Prologue................................................................................................ 12 Diagnoses, Strategies and Architectures .............................................. 12 Using the Unicist Approach.................................................................. 13 The Unicist Approach to Businesses is Based on Reliability.............. 14 Critical Mass.......................................................................................... 14 Making Things Possible........................................................................ 14 Plan A.................................................................................................... 15 Plan B.................................................................................................... 15 Plan C.................................................................................................... 15 Plan D.................................................................................................... 15 Personal-Role Objects........................................................................... 15
Book 1 The Design using the Unicist Approach: Diagnostics, Strategy and Architecture............................................. 17
Unicist Diagnostics .............................................................................. 18 The Nature of Diagnoses ...................................................................... 19 The Secure Diagnosis............................................................................ 20 The Unicist Diagnostics Standard ........................................................ 20 The Ontogenetic Map of Unicist Diagnostics...................................... 21 Segmentation of Diagnoses .................................................................. 23 Descriptive Diagnoses........................................................................... 24 Static Diagnoses.................................................................................... 24 Causal Diagnoses .................................................................................. 24 Conceptual Diagnoses........................................................................... 24 Conclusion............................................................................................. 24
Unicist Object Driven Strategy ......................................................... 25 The Unicist Ontology of Universal Strategy........................................ 26
Strategies vs. Strategists........................................................................ 27 Universal Strategy Building.................................................................. 28 Scenario Building.................................................................................. 30 About the Universal Strategy Building Process................................... 31 Specific Strategy Building.................................................................... 32 The Ontogenetic Map of a Specific Strategy Building Process .......... 34 Segmentation of Strategies ................................................................... 36 1) Surviving Strategies.......................................................................... 36 2) Defensive Strategies ......................................................................... 37 3) Dominant Strategies.......................................................................... 37 4) Influential Strategies......................................................................... 37 Believing to see or seeing to believe?................................................... 38 Maximal Strategies require believing to see..................................... 39 Minimum Strategies require seeing to believe ................................. 40 Synthesis................................................................................................ 41
Unicist Object Driven Architecture.................................................. 42 About Architecture................................................................................ 43 Universal Architecture.......................................................................... 43 About Architects ................................................................................... 44 The Unicist Ontology of Art................................................................. 47 Synthesis................................................................................................ 48 The Analogy between Functional Architecture, IT Architecture and Business Architecture ........................................................................... 48 1) About the Functional Architecture................................................... 49 Synthesis................................................................................................ 50 2) About Functional IT Architecture.................................................... 50 Synthesis................................................................................................ 51 3) About Unicist Business Architecture............................................... 52 Synthesis................................................................................................ 53 Unicist Object Driven Business Architecture ...................................... 55 About Unicist Business Architects....................................................... 58 Synthesis................................................................................................ 58
Book 2 The Implementation using the Unicist Approach: Unicist Object Driven Organization................................................. 60 Unicist Object Driven Strategy............................................................. 61 Introduction........................................................................................... 62 The Unicist Object Driven Organization.............................................. 63 Some considerations on objects............................................................ 63 Object Driven Organizations ................................................................ 65 1) Function driven................................................................................. 66 2) Objective driven................................................................................ 67 3) Consensus driven.............................................................................. 67 4) Market driven.................................................................................... 68 The taxonomy of the unicist object driven organization in action ...... 68 The Anticoncept of the Unicist Object Driven Organization............. 70 Goodwill dependant .............................................................................. 70 Directive dependant .............................................................................. 71 Leadership dependant ........................................................................... 71 Benchmarks dependant ......................................................................... 71 Unicist Object driven Organization: a mature organizational model .. 71 Conclusions ........................................................................................... 72
About Business Objects....................................................................... 74 Ontology of the Concept Object ........................................................ 74 Objective................................................................................................ 74 The Concept Object........................................................................... 75 Concept.................................................................................................. 76 Added Value.......................................................................................... 76 Quality Assurance................................................................................. 77 Unicist Ontology for Business Object Building................................... 78 The Unicist Object Driven Organization.............................................. 78 Some Considerations on Objects.......................................................... 78 The Functionality of Objects ................................................................ 81 Critical Mass.......................................................................................... 82 The Unicist Critical Mass Method........................................................ 84
Annex I: Ontogenetic Maps.............................................................. 86 Introduction........................................................................................... 87 About Human Adaptive Systems ......................................................... 89 Business Architecture using the Ontogenetic Maps of Institutions..... 90 Ontogenetic Maps of Institutions.......................................................... 91 Essential Analogy between DNA and Ontogenetic Maps................... 92 Ontogenetic Maps are Timeless and Cross-cultural ........................... 93 Unicist Ontogenetic Maps for Businesses: The DNA of Institutions.. 93 What are Unicist Ontogenetic Maps in Business for?........................... 93 Generic Ontogenetic Map..................................................................... 94 What are Ontogenetic Maps?................................................................ 94 Why Timeless?...................................................................................... 95 Why Cross-cultural? ............................................................................. 96 How does human double dialectical behavior work? .......................... 97 Brief History of Modern Dialectics...................................................... 99 Hegels and Marxs Dialectics............................................................ 100
Annex II: Basic Foundations ........................................................... 101 Homology between the unicist ontological structure, the atomic structure and biology........................................................................... 102
Glossary - Main Signifiers and Signifieds of the Unicist Standard Language (USL).................................................................................. 108
About the Author................................................................................. 117
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Nature is organized by objects. The discovery of the Ontology of Evolution (see Basic Foundations page 101) allowed managing businesses as adaptive systems and emulating nature to develop strategies that allow influencing their evolution and using business objects to empower the social critical mass of actions.
Adapting Object Driven Maximal Strategy Object Driven Minimum Strategy Unicist Strategy Purpose Active Function Energy Conservation Function Unicist Thinking Purpose Action Principle Energy Conservation Principle Evolution Integration What for Purpose How Active Function What Energy Conservation Function Unicist Object Driven Strategy Design Copyright The Unicist Research Institute
The Unicist Approach to Businesses deals with the design of strate- gies to influence the environment, develop the necessary business architecture and build the business objects that are needed to have the critical mass to achieve the goals that are possible. As businesses are managed as adaptive systems, the only confirma- tions of the validity of the business strategies are the results obtained.
