Governance: Systemic Foundation and Framework

✍ Scribed by Ralf-Eckhard Türke Dr. oek. HSG, Dipl. Wirtsch.-Ing. TUD (auth.)

• Publisher: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 333
• Series: Contributions to Management Science
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Instead of yet another theory on good governance, this book presents a substantiation of contemporary notions. It builds on the theoretical foundations for taking an overall perspective on social contexts and culminates in a systemic framework that captures social structures based on first principles of viability and sustainability. The framework at hand enables applicants to view social contexts holistically while at the same time envisioning a rich picture of what leverages the implementation of social purposes beyond the boxes of the professional disciplines: social structures can be assessed, strengths and weaknesses identified and measures arrived at. Ultimately, the required structures can be tailor-made to align forces for a joint implementation of purposes. Conventional static hierarchies can be deployed into dynamic social organisms capable of developing and adapting continuously according to the opportunities and challenges faced.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Introduction....Pages 1-22
Actors, images, and systems....Pages 23-45
Interaction....Pages 47-126
Viability....Pages 127-191
Case: Community....Pages 193-202
Governance of Hessian °communities°....Pages 203-289
Conclusion....Pages 291-297
Back Matter....Pages 299-319

✦ Subjects

Business/Management Science, general; Organization/Planning; Political Science; Sociology