Implications of Scale for System Design

Asserts that large-scale systems are being designed with the same philosophy as small-scale systems and argues that this is a significant factor in their failure. Calls for scholars and professionals to work with political leadership to develop standards for large-scale system design and strive for world-wide legislation that would protect humanity against irresponsible design of systems which produce world-wide consequences. Presented at the International Society for General Systems Research, 1-6 June 1987, Budapest, Hungary. See also, “Magical Number Three,” also presented at this conference.


This paper is a proposal that scholars and professionals must work together with political leadership to develop reasonable standards for large-scale system design, ultimately to strive for world-wide legislation to protect humanity against irresponsible design of systems which produce world-wide consequences, which would affect all of humanity. This was one of two papers which John presented in Budapest. The other one was "Magical Number Three" r.w. circa 2006 Warfield's comments on this paper, written in his 1987 manuscript “Integrative Sciences, Interactive Management, Generic Design and Social Problem Soliving.” " IMPLICATIONS OF SCALE FOR SYSTEM DESIGN "A paper in which it is asserted that large-scale systems are being designed with the same philosophy as small-scale systems, and that this point of view is a significant factor in the failure of these large-scale systems designs, not to mention the waste of mammoth amounts of national resources."


 

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  • Category: Planning, Systems Science
  • Size: 42 p
  • Description: Spiral bound manuscript with cover.
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