Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of complex adaptive systems (CAS) from the perspective of managing organizations, to describe and explore the management principles in a case study of an organization with unconventional ways of management and to present a tentative model for managing organizations as CAS – system management. There is a need for the development of kn...

Since Artificial Intelligence (AI) software uses techniques like deep lookahead search and stochastic optimization of huge neural networks to fit mammoth datasets, it often results in complex behavior that is difficult for people to understand. Yet organizations are deploying AI algorithms in many mission-critical settings. In order to trust their behavior, we must make it intelligible — either...

Introduction Today, ‘sustainability’ has rightfully gained its place in the vision, mission and strategy of companies, organizations and governments, also in agriculture. However, putting the theoretical concept into practice often proves to be very difficult. Hence, the objective of this paper is to address the ‘sustainability-paradox’ between intention and action, by presenting two complement...

Introduction: Even though orbiting spacecraft and ground-based landers and rovers have successfully collected significant data through instrument suites, working hypotheses are yet to be confirmed. For example, in the case of Mars, such hypotheses include whether the mountain ranges contain a greater diversity of rock types than just volcanic, sites of suspected hydrothermal activity are indeed...

Airmen unload boxes of MREs (Meals Ready To Eat) for victims of Hurricane Marilyn. The hurricane hit the US Virgin Islands in September 1995. The role of military organizations in operations other than war is long and distinguished. As the issue of homeland defense evolves, it is likely that the mission of both Active and Reserve Component units will encompass some of the new challenges the Uni...

Teams typ ically eo llabo rate in different modes including face-to-face meetings, meetings that are synchronous (i. e. require parties to participate at the same time) but distributed geographically, and meetings involving asynchronousb) working on common tasks at different times. The XBoard platform was designed to create an integrated environment for creating applications that enhance collab...

It is increasingly important to implement a conflict free access control policies for coallied networks where different organizations involve for a common goal. Mobile ad hoc networks are widely used for mission-critical situations where teams from different organizational networks cooperate to form a single network to implement their respective operations. These teams (or quads) have different...

he APL systems engineering practices have been applied to NASA missions of exploration beyond the Earth–Moon system beginning with the first Discovery-class mission, Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR), which was launched in 1996. Since then, these practices have enabled missions to explore the ends of the solar system, from Mercury to Pluto, at lower cost than was previously thought possible...