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Enigma for doers (1)
Honoring Bricks Somewhere in Central Europe in the XVI Century there was an arti- san who became famous in his region because of the bricks he built. When visitors asked him what he was doing, he always responded with the same word: bricks. The bricks he built had different shapes and were made with different materials. Among others there were flat, hollow, concave, convex and triangular bricks. When somebody asked why he built them in different shapes, he just looked up and smiled. Just a whisper could be heard back: rigidity and flexibility. Astonishingly, on the place he worked there were only the bricks he had prepared during that day. Day after day, the same work. Every morning there was no stock left. It seemed as if the bricks had disappeared over night. He had a secret young admirer who spent hours trying to learn from him. When the young apprentice asked: why?, the answer was al- ways the same: rigidity and flexibility. Although he became old he was still enthusiastic building bricks. But suddenly he disappeared. As he was an icon in the region, people began to look for him until they abandoned the effort, considering that he had probable passed away. Years later, his young admirer had become a famous architect known because of the solidity of his constructions. Peter Belohlavek
10 What is your secret? was the question everyone posed to the architect. The bricks, was his answer, and people inevitable laughed. He always smiled back as an answer and continued his way. One day there was a terrible earthquake in the region. All the con- structions but the buildings of the architect were damaged. When the reconstruction began people said that they needed to learn from this architect to rebuild secure houses. I agree, said one of the leaders in a group of neighbors, but it is said that there is a small town, across the Black River that suffered no damages at all, he emphasized. Following the rumor, they decided to visit that town. A group of neighbors, including the architect, began to walk trying to find the town crossing the Black River. But in those days the Black River was considered a sacred place. Although the river was not deep, no one dared to cross it because it was said that the one who tried to cross it walking, would die in the attempt. They had to find a natural bridge to cross the river. After several hours of walking, they found a bridge but it was not a natural one, it was hand made. It was a very narrow bridge but a very solid and flexible one. So they carefully began to cross it. The journey contin- ued. Very soon they found a pathway and followed it. It drove them to the small nice town that was totally undamaged. As soon as they approached the first buildings someone said that they were using the bricks developed by the architect. They are not mine! responded the architect while he began to scratch his head. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
11 This cannot be happening was the only thought he had in his mind. The visitors were welcomed as soon as they approached the church. Why did you have no damages produced by the earthquake? was the immediate question. A neighbor of the town pointed his finger to a small house: Go there! he said. And there they went. As soon as the door was opened a very old man appeared. Master!!! said the architectHow come? Rigidity and flexibility was his only answer And they embraced in a hug. Peter Belohlavek Question: what is a brick? (1) Enigmas have many solutions. In the Far East, enigmas are used to develop internal freedom and responsibility. 12 Prologue The unicist approach to businesses begins with a diagnosis, trans- forms this diagnosis into a strategic solution and develops the neces- sary architecture to define the operational solution.
The operational solution is based on the use of the unicist object driven organization in order to include business objects into the busi- ness processes to make them safer, faster and save energy.
This approach starts with the fundamental and technical analytical diagnoses of the unified field of a business defined by its ontogenetic maps, and ends with the object driven work processes to be imple- mented.
The ontogenetic maps define the DNA of businesses that allows having a GPS to diagnose and manage them. Diagnoses, Strategies and Architectures Business architecture can only exist if it is the final operational solu- tion of a business modeling process. Business modeling processes, at an operational level, need to integrate the diagnosis, strategy and architecture of a business. Designing a business model requires being aware of the business itself, its restricted context (the market) and the wide context (the environment). Business architecture allows transforming the idea of the concept of a business into business processes. This implies the integration of diagnoses, strategies and architecture. That is why the building of the business architecture demands a huge effort in order to have a reliable strategy based on an accurate diag- nosis to build effective business processes that only require opera- tional skills to be managed. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
13 The ontogenetic map of the process implies starting with a hypothetical business architecture and ending with an operational business model. The unicist approach to the open boundaries of businesses implies that the diagnosticians, strategists and architects cannot be observers but are part of the unified field of a business. It requires an assimilation process that allows emulating the models that generate the solution. Using the Unicist Approach The use of the unicist approach is based on the integration of techni- cal analytical and fundamental knowledge to deal with adaptive (complex) systems, to diagnose them, build their strategies and de- sign their functional architecture to produce results. As businesses are adaptive systems, and as such have open bounda- ries that allow no observers from the outside, they need to be meas- ured from the inside. The internal measurement needs to be based on the unicist ontologi- cal algorithms that are implicit in their ontogenetic maps. The unicist approach is fully action and results driven. This is a con- scious approach that requires having the technical knowledge to manage the operational and systemic aspects and the knowledge of the ontogenetic maps to manage the nature of the complex problems. The process begins with actions and ends with actions. This implies that individuals approach business processes intuitively and, if the goals are achieved and the strategy is fulfilled, they celebrate. If results are not being achieved or a business needs to expand its boundaries then it is necessary to use the unicist approach to diagnose it, build a new strategy and design an architecture to implement it. Peter Belohlavek
14 The Unicist Approach to Businesses is Based on Reliability The Unicist Approach to Businesses if focused on work measured in terms of results. Every growth process has its adaptive and systemic aspects. Growth is an adaptive process where the influence of the environment needs to be considered because the voluntary actions do not suffice to make it work. Typical examples of the implementation of adaptive projects are: com- mercial growth, growth strategies and organizational improvement. Adaptive project management requires dealing with the ontology of a process that establishes the taxonomy and the algorithm to deal with such process. Critical Mass The building of critical masses in businesses is basic to deal with their adaptive aspects. If the business objects included in a business process do not have the necessary critical mass, the adaptive system enters a chaotic vicious circle. A Unicist Critical Mass is the smallest amount of force that is needed to generate the integration of the elements of the unified field of a human complex adaptive system to produce results. Making Things Possible The unicist approach is based on the definition of what is possible to be achieved based on the knowledge of its nature and the systemic knowledge to define its quantitative characteristics to make it happen. The unicist approach uses plans A, B, C and D to make things happen. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
15 Plan A The use of plan A is based on the knowledge of the ontogenetic map of what has to be achieved and the use of the operational actions to achieve it. Plan A is a participative approach based on the coopera- tion of the participants of a process. Plan B The use of plan B, in case of failure of plan A, is based on the knowledge of the ontogenetic map of the solution, the use of the nec- essary entropy inhibitors and the use of the operational actions to achieve the results. Plan B is less participative than plan A. Plan C The use of plan C, in case of failure of plan B, is based on the knowledge of the ontogenetic map of the solution, the use of the nec- essary entropy inhibitors, the use of a process catalyst and the use of the operational actions to achieve the results. Plan C is less participa- tive than plan B. Plan D Plan D is the plan to abort the process in case of failure of plans A, B and C. It includes the opening of a new plan A in a homologous field. This new plan is an end station. The process is aborted if it doesnt work and a learning process has to begin to learn where the fallacy of defining the process was. Personal-Role Objects The unicist approach is based on managing personal roles as objects to ensure the generation of results. Peter Belohlavek
16 It is based on the delegation of tasks and the reversion of the responsi- bility involved. The Unicist Standard defines that when individuals can- not assume the responsibility for their activity, the one who substitutes their function is their leader. This implies that while tasks are forwarded, responsibilities are shared. And in this sharing both the individual who has to develop an activity and the one who delegated the task are involved, assuming each part 100% the responsibility of achieving the result. The intuitive approach Intuition integrates both the use of genetic intelligence and the experi- ences stored in the long term memory of an individual. The use of intui- tion is the first approach to any new technology in order to apprehend its true meaning and functionality. For the intuitive approach this book provides the two basic components needed to deal with businesses: 1) Book 1: The design 2) Book 2: The implementation Both aspects are presented in an extremely synthetic way in order to allow apprehending their nature using an intuitive approach. For this purpose, this book is complementary to the book of There are no Strategies, just Strategists that describes the natural laws. After you made an intuitive unicist approach, you will be able to take advantage of the unicist books you have and of the Unicist Library.
