Research Article
Policy, Design and Management: The Laboratory for the Science of Complex System
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_21, author={Jeffrey Johnson}, title={Policy, Design and Management: The Laboratory for the Science of Complex System}, proceedings={Complex Sciences. First International Conference, Complex 2009, Shanghai, China, February 23-25, 2009. Revised Papers, Part 1}, proceedings_a={COMPLEX PART 1}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={Complex Systems Policy Design Management Prediction}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_21} }- Jeffrey Johnson
Year: 2012
Policy, Design and Management: The Laboratory for the Science of Complex System
COMPLEX PART 1
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_21
Abstract
Complex systems scientists cannot by themselves perform experiments on complex socio-technical systems. The best they can do is to perform experiments alongside policy makers who are constantly engaged in experiments as they design and manage the systems the systems for which they are responsible. In this context the nature of in the implementation of real systems is much more complicated than it is in traditional science. The identified by policymakers change through time, and this is usually managed through the design and management processes. The combination of policy and design is the opportunity - the only opportunity - for complex systems scientists to engage and to be allowed to be involved in experiments in large socio-technical systems. In turn this opens up new methodological approaches and questions for the science of complex systems.