individual and collective self-determination: know-why“; ”know what for“and ”care why“(K. BAUSCH, Glossary, Pers. comm., 2002)
- “Soft”comes in opposition to “Hard”, related to methods , techniques and tools used in physical sciences and, up to a point, in biological sciences. It means that the study of all human behaviors is more difficult and allows for a lesser degree of certainty than experimental sciences because of the impossibility to reproduce tightly controlled sequences of events and the great difficulty to obtain a secure knowledge of historical events and experiences. As a result, the situation at the “starting block”is never very well known, nor objectively evaluable.
Soft technologies are still quite “in the making”and in need of a better understanding in systemic terms, specially in their psychological and cultural dimensions.
See also
Design (generic), Design (Systemic approach to), Interpretive structural modelling, Underconceptualization