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Unicist Diagnostics The purpose of unicist diagnostics is to find solutions in the field of adaptive systems. Therefore the development of diagnoses, including the implementation of the solutions, is the core activity to develop consciousness that can be done after the previous activities have pre- pared the context. It demands a very strong will and inner time to de- velop diagnoses knowing that they probably will have to be redone in order to build true solutions. Diagnosing and learning from the imple- mentation of solutions is the driver to expand personal maturity.
19 The Nature of Diagnoses Etymologically, diagnosis means discerning, distinguishing. The eve- ryday use of the word also implies seeking for the causes of a problem. From a conceptual point of view, diagnoses are made to forecast and to exert influence on a reality. The level of the groundings upon which diagnoses are based defines its level of accuracy. Diagnoses necessarily include intuitive aspects when approaching new situations. The difference between diagnoses does not lie in the intuitive approach, but in the processing of the information that intuition offers. We have identified five levels of diagnoses: 1) Intuitive-analogical 2) Descriptive 3) Static 4) Causal 5) Functional Types of Diagnosis and the Use of Personal Energy Descriptive Diagnosis Static Diagnosis Causal Diagnosis Functional Diagnosis Energy used Copyright Peter Belohlavek/ The Unicist Research Institute Intuitive-Analogical Diagnosis
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20 The Secure Diagnosis A diagnosis is secure when it includes all levels of analysis. Secure knowledge has been achieved when this condition has been fulfilled. Secure knowledge requires a high investment of energy. Therefore people often prefer to use reliable but not secure diagnoses, and con- trol the evolution of a given reality in order to validate the accuracy of such diagnoses. The Unicist Diagnostics Standard The unicist diagnostics technology was developed to provide a stan- dard for the diagnosis of adaptive systems whatever the field of ac- tivity. It has been a methodology used in the Unicist R&D processes for years until it was approved as a standard. The purpose of the diagnosis is to find a solution. That is why only those who know how to solve a problem can diagnose it.
Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Unicist Diagnostics The Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Solution Purpose (*) Fundamental Diagnosis Maximal Strategy Active function Technical-Analytical Diagnosis Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Unicist Diagnostics (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
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21 Autopsies are not homologous to unicist diagnoses. A dead body is not considered an adaptive system and no solution can be found for it. Unicist Diagnostics is based on fundamental diagnoses that deal with the unified field of the adaptive system and technical analytical diag- noses that deal with the signs and symptoms based diagnoses. The Ontogenetic Map of Unicist Diagnostics The purpose of the diagnosis is to improve the functionality of an adap- tive system. To be able to achieve this purpose it is necessary to know the cure of the problem that hinders the improvement, and which are the palliatives that need to be used to make the cure possible. The development of the maximal strategy to develop a solution re- quires having apprehended the unified field of the adaptive system. This knowledge allows deciding if the expansion of the unified field is possible. If the expansion is hypothetically possible, the diagnosis based on the ontogenetic maps of the adaptive system allows learning how to do it and the falsification of the sign based diagnosis, as a destructive test, is used to confirm the possibility. The minimum strategy is based on a symptomatic diagnosis which is based on the knowledge of the specific functionality of the signs that are measured during the process. Making a signs based diagnosis is the way to implement the mini- mum strategy of a diagnosis. This provides the learning process for the symptomatic diagnosis. The confirmation process is based on the validation of the sign based diagnosis by the comparison with the standards and the ontogenetic maps. Peter Belohlavek
22 The process to develop a unicist diagnosis is the following: SOLUTION FUNDAMENTAL DIAGNOSIS TECHNICAL-ANALYTICAL DIAGNOSIS IMPROVE FUNCTIONALITY CURE PALLIATIVES SOLUTION UNIFIED FIELD DIAGNOSIS ONTOGENETIC MAPS DIAGNOSIS (LEARN) FALSIFICATION OF SIGN DIAGNOSIS (CONFIRM) FUNDAMENTAL DIAGNOSIS SYMPTOMATIC DIAGNOSIS SIGN BASED DIAGNOSIS (LEARN) TECHNICAL-ANALYTICAL DIAGNOSIS VALIDATION OF SIGN DIAGNOSIS (CONFIRM) CATALYST / INHIBITOR DRIVER / INHIBITOR MINIMUM STRATEGY MAXIMAL STRATEGY Copyright The Unicist Research Institute EVOLUTION INVOLUTION The Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Unicist Diagnostics The Unicist Ontological Algorithm in Unicist Standard Language 1 8 7 9 6 4 5 3 2 ENTROPY INHIBITOR UNICIST DIAGNOSTICS C B A
1) Define the hypothetical solution that has to be achieved. A) Describe the cure to be used to make the hypothetical so- lution happen. B) Describe the palliatives that will be used to develop the hypothetical solution and the cure. C) Define the functionality improvement that has to be achieved. 2) Describe the actual unified field. 3) Define the fundamental diagnosis using ontogenetic maps. 4) Define and implement the destructive tests for the fundamen- tal diagnosis. 5) Define the expansion of the unified field that can be achieved. 6) Define the symptomatic diagnosis that needs to be developed. 7) Define and develop the sign based diagnosis within the limits of the symptomatic diagnosis. 8) Validate the sign based diagnosis using preexisting standards. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
23 9) Define the symptomatic diagnosis confirming the compatibil- ity with the fundamental diagnosis. 10) Develop the necessary destructive and non destructive pilot tests. Segmentation of Diagnoses There is the need of segmenting the diagnosing processes in order to make them more accessible for the different levels of diagnosticians. Symptomatic diagnoses demand a lower level of knowledge and aware- ness than the diagnoses of the unified field of an adaptive system.
UNIFIED FIELD DIAGNOSIS EXPANSION SECURITY FREEDOM SYMPTOMATIC DIAGNOSIS CONTRACTION CONFIRM LEARN ONTOGENETIC MAPS DIAGNOSIS VALIDATION OF SIGN DIAGNOSIS FALSIFICATION OF SIGN DIAGNOSIS SIGNS (FACTS) BASED DIAGNOSIS CAUSAL DIAGNOSIS STATIC DIAGNOSIS CONCEPTUAL DIAGNOSIS DESCRIPTIVE DIAGNOSIS Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Unicist Diagnostics The Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Copyright The Unicist Research Institute INTEGRATION Maximal Strategy Minimum Strategy Catalyst / Inhibitor of the Minimum Strategy Entropy Inhibitor
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24 Descriptive Diagnoses They are based on a detailed description of the signs (facts) of the adaptive system within the limits of the symptoms defined by the responsible diagnostician or client. Static Diagnoses They are based on the development of a diagnosis comparing the signs with the categories of a standard or an ontogenetic map within the limits of the symptoms defined by the responsible diagnostician or client. Causal Diagnoses They are systemic diagnoses of the unified field of an adaptive sys- tem, in which a systemic compromise is made to deal with the func- tions of an adaptive system as variables. The limit of the diagnosis is the actual unified field of the adaptive system. Conceptual Diagnoses They are the diagnoses of the actual adaptive system and its possi- bilities for expanding, based on the ontogenetic maps that define its functionality. The limit of these diagnoses is the actual unified field and the possible expansion of the adaptive system. Conclusion The three essential functions to manage human adaptive systems are: diagnostics, strategy, and architecture building. These three elements have something in common. They require full awareness of the adap- tive system and its environment.
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26 The Unicist Ontology of Universal Strategy Universal strategy is defined as the conscious action to influence an environment to achieve an objective. This objective implies growth. The procedure to develop a strategy is defined by its ontogenetic map.
There is a universal taxonomy for strategy building, but each applica- tion field requires its specific taxonomy considering its ontogenesis.
Therefore strategy implies being aware of the actual reality, under- standing the implicit trends and knowing the threats and opportunities.
Conscious actions imply necessarily a trade-off. Individuals and insti- tutions grow because they appropriate more energy than they deliver.
Therefore strategies are only successful in the long run when the procedure of strategies includes a solution to minimize the cost of the delivered value.
Strategies always include the following agents: the individual or organization, a competitor and a client. Competitors are those who are willing to occupy the same vital space. Clients are those who receive the added value one delivers. The client can be the whole environment as an entity or an individual.
Strategies include naturally two elements to adapt to reality: an ac- tive function to increase the vital space while adding value and an energy-conservation function to ensure the survival of the organiza- tion or individual.
Thus from an operational standpoint a strategy is basically defined by the integration of a maximal strategy and a minimum strategy to adapt to the environment. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
27 Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Strategy Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Adapt to the Environment Purpose (*) Maximal Strategy Active function Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Strategy (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
Adaptation does not imply over-adaptation. Adaptation implies in- fluencing the environment while being influenced by it. Strategies vs. Strategists There are no strategies but strategists, because strategies begin to exist in the mind of the strategist. Therefore strategies are conscious processes that need to integrate what we have called value adding approaches to expand the bounda- ries of a business and the minimum strategies to survive. Maximal strategies are value adding approaches and minimum stra- tegies are zero sum approaches. Value adding strategies require a high level of consciousness be- cause they require an architectural approach that is based on envi- sioning the solution before beginning with the strategy building process. Peter Belohlavek
28 Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Strategies The Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Adapting to Grow Purpose (*) Value Adding Strategy Maximal Strategy Active function Zero Sum Strategy Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Strategy (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
Approaching a unified field demands a backward thinking process that ends emulating reality using the ontogenetic maps and their double dialectical approach. Minimum strategies are zero sum strategies and sustain the maximal strategy. Minimum strategies require a win-win approach and paying prices to survive which is implicitly a zero sum atti- tude. They are based on the fulfillment of methodical procedures and forward chaining thinking that only demand the knowledge of the different tasks of the process. Within the building of the minimum strategy the unified field is limited to each task that can be divided into sub-tasks if they cannot be managed as a unit. Universal Strategy Building To build a universal strategy it is necessary to define the wide con- text and the restricted context where the activity will be developed. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
29 It has to be considered that a strategy is effective if it is materialized in a structural approach that we call architecture, which allows transforming such strategy into concrete operational actions.
Global Gravitational Forces Archetypes Long Term Scenario Short Term Scenario State Action Archetypes Gravitational Forces Long Term Short Term State Action Integration and Structure of the Unified Field and Gravitational Forces for a Country Scenario Building Operative Concepts Functional Concepts SCENARIO Copyright Peter Belohlavek/ The Unicist Research Institute
Therefore, the unified field can be defined as the integration of the wide context, the restricted context, the specific strategy, the neces- sary architecture and the operation to transform plans into value.
Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Universal Strategy Building The Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Expansion (Wide Context) Purpose (*) Vital Space Building (Restricted Context) Maximal Strategy Active function Specific Strategy Building Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Universal Strategy Building (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
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30 Scenario Building The wide context needs to be defined building the corresponding scenario to find which gravitational forces allow an actual expan- sion of the business. This implies defining the scenario of the region, country or culture that establishes the rules that regulate the environment. The restricted context is the environment of an activity. It defines the rules that regulate the specific activity that needs to be devel- oped. It is necessary then to build the scenario of the environment defining the aspects that can be influenced and the aspects that need to be accepted as limits of the activity. This scenario is built in order to define how it is possible to gain vital space in the environment. It requires developing activities that generate new vital space due to the influence generated by the de- velopment of a new action. The sharing of vital space is what allows accelerating the strategy implementation process. It works as a catalyst that minimizes the resistance to the actions that will be developed in the environment. The implicit purpose that is present in the ontogenetic map of a uni- versal strategy is expansion. The purpose of strategies, in the long run, is to expand in an environment. When the purpose is to survive we are not talking about a universal strategy, we are talking about a specific need of an individual or organization that is threatened by the environment. In order to expand an individual needs to build a wider vital space. This building requires a conscious plan. That is what we call strat- egy in the wide sense. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
31 About the Universal Strategy Building Process A strategy is a conscious plan to sustain expansion and guide the building of a wider vital space. The capacity to share the vital space is the natural catalyst of an expansive strategy and the need to grow is the driver. In this case growth is put into action by the influencing capacity of an individual or organization within the limits established by a cul- ture to which the individual needs to respond (over-adaptation).
EXPANSION (WIDE CONTEXT) VITAL SPACE BUILDING (RESTRICTED CONTEXT) SPECIFIC STRATEGY BUILDING GROWTH INFLUENCING OVERADAPTING EXPANSION GAINING VITAL SPACE GENERATING VITAL SPACE SHARING VITAL SPACE VITAL SPACE BUILDING ADAPTING MAXIMAL STRATEGY SPECIFIC STRATEGY BUILDING MINIMUM STRATEGY CATALYST / INHIBITOR DRIVER / INHIBITOR MINIMUM STRATEGY MAXIMAL STRATEGY Copyright The Unicist Research Institute EVOLUTION INVOLUTION The Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Universal Strategy Building The Unicist Ontological Algorithm in Unicist Standard Language 1 8 7 9 6 4 5 3 2 ENTROPY INHIBITOR UNIVERSAL STRATEGY BUILDING C B A
The steps to develop a universal strategy are:
1) Define the limits of the wide context to build the scenario. A) Define the power of influence you have on the wide context. Peter Belohlavek
32 B) Define the external influences you will need to deal with. C) Define the trends of growth you will take advantage from. 2) Define the limits of the restricted context to build a scenario to gain vital space. 3) Define the vital space you can generate in the restricted context. 4) Define the aspects of the vital space you will share and with whom. 5) Define the vital space you will be able to gain. 6) Define the specific activity you will be dealing with. 7) Define the maximal strategy to expand the boundaries of the activity. 8) Define the minimum strategy to sustain the goals to be achi- eved. 9) Define the goals you will be achieving in the field of the specific activity. 10) Develop the necessary destructive and non-destructive tests to confirm the strategy. Specific Strategy Building Specific strategies are based on the input provided by the wide con- text scenarios and the restricted context scenarios. These scenarios have to provide the information of the gravitational forces that influence the specific activity, the possibilities for devel- oping them, the catalyst that may exist and the inhibitors that need to be avoided or accepted as limits for the strategy building. An organization or individual is equilibrated when maximal strate- gies are being developed while minimum strategies are built to en- sure the survival. Maximal strategies are designed to expand the boundaries of an in- dividual or organization, while minimum strategies happen within the boundaries of an organization. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
33 That is why maximal strategies require dealing with uncertainty and risks and only a conscious knowledge of the unified field that inte- grates the wide context, the restricted context, the specific strategy and the architecture of the solution allows managing it.
Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Specific Strategy Building The Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Adapting Purpose (*) Value Adding Strategies Backward-chaining Thinking Maximal Strategy Active function Zero Sum Strategies Forward-chaining Thinking Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Specific Strategy Building (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
To deal with maximal strategies it is necessary to have a high level of consciousness that allows dealing with backward-chaining think- ing that allows envisioning the solution. Backward-chaining thinking implies approaching a strategy with a hypothetical solution and beginning a falsification and validation process that allows building a final solution. Minimum strategies are those that happen within the known boundaries of an individuals or organizations activity working in a context of certainty. Therefore, in these types of strategies, only a medium level of con- sciousness is required. Minimum strategies are based on forward- Peter Belohlavek
34 chaining thinking that allows working step by step based on the known methods of a known field. The Ontogenetic Map of a Specific Strategy Building Process When an individual or organization has only minimum strategies, it tends to disappear. Minimum strategies are necessary either to en- sure growth once the maximal strategy has been achieved, or for marginal survival. The influence an individual or organization has on the environment functions as a catalyst for the development of a minimum strategy. The lack of influence acts as an inhibitor and endangers survival. Growth as a trend of the environment and as a need of the individual or organization is the driver of the minimum strategy. Minimum strategies are driven by the need to grow and are catalyzed by the influence the organization or the individual has in the environment. When there is neither a driver nor a catalyst, the minimum strategies become desperate survival efforts to permit an organization or indi- vidual to be alive the next day. In that case there are no strategies, but there are just intuitive and common sense driven actions to ensure survival. The steps to be followed to build a specific strategy are the following: 1) Define the goals to be achieved based on the information of the wide context and restricted context scenarios. A) Define the nature of the individual or organization in or- der to be respected. B) Define the trade-off the individual or organization has to do in order to achieve growth. C) Define the growth that has to be achieved. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
35 2) Define the hypothesis of the value proposition to be posed to develop the maximal strategies. 3) Define what has to be won beyond the boundaries of the pre- sent activity. 4) Define the influence that is necessary and is available to de- velop the maximal strategy. 5) Confirm the value proposition to be posed to expand the boundaries. 6) Define the survival conditions for the individual or organization. 7) Define the win-win approach to be done to put the minimum strategy into action. 8) Define the prices to be paid in order to sustain survival. 9) Confirm the conditions of survival of the individual or or- ganization 10) Develop the necessary destructive and non-destructive tests.
CATALYST / INHIBITOR DRIVER / INHIBITOR Copyright The Unicist Research Institute EVOLUTION INVOLUTION The Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Specific Strategy Building The Unicist Ontological Algorithm in Unicist Standard Language 1 8 7 9 6 4 5 3 2 ENTROPY INHIBITOR C B A ADAPTING MAXIMAL STRATEGY (Value Adding) MINIMUM STRATEGY (Zero Sum) GROWTH LIVING TRADE-OFF VALUE ADDING WINNING INFLUENCE WIN WIN PAYING PRICES SURVIVAL ADAPTING MINIMUM STRATEGY MAXIMAL STRATEGY MINIMUM STRATEGY SPECIFIC STRATEGY BUILDING MAXIMAL STRATEGY
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36 Segmentation of Strategies The four structural operational segments of strategies will be de- fined considering them as static. Each one of them develops a dif- ferent type of strategy:
These segments can be described in unicist standard language as follows:
ADDING VALUE SURVIVE POWER EARN BY WINNING TO PAY PRICES TO INFLUENCE BY WIN-WIN DOMINANT DEFENSIVE INFLUENTIAL SURVIVING Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Strategy Building Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Copyright The Unicist Research Institute INTEGRATION Maximal Strategy Minimum Strategy EXPANSION SECURITY FREEDOM CONTRACTION Catalyst / Inhibitor of the Minimum Strategy Entropy Inhibitor
1) Surviving Strategies These are the strategies that aim to survive within the boundaries of an activity. They are based on a win-win approach that has to be managed as a zero sum strategy in order to avoid appropriating value The Unicist Approach to Businesses
37 from the environment. These strategies are natural for marginal ac- tivities developed by people who work at the border of their envi- ronment. The price they pay is that surviving activities have no critical mass that sustains them. Therefore they need to be continu- ously active in order to ensure survival. They need to work 24/7. 2) Defensive Strategies They aim to defend the boundaries of their activity against true thre- ats. They are based on establishing the necessary operational and control systems to defend the borders of their activity. They are power driven because they need to exert power in order to defend their activity. They are focused on paying the necessary prices to sustain their business. The prices they pay sustain their survival and at the same time hinder their expansion. They work necessarily with strict zero-sum low cost, self-sufficient activities because they can- not trust others to defend their business. 3) Dominant Strategies Dominant strategies are based on the influence the individual or the organization has in an environment. They are focused on developing the necessary value propositions that can be sustained with their in- fluence. They tend to impose functional monopolies that allow them to establish the standard for their activities in the environment. They need to invest a high level of energy in developing their influence through image building and the exclusion of the individual or organ- izational competitors that do not accept their standards. They work with value adding strategies in order to legitimate their dominance. 4) Influential Strategies They are based on exerting influence by improving the value propo- sition of their competitors. They are based on having the necessary Peter Belohlavek
38 speed to be faster than the competitors which allows them win- ning in their environment. Their value propositions are innovative and they are successful when they have the necessary critical mass to influence the environment. They are innovation driven in order to exert the influence of a higher value proposal. They naturally build alliances in order to obtain the necessary influence for their value propositions. Believing to see or seeing to believe? Believing to see or seeing to believe is a dilemma in human behav- ior but not in the field of strategies. Strategies begin to exist in the mind of the strategist having nothing to be seen.
The driver of strategies is growth, which implies that strategies are expansive. The development of a strategy is based on envisioning the unified field of the solution that will exist and is inexistent at the moment it is being designed. That is why a high level of conscious- ness is necessary to manage strategies, which implies believing be- fore things can be seen.
Unicist Ontology of Believing to See in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Backward-chaining Thinking Purpose (*) Believing Maximal Strategy Active function Seeing Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Believing to See (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
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39 Maximal Strategies are by definition expansive. Expansive actions require providing additional added value to the environment and thus they are implicitly innovative. The innovation is implicit in the additional added value. Maximal Strategies require believing to see Believing to see is necessary for conceptual thinking. Concepts are essential. Therefore they need to be approached based on abstract be- liefs that need to be confirmed in their manifested operational actions. Conceptual thinking implies reflection that goes beyond the sensory experiences of individuals. Homological experiences are the bench- marks to be used to apprehend new action fields. Believing to see is an approach to the nature of a reality in order to influence the future evolution and develop present actions. Backward-chaining thinking is necessary to approach any activity that deals with adaptive systems and complexity. The oneness can only be approached with backward-chaining thinking processes which are integrated in the unicist reflection process. 2 = Infinite Solutions is an arithmetic metaphor of backward- chaining thinking. It requires the use of a high level of inner freedom, because there are no sensory parameters to confirm the validity of a process. That is why a believing to see approach needs to be sustained by destruc- tive and non-destructive pilot tests. Maximal strategies which allow expansion beyond the present boundaries of an activity require the use of backward-chaining thinking and using individuals beliefs that need to be validated with sensory experiences. Peter Belohlavek
40 Minimum Strategies require seeing to believe Minimum strategies work within the boundaries of an activity. That is why they do not deal with the unknown and there is no need to envision things that do not exist. That is why a medium level of consciousness suffices to manage them. They provide the security and safety of maximal strategies. They are conservative to sustain the boundaries of an activity in order to survive. Conservative thinking requires seeing to believe. That is why when a new concept is being discussed and an individual asks for an analogical benchmark, it is because s/he is avoiding entering a new field. Unicist Ontology of Seeing to Believe in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Forward-chaining Thinking Purpose (*) Seeing Maximal Strategy Active function Believing Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Seeing to Believe (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
Seeing to believe is necessary to deal with operational thinking. When operation has to be done it is necessary to deal with a credi- bility based on seeing. Seeing is used in a wide sense considering all the aspects that deal with sensory experiences to apprehend reality. Seeing to believe is based on the past experiences of individuals to generate the credibility of present actions. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
41 Forward-chaining thinking is the secure approach to reality which avoids having a high level of inner freedom because the external reality is apprehended through sensory experiences. The use of sensory information avoids the need to make decisions based on internal freedom. 1 + 1 = 2 is an arithmetic metaphor of forward-chaining thinking. Minimum strategies, which need to ensure survival, require forward- chaining thinking and using the sensory experiences to believe. Synthesis Maximal strategies are based on adding value to the environment while winning in the specific environment they work in and are sus- tained by the power they have to influence the context.
Maximal strategies define two positions in the environment:
1) On the one hand, maximal strategies are natural to leaders that exert a dominant position in the environment.
2) On the other hand, they are natural to influential individuals or organizations.
Minimum strategies are based on developing win-win strategies and paying the prices necessary to survive.
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43 About Architecture Architecture is a work process that deals with the definition of the structural functional solution of an entity that is being built. Architecture began with the design and construction of buildings, cities, bridges, etc. But it evolved. It has to be considered that every building process, no matter its kind, has its architectural aspect. Military architecture, painting architecture, IT architecture, business architecture and book architecture are just examples of the use of the architectural work and its utility. Universal Architecture Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (1st Century B.C.) discovered and de- scribed the ontology of architecture giving birth to the functional architectural approach. The ontological structure of architecture is defined by utility (utili- tas), beauty (venustas) and solidity (firmitas). According to Vitru- vius, architecture is an imitation of nature. He defined the nature of architecture for universal use. This information is included in his multi-volume work De Architec- tura and allows dealing with the nature of the construction processes in all activities where a system is being built. The purpose of functional architecture is to generate value (utility) with an aesthetical solution that completes the needs of the users and delivers a solid construction that provides both flexibility and rigidity to be stable. Peter Belohlavek
44 This implies that every architectural process has to ensure utility through what is being built and make this building aesthetic and solid. Unicist Ontology of Functional Universal Architecture in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Utility (Utilitas) Purpose (*) Aesthetics (Venustas) Maximal Strategy Active function Solidity (Firmitas) Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Functional Architecture (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
The description of the ontology will be helpful to apprehend archi- tecture. We strongly recommend not reading this as an operational description but as the description of the nature of architecture. It re- quires apprehending it through reflection, using the experiences in which an architectural approach has been done. We will start by deepening the context of architecture in order to make it apprehensible. About Architects In strategy, there are no strategies but strategists. Since strategy deals with the future, a strategy can only be in the mind of the strategist. Architecture is homologous, it doesnt exist but in the mind of the architect. Therefore, there are no architectures, but architects. After The Unicist Approach to Businesses
45 the work has been done, the architecture becomes evident, but before it is built it only exists in the mind of the architect. Architecture is an activity that needs to be able to build a bridge be- tween the scientific aspects of reality as far as they are known, the available technologies and art in order to produce the utility, aes- thetic and solidity required. Unicist Ontology of a Functional Architect in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Science Purpose (*) Technology Maximal Strategy Active function Art Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Functional Architect (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
It is necessary to define art in order to understand the nature of the functionality of architecture. Art is a bridge building activity that moves individuals, providing an aesthetic solution for the subjacent conflicts that exist. It has to be considered that there is also anti-art which is a bridge breaking activity that needs to shock people and uses an anti- aesthetic approach to do so. The general public is shocked by the anti-artists. Therefore, art is often more associated with destructive messages rather than with a way to integrate idealism with realism. Peter Belohlavek
46 Unicist Ontology of Art in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Bridge Building Purpose (*) Moving Maximal Strategy Active function Functional Aesthetics Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Art (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
Art is the way cultures and individuals deal with the conflicts gen- erated in real life. It allows making a catharsis and building a bridge with reality moving people in an aesthetic way. Unicist Ontology of Adaptive Attitude in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Realism Purpose (*) Idealism Maximal Strategy Active function Art Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Adaptive Attitude (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
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47 The Unicist Ontology of Art The complete description of the ontology of art will help to under- stand the role of the architect in his/her work, integrating science and technology to develop a structural functional solution. Bridge Building Moving Functional Aesthetics Bridges with reality Intrapersonal Bridges Interpersonal Bridges Bridge Building Attractiveness Surprising Expansive Conflicts Moving Completing Desirable Functional Aesthetics Harmonic CATALYST / INHIBITOR DRIVER / INHIBITOR MINIMUM STRATEGY MAXIMAL STRATEGY Copyright The Uni cist Research Insti tute EVOLUTION INVOLUTION Unicist Ontology of Art 1 8 7 9 6 4 5 3 2 ENTROPY INHIBITOR Art C B A
The final objective of art is to build a bridge with reality. To do so it becomes necessary to build both intrapersonal bridges, that aim to solve individual conflicts, and interpersonal bridges that aim to solve those conflicts that deal with the relations among individuals. Art exists in action, because it moves people. The moving function is defined by the capacity of being attractive which implies having intrinsic and extrinsic conditions to generate a gravitational force to attract people (e.g. the name of the artist). Peter Belohlavek
48 Surprise is the active function of art. Every piece of art or artistic action requires having some unexpected aspects. But this surprise factor needs to generate positive attraction, while going beyond the boundaries of what is expected. Surprise generates conflicts that need to be solved in an expansive way. Expansion implies a way towards evolution. The conflicts that art needs to solve are complementation, innovation and negotiation conflicts. Finally, art needs to be aesthetic. Aesthetics is the energy conserva- tion function of art. Aesthetics in a piece of art is defined by its capacity to complete the needs of the user, being desirable and harmonic. Synthesis An architect needs to have a superior level of consciousness which allows him/her to introject the needs of the user, the characteristics of the object that is being built and the possibilities of the specific envi- ronment to be able to integrate science and technology. The Analogy between Functional Architecture, IT Architecture and Business Architecture The essential analogy between functional architecture, IT architec- ture and business architecture will provide a vision of what architec- ture really means. Their comparison should drive to the perception of the need of de- signing the architecture of any adaptive system in order to ensure its functionality. Developing the architecture of an adaptive system is a step beyond conceptual design because it requires knowing the onto- The Unicist Approach to Businesses
49 logical structure of the system, the functionality of its elements and the processes to make it work. 1) About the Functional Architecture Functional architecture needs to be considered in its ontological structure in order to be apprehended. UTILITY (UTILITAS) AESTHETICS (VENUSTAS) SOLIDITY (FIRMITAS) USEFULNESS FUNCTIONALITY RELIABILITY UTILITY EXPANSION COMPLETES UNREACHABLE AESTHETICS STABILITY FLEXIBILITY SOLIDITY RIGIDITY CATALYST / INHIBITOR DRIVER / INHIBITOR MINIMUM STRATEGY MAXIMAL STRATEGY Copyright The Uni cist Research Insti tute EVOLUTION INVOLUTION Unicist Ontology of Functional Architecture 1 8 7 9 6 4 5 3 2 ENTROPY INHIBITOR FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE C B A
The purpose of functional architecture is to provide utility to the us- ers of what is being built. This utility is defined by the usefulness of the building, the functionality of its elements and the reliability of the solution. The active principle of functional architecture is defined by the aes- thetics of the building. Peter Belohlavek
50 While aesthetics seeks to generate expansion in the environment and complete the needs of the user, it also has unreachable aspects. The energy conservation principle of functional architecture is de- fined by the solidity of the solutions. Solidity includes a stable struc- ture with flexible aspects to adapt to the environment and rigid aspects to sustain its functionality. Synthesis Although this ontology that has been described is the ontology of functional architecture, it is also the ontology of universal architec- ture and can be used as a meta-ontology to validate the ontologies of different architectural applications. They all have to be based on util- ity as their purpose, aesthetics as their active function and solidity as their energy conservation function. 2) About Functional IT Architecture The ontology of the functional IT architecture is based on the inte- gration of the elements that are included in software building. The purpose of IT architecture is to fulfill the mission of the system that is being built. The mission implies following a concept and gen- erating an added value, having an adequate quality assurance that makes the mission reliable. When the concept is not shared, there is no possibility to develop a structural solution for a system. The concept represents the vision of the activity of the system and needs to be apprehended taking the necessary time to do so. The active function, which defines the aesthetics of the system, is given by the information that is managed by the system. It needs to be based on the true business model because it has to satisfy its needs. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
51 MISSION (UTILITAS) INFORMATION (VENUSTAS) TECHNOLOGY (FIRMITAS) CONCEPT (VISION) ADDED VALUE QUALITY ASSURANCE MISSION BUSINESS MODEL ADAPTIVE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM INFORMATION PEOPLEWARE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE CATALYST / INHIBITOR DRIVER / INHIBITOR MINIMUM STRATEGY MAXIMAL STRATEGY Copyright The Uni cist Research Insti tute EVOLUTION INVOLUTION Unicist Ontology of Functional IT-Architecture 1 8 7 9 6 4 5 3 2 ENTROPY INHIBITOR FUNCTIONAL IT- ARCHITECTURE C B A
The business model is provided by the business architectural ap- proach. Information must include adaptive aspects in order to man- age the feed-back from the environment and administrative aspects to ensure the operation and control. The energy conservation function is defined by the technology which sustains its solidity and is integrated by software, hardware and peopleware. Synthesis Functional IT Architecture includes the use of software objects to build a system that has the capacity to adapt to the environment reus- ing the designed objects and just changing the processes in which they are immersed. Peter Belohlavek
52 The design of the objects needs to be in accordance with the character- istics of the adaptive aspects of the system and the possibilities defined by the available technology. This approach allows simplifying the processes and minimizing the maintenance costs. 3) About Unicist Business Architecture Unicist business architecture is not only a functional architecture, but a structural functionalist approach to businesses. This is a structural approach because it deals with businesses consid- ered as adaptive systems, which are integrated by interdependent elements that are approached based on their ontological structure. Unicist business architecture is functional because it follows the same ontology of the functional architecture. BUSINESS MODEL (UTILITAS) HYPERREALITY BUILDING (VENUSTAS) UNIFIED FIELD OF THE BUSINESS (FIRMITAS) ORGANIZATION BY RESULTS UNIFIED FIELD MANAGEMENT UNICIST STRATEGY BUSINESS MODEL EMULATION OF REALITY FUNCTIONAL REALITY ESSENTIAL REALITY HYPERREALITY BUILDING BUSINESS MODEL (GENOTYPE) RESULTS DRIVEN ORGANIZATION (PHENOTYPE) UNIFIED FIELD OF THE BUSINESS OPERATIONAL METHODS CATALYST / INHIBITOR DRIVER / INHIBITOR MINIMUM STRATEGY MAXIMAL STRATEGY Copyright The Uni cist Research Insti tute EVOLUTION INVOLUTION Unicist Ontology of Business Architecture 1 8 7 9 6 4 5 3 2 ENTROPY INHIBITOR UNICIST BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE C B A
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53 The purpose of unicist business architecture is to define a business model. It implies seeking for an organization by results which is in- tegrated by a market orientation, a business orientation and an orien- tation towards the use value of products. The purpose has to ensure the utility of the architecture. The unified field of the business has to be apprehended in order to define the complementation and supplementation between the ele- ments that integrate it. The organization by results needs to be sus- tained by a strategy that includes both the minimum and the maximal strategies. The active function, which provides the aesthetics of the structure, is defined by the hyperrealism of the model, which includes the emula- tion of reality as a business, the functional reality of the elements of the organization and the essential reality of the unified field. This allows developing a simple manageable model that defines the architecture of the business at a structural level. The model of the essential concepts of the unified field is the catalyst for the minimum strategy which needs to develop the genotype of the business model to sustain the purpose of providing a secure business model to develop the necessary systems. The energy conservation function that provides the solidity of the busi- ness architecture is integrated by the genotype of the business model, the results driven organization that defines its phenotype and the opera- tional methods that allow validating the business architecture. Synthesis The unicist business architecture requires using a method for making destructive and non-destructive pilot tests until the architecture is considered adequate based on the results produced. Peter Belohlavek
54 BUSINESS MODEL HYPERREALITY BUILDING UNIFIED FIELD OF THE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION BY RESULTS UNIFIED FIELD MANAGEMENT UNICIST STRATEGY BUSINESS MODEL EMULATION OF REALITY FUNCTIONAL REALITY ESSENTIAL REALITY HYPERREALITY BUILDING BUSINESS MODEL (GENOTYPE) RESULTS DRIVEN ORGANIZATION (PHENOTYPE) UNIFIED FIELD OF THE BUSINESS OPERATIONAL METHODS CATALYST / INHIBITOR DRIVER / INHIBITOR MINIMUM STRATEGY MAXIMAL STRATEGY Copyright The Unicist Research Institute EVOLUTION INVOLUTION Unicist Ontology of Business Architecture 1 8 7 9 6 4 5 3 2 ENTROPY INHIBITOR UNICIST BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE C B A Design Process Blue: Diagnosis & Strategy Green: Prototyper design Yellow: Prototyper operation All: Unicist Business Platform
55 Unicist Object Driven Business Architecture Unicist Business Architecture deals with the design of structural solu- tions for businesses integrating their unified field including the customer, the shareholder (owner) and the environment that influences them. Unicist business architecture includes the fundamental diagnosis of the unified field of a business defined by its ontogenetic maps, the description of the business model, the development of the strategy to be used, the definition of the work processes and the business objects to be included in these processes. This is an introduction to provide the unified field that defines the business architecture to all those who want to manage it. The unified field of Business Architecture can be described as follows: Unicist Ontology of the Business Architecture in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Business Model Purpose (*) Hyperreality Building Maximal Strategy Active function Unified field of the Business Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Unicist Business Architecture (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
The term hyperreality building is used to define the emulation of a reality which requires building a model that represents the architec- tural structure of a unified field. Peter Belohlavek
56 The final purpose is to design a business model which requires be- ing able to manage the unified field of a business and develop a strategy to achieve the results that are required.
Unicist Ontology of a Business Model of a Unified Field in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Organization by Results Purpose (*) Unified Field Management Maximal Strategy Active function Unicist Strategy Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Business Model of a Unified Field (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyrig ht The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
Business architecture implies modeling a business considering it as a unified field with the environment. But the abstraction of the unified field has to be put down to earth defining the model including their operational business processes. Architectural approaches are counterintuitive for adults because they need to begin with the envisioning of the unified field and ending with the operational solutions. This requires a backward-chaining thinking process which requires having the final solution in mind and developing the operational processes to materialize it. The emulation of reality defines the purpose of business architecture. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
57 Unicist Ontology of Hyperreality Building in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Emulation of Reality Purpose (*) Functional Reality Maximal Strategy Active function Essential Reality Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Hyperreality Building (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyrig ht The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
This requires being able to build a hyperreality based on the appre- hension of both the functional and the essential reality in order to emulate it in a model that is seen at a more essential level than the business model.
Unicist Ontology of the Unified Field of a Business Unit in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Business Model (Genotype) Purpose (*) Result Driven Organization (Phenotype) Maximal Strategy Active function Operational Methods Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Unified Field of a Business Unit (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyrig ht The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
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58 The Unified Field of a Business Unit is defined by the concept of the business model which defines its ontological structure (geno- type), the results driven organization model that defines the func- tionality (phenotype) and the operational methods that are the energy conservation function of