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Features of Adaptive Complex Systems in the Management Practices of Open University in Brazil

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Year:

2017

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Complex Adaptive Systems, Distance Learning Systems, Management of Complex Organizations, Open University of Brazil

Authors:

• de Souza de Almeida, Onília Cristina
• Kipnis, Bernardo
• Souza, Witenberg Santiago Rodrigues

Journal:

IJIRES

Volume:

4

Number:

2

Pages:

189-202

Month:

March

ISSN:

2349-5219

BibTex:

@article{875, author = "On{\'i}lia Cristina de Souza de Almeida and Bernardo Kipnis and Witenberg Santiago Rodrigues Souza", abstract = "The study presented here examines management practices which influences the role of Brazilian Open University System (SiSuab) applied at University of Brasilia (UnB). In the explanatory descriptive research on the study of case, twenty-two Department Advisers on SiSuab had been interviewed in three levels of hierarchy. From the outcomes, features of Adaptive Complex Systems (ACS) had arisen: 1) aggregation – creation of a new culture of Distance Learning System (DL), which influences in-class practices; 2) autonomy – in academic management and logistic of campuses, 3) self-organization – in the alternative forms of management, 4) cooperating – in the informal interactions among campuses, 5) emergency – in the informal responsibilities and horizontal networks, 6) interaction – in forums and Moodle usage for management practices sharing. In conclusion, although SiSuab presents the features of an adaptive complex system, it is not regulated as one. Thus, the study of management practices under the lights of ACS may contribute for the expansion of understanding in the characteristics which inhibit or favor Management in complex organizations.", issn = "23495219", journal = "IJIRES", keywords = "Complex Adaptive Systems, Distance Learning Systems, Management of Complex Organizations, Open University of Brazil", month = "March", note = "This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/", number = "2", pages = "189-202", title = "{F}eatures of {A}daptive {C}omplex {S}ystems in the {M}anagement {P}ractices of {O}pen {U}niversity in {B}razil", volume = "4", year = "2017", }

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Abstract:

The study presented here examines management practices which influences the role of Brazilian Open University System (SiSuab) applied at University of Brasilia (UnB). In the explanatory descriptive research on the study of case, twenty-two Department Advisers on SiSuab had been interviewed in three levels of hierarchy. From the outcomes, features of Adaptive Complex Systems (ACS) had arisen: 1) aggregation – creation of a new culture of Distance Learning System (DL), which influences in-class practices; 2) autonomy – in academic management and logistic of campuses, 3) self-organization – in the alternative forms of management, 4) cooperating – in the informal interactions among campuses, 5) emergency – in the informal responsibilities and horizontal networks, 6) interaction – in forums and Moodle usage for management practices sharing. In conclusion, although SiSuab presents the features of an adaptive complex system, it is not regulated as one. Thus, the study of management practices under the lights of ACS may contribute for the expansion of understanding in the characteristics which inhibit or favor Management in complex organizations.

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