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WT5 Assessment of Complexity Approach in
Designing Organisational Systems
Università degli Studi di SienaDipartimento di
Scienze della Comunicazione
COSI TMR Network 5th Scientific
Meeting Brussels December the 5th, 2003
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Proposed Approach

• Analogy with Lesson Learnt
• Assessment of
• Problems to be solved.
• Solutions proposed.
• Tools and methodologies employed.
• Recommendations (with different time frames
  short, medium, long term).

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Proposed Approach

• Three vantage points
• Epistemic perspective how understanding is
  fostered by complex system theory
  (models/methods).
• Scientific perspective what results were
  obtained.
• Pragmatic perspective practical considerations.

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Epistemic Perspective

• How complex system theory supports understanding
  of the research domain.
• How complex system theory (models/methods) fits
  with your specific background/expertise/methodolog
  ies.
• Which parts of the theory couldnt be made
  coherent or were of little help.
• How simulation helped gathering data, understand
  process, etc. (obtain results).
• How complex system theory provided a proper
  common language to understand other COSI
  partners work and domain-study.

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Scientific Perspective

• What results were obtained.
• Which were project end findings.
• What if initial aims/knowledge are compared to
  end results (problems that were solved, those
  that couldnt).
• Further issues that can now be addressed
• Which problematic aspects/new issues were brought
  into light by end results and can now be studied.

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Pragmatic Perspective

• Practical considerations or organisational
  matters.
• What are the main considerations about
  multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Which tools were employed (software tools/
  experimental tools).
• Which methods were employed (experimental design/
  simulation methods).
• What the ease of communicating/ disseminating
  COSI findings outside of the project.

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Final Symposium

• Oral Presentations based on lesson learnt and
  scientific results from COSI partners
• or
• Panel discussion about specific topics
• or
• Oral presentations and defense from invited
  discussants
• T.b.d.
• Preliminary list of Keynote speakers
• Preliminary list of (invited) External
  participants
• Location

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Università degli Studi di SienaDipartimento di
Scienze della Comunicazione
COSI TMR Network 5th Scientific
Meeting Brussels December the 5th, 2003
Antonio Rizzo rizzo_at_unisi.it Erik
Grönvall gronvall_at_media.unisi.it Simone
Pozzi pozzi_at_media.unisi.it