SHIFTING GOVERNANCE
SOCIETY
DECISIONS
PLANNING METHODS
INFORMATION
METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY
DIVINE GUIDANCE
Reporting
Feed-back
TOP GOVERNMENT
Guardian of general interest
Instruction
SOCIETY
MULTI-SYSTEM SOCIETY
Society as a market place / multiple stake holders and ownership
B
A/B
A
A/B/C
B/C
A/C
C
GOVERNANCE
METAPHYSICAL DIVINE MANDATE
MULTI-SYSTEM SOCIETY MANDATE:
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LEGITIMACY
FAIR JUDICIARY
ACCOUNTABILITY / TRANSPARENCY
GOVERNMENT ARM’S LENGTH MANAGEMENT
INHERITED DECISION PROCESS
OBJECTIVES / RESOURCES KNOWN
EX-ANTE O / R-FUNCTIONS ESTABLISHED
DELIVERY VEHICLES IDENTIFIED & EVALUATED
BEST SOLUTION COMPUTED
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ELEGANT AND ATTRACTIVE, BUT: DOES
IT WORK
DECISION MAKER’S MIND
DECISION SPACE - LIMITS TO
RATIONALITY
DECISIONS AND GOVERNANCE
DECISIONS ‘FORGE’ SOCIETY
MESSY PROCESSES OF MESSY MULTIPLE MINDS
DECISIONS ARE ABOUT NEGOTIATION
LITTLE ‘EX-ANTE’ IN BOOTSTRAP MULTI-SYSTEM
SOCIETY
APPROPRIATENESS OF
METHODOLOGY
Properties of
methodology
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User and use
process properties
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APPROPRIATENESS
TAILORED TO SUB-SYSTEM AND PROBLEM
MESSY PROCESSES AND OCCAM’S RAZOR
EX-POST NOT EX-ANTE
TRADE-OFFS AND NEGOTIATION
INTERACTION: DECISION AND ANALYSIS
INFORMATION
PROBLEM – SPECIFIC
PROCESS – SPECIFIC
THE SPATIAL DIMENSION
INFORMATION RICH WORLD AND GOVERNANCE
CONCLUSIONS ON GOOD
GOVERNANCE
GENERAL INTEREST IS METAPHYSICAL NOTION
REALITY OF MULTI-SYSTEM SOCIETY ‘RUNS’ ON PARTICULAR
INTERESTS AND NEGOTIATION
GOVERNMENT HAS DUAL ROLE: SOCIETY’S TRANSACTIONS /
GOVERNMENT AS A SUB-SYSTEM
APPROPRIATE DECISIONS AND METHODS ARE
PARTICIPATORY AND EX-POST-ORIENTED
INFORMATION-RICHNESS SUPPORTS GOOD GOVERNANCE
CULTURAL UNIFORMITY / PLURIFORMITY??????????
MANY THANKS FOR
YOUR PATIENCE TO
HEAR ME OUT
MAY I WISH US ALL THE VERY BEST, AND
THE STAMINA TO KEEP MOVING, EARN
OUR SALT AND REACH A ‘SATISFICING’
DEGREE OF HAPPINESS IN OUR
FOREVER SHIFTING WORLD