DocumentCode :
2053694
Title :
Conflict and risk in systems management as complex adaptive systems issues
Author :
Sage, Andrew P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. Eng. & Operations Res., George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, USA
Volume :
3
fYear :
2001
fDate :
2001
Firstpage :
1767
Abstract :
Systems management deals with such issues as program and project management, technical direction of development, quality management, configuration management, and risk management. Risk and associated conflict issues abound in many contemporary systems management situations. Often, these situations emerge from behavior of many independent agents who attempt to achieve both individual objectives and objectives of a larger organizational unit. The resulting systems are "complex" in the sense that behavior patterns can be seen and understood, but interplay of individual elements cannot be reduced to the study of individual elements considered in isolation from one another. The term "complex adaptive system" is often used to describe phenomena that may be characterized by the interactions of numerous individual agents or elements, which self-organize at a higher systems level, and this organization results in evolutionary, emergent, and adaptive properties that are not exhibited by the individual agents themselves. Modeling and simulation are essential in the engineering of large systems of all types, especially those that are subject to evolutionary and path dependent results. Whether we are dealing with human-made systems, human systems, or organizational systems, there is a need to organize and manage for complexity, and associated knowledge and enterprise integration, ultimately for the benefit of all concerned
Keywords :
adaptive systems; configuration management; evolutionary computation; risk management; systems engineering; adaptive properties; agent self-organization; behavior patterns; complex adaptive system; complex adaptive systems issues; configuration management; enterprise integration; evolutionary properties; human systems; human-made systems; independent agents; large systems engineering; organizational systems; organizational unit; path dependent results; project management; quality management; risk management; simulation; systems management; Adaptive systems; Engineering management; Operations research; Production; Project management; Quality management; Research and development management; Risk management; Systems engineering and theory; Technology management;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2001 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
ISSN :
1062-922X
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7087-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2001.973542
Filename :
973542
Link To Document :
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