Markus Schwaninger
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Sustainable Amazon: A Systemic Inquiry with Native Populations

2023-05-04 , Raizza Miranda , Markus Schwaninger , Lucena Alvimar , Ygor Logullo , Mischel Carmen Neyra Belderrain , Carvalho, Tereza C.M.B , Renato C. Sato

The Amazon Rainforest suffers from unsustainable exploitation and encroachment on native peoples’ territories, leading to poverty and environmental destruction. This inquiry aims to understand the impact of deforestation on the economic development of communities and peoples and the relationships between persistent poverty and social pathologies. The research project employed empirical and conceptual methods, collecting data through interviews and constructing a systemic model concerning pathological dynamics within the Amazon region. The study found traps involving innovation, biodiversity, capacity building, access to economic assets, social development, cultural identity, access to knowledge, savannization, and forest appropriation. A systemic approach that reconnects with nature is essential to establish a sustainable economy in the Amazon rainforest. Proposed solutions include an ecological economy, stopping deforestation, encouraging entrepreneurship, valuing tradition, safe environment, building skills and competencies, increasing information and communication effectiveness, and fostering cooperation. This research seeks fundamentally new solutions that reach beyond the existing regime and contributes to establishing a new paradigm for the Amazon Forest.

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Cybernetic Crisis Management in a Federal System – Insights from the Covid Pandemic

2022 , Schwaninger, Markus , Schoenenberger, Lukas

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Cybersystemic education: enabling society for a better future

2019 , Schwaninger, Markus

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Systemic design for sustainability

2018-03-01 , Schwaninger, Markus

How can we restore the ecological balance of our planet? The present article is aimed at contributing a structural Framework for such a restoration. In the quest for ecological recovery, cybernetic–systemic approaches are in demand. They specialize in coping with complexity and offer new, transdisciplinary and non-reductionist ways of system design for renewing sustainability. This contribution uses a proven model from organizational cybernetics—the viable system odel—as a frame for sustainable development. The model specifies how the viability of any human or social system can be achieved by means of clearly defined organizational structures. In accord with the logic of recursive organization inherent in the model, a proposal for a structural design aimed at enabling ecological recovery is formulated. That design includes all organizational levels of recursion, from individual to world. The implications of such a novel approach are far-reaching, and the impact powerful.

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¿Como vencer sin ganar? Un camino hacia la paz en el conflicto entre Rusia y Ucrania

2022 , Kopelman, Shirli , Rapoport, Anthony , Schwaninger, Markus

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Structural Analysis of System Dynamics Models

2021 , Schoenenberger, Lukas , Schmid, Alexander , Tanase, Radu , Beck, Mathias , Schwaninger, Markus

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On John Sterman’s “System Dynamics at sixty”: rigor, relevance and implications for education

2019 , Schwaninger, Markus

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Intelligent Organizations: A Systemic Approach

2022 , Schwaninger, Markus

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Cybernetic crisis management in a federal system—Insights from the Covid pandemic

2021-12-02 , Schwaninger, Markus , Schoenenberger, Lukas

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Governance for intelligent organizations: a cybernetic contribution

2018 , Schwaninger, Markus

Purpose – This paper aims to revisit the viable system model (VSM) discussing it from both the theoreticaland the empirical standpoints, and ascertaining its relevance for organizational governance. Design/methodology/approach – A combination of theoretical and empirical components is used: introduction to theory and critique on the one hand; case studies and a large sample empirical study on the other. Findings – The VSM has proved to be a powerful means of governance for organizations in turbulent times. It conveys a durable, reliable knowledge. This has been corroborated in both case studies and a large-scale empirical study. Practical implications – Application of the model under study can activate a huge potential for the improvement of organizations. Originality/value – This contribution tests the VSM in an unseen fashion – qualitatively and quantitatively. The results suggest that a high confidence in the model is justified. It conveys to managers and leaders an unconventional, superior approach to both diagnosis and design of their organizations.

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