The systemic mind and a conceptual framework for the psychosocial environment of business enterprises: Practical implications for systemic leadership training

This chapter introduces a research-based conceptual framework for the study of the inner psychosocial reality of business enterprises. It is called the Inner Organizational Ecosystem Approach (IOEA). This model is systemic in nature, and it defines the basic features of small and medium-size enterprises, such as elements, structures, borders, social actors, organizational climate, processes and resources. Further, it also covers the dynamics of psychosocial reality, processes, emergent qualities and the higher-order subsystems of the overall organizational ecosystem, including the global business environment, which is understood as a macro-system where all the individual organizational ecosystems co-exist. In the applied part of the chapter, cognitive changes emerging within systemic leadership training are defined. Participation in systemic training causes changes in the cognitive processing of reality, more specifically improvements in layer-based framing, relativistic contextual orientation, temporality drift and meaning generation. All of these changes are components of the systemic mind, which is a concept newly proposed and defined by the present study. The systemic mind is a living matrix that is extremely open to acquiring new skills and new patterns of thinking, analyzing and meaning generation. It is processual and it can be considered as an ongoing process of continuous absorption of new cognitive patterns. Both the Inner Organizational Ecosystem Approach and the concept of the systemic mind provide a new theoretical background for empirical investigation in the fields of systemic and systems psychology, complexity psychology, organizational psychology, economic anthropology and the social anthropology of work

Robot-friendly connector

Robot friendly connectors, which, in one aspect, are truss joints with two parts, a receptacle and a joint, are presented. The joints have a head which is loosely inserted into the receptacle and is then tightened and aligned. In one aspect, the head is a rounded hammerhead which initially is enclosed in the receptacle with sloppy fit provided by the shape, size, and configuration of surfaces on the head and on the receptacle

El patrimonio cultural inmigratorio y su uso como recurso turístico

El patrimonio cultural y el turismo tienen una relación de larga data. Desde los comienzos de la actividad, los distintos elementos patrimoniales han sido el sustento de muchos destinos turísticos. Nuestro país, la Argentina, no es una excepción a esta afirmación, ya que muchos destinos basan su oferta turística en su patrimonio cultural. Los distintos flujos migratorios que llegaron al país entre fines de siglo XIX y mediados de siglo XX han sido muy importantes para su desarrollo. El impacto de los mismos sobre la población, sobretodo en términos porcentuales, ha determinado parte de nuestra identidad y, por ende, de nuestros referentes patrimoniales. El siguiente trabajo plantea la relación entre estos dos fenómenos para entender así la forma en la que el patrimonio cultural inmigratorio puede servir como recurso para la conformación de productos turísticos en destinos nacionales. Para esto, se establecerán tres casos de éxito en este ámbito y se indagará sobre las acciones que se han llevado a cabo para llegar a esa situación. A su vez, el análisis también abarcará el caso ciudad de Berisso. La misma, lugar de llegada de una cantidad elevada de inmigrantes durante varias décadas, ha determinado la identidad del territorio a través del encuentro de diferentes culturas. La ciudad cuenta con muchos elementos patrimoniales en relación a los inmigrantes, pero la mayoría no están insertos actualmente en la actividad turística. Mediante la comparación con los casos éxitos planteados, se establecerán diferencias y similitudes obteniendo así un modelo de referencia para la conformación de productos turísticos culturales en base a estos recursos.Eje temático: Identificación y uso de recursos turístico

Relativistic jet models for two low-luminosity radio galaxies: evidence for backflow?

We show that asymmetries in total intensity and linear polarization between the radio jets and counter-jets in two lobed Fanaroff-Riley Class I (FR I) radio galaxies, B2 0206+35 (UGC 1651) and B2 0755+37 (NGC 2484), can be accounted for if these jets are intrinsically symmetrical, with decelerating relativistic outflows surrounded by mildly relativistic backflows. Our interpretation is motivated by sensitive, well-resolved Very Large Array imaging which shows that both jets in both sources have a two-component structure transverse to their axes. Close to the jet axis, a centrally-darkened counter-jet lies opposite a centrally-brightened jet, but both are surrounded by broader collimated emission that is brighter on the counter-jet side. We have adapted our previous models of FR I jets as relativistic outflows to include an added component of symmetric backflow. We find that the observed radio emission, after subtracting contributions from the extended lobes, is well described by models in which decelerating outflows with parameters similar to those derived for jets in plumed FR I sources are surrounded by backflows containing predominantly toroidal magnetic fields. These return to within a few kpc of the galaxies with velocities of roughly 0.25c and radiate with a synchrotron spectral index close to 0.55. We discuss whether such backflow is to be expected in lobed FR I sources and suggest ways in which our hypothesis can be tested by further observations.Comment: 22 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA

Development of a truss joint for robotic assembly of space structures

This report presents the results of a detailed study of mechanical fasteners which were designed to facilitate robotic assembly of structures. Design requirements for robotic structural assembly were developed, taking into account structural properties and overall system design, and four candidate fasteners were designed to meet them. These fasteners were built and evaluated in the laboratory, and the Hammer-Head joint was chosen as superior overall. It had a high reliability of fastening under misalignments of 2.54 mm (0.1 in) and 3 deg, the highest end fixity (2.18), the simplest end effector, an integral capture guide, good visual verification, and the lightest weight (782 g, 1.72 lb). The study found that a good design should incorporate chamfers sliding on chamfers, cylinders sliding on chamfers, and hard surface finishes on sliding surfaces. The study also comments on robot flexibility, sag, hysteresis, thermal expansion, and friction which were observed during the testing

Choosing life: the myth of Er in Plato’s Republic

El artículo se propone mostrar cómo, en el mito de Er, Platón explora las condiciones desde las cuales las almas, antes de la encarnación, deciden cómo van a vivir su próxima vida. El énfasis se pone en la fuerte influencia que Platón le otorga al pasado al momento de tomar una nueva decisión; y esto implica que la vida puede convertirse en un ciego repetirse de lo pasado, sin conciencia de ello. Por otro lado, junto a la crítica de la repetición, el filósofo denuncia las decisiones que se toman desde el hábito y sin la reflexión que exige la filosofía. Así, sostendrá Sócrates, uno y otro caso, que conduce las decisiones al error, pueden evitase sólo a través de la filosofía.The paper aims to show how, in the Myth of Er, Plato explores the conditions from which souls before incarnation, decide how they will live their next life. The emphasis is strongly influenced Plato gives the past when making a new decision; and this implies that life can become a repeat of the past blind, unaware of it. Furthermore, with the criticism of repetition, the philosopher denounces the decisions made from the habit without requiring reflection philosophy. So hold Socrates either case, the decisions leading to the error can avoided only through philosophy

Performance of the LHC magnet system

The LHC magnet system, essentially composed of superconducting magnets operating at 1.9 K, has been largely commissioned in 2007-08. Before the serious incident of 19th September 2008, the magnet system was commissioned up to 7 kA (4 TeV proton beam energy); six (out of eight) sectors were commissioned up to 5.5 TeV and one up to 6.6 TeV. For more than one week, both beams have been injected, circulated and captured in the RF bucket, thus assessing the optics at injection energy. The incident in sector 3-4, originated by a serious defect of a high-current joint between magnets with large collateral damage, has changed the plans: 53 magnets in the damaged zone have been substituted or repaired meanwhile a campaign of consolidation is under way to allow safe restart of the accelerator in fall 2009. All these points and other issues presented and discussed, with emphasis on the incident in sector 3-4