Information systems for self-management*

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Stodolsky, David Sanders^;

Affiliations: School of Management, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99701, U.S.A.

Note: [*] An abridged version of this paper was presented at the Fourth International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (August 21–25, 1978). Section meeting on Cybernetics of Economic Systems and Management, reprinted in J. Rose (Ed.), Current topics in cybernetics and systems, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1978.

Abstract: A model of democratic organization and individual learning is used to integrate commonly available computer programs into an information and management system appropriate for the self-managed firm. Distribution of information, participation through debate and voting, and feedback on decision performance are mediated by appropriate programs. Individual rights are guaranteed by programmed constraints and a jury of peers.

Keywords: Self-management, democracy, automatic mediation, bureaucracy, representation, decision making, computer programs, rights, voting, participation, work

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1985-5106

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 39-45, 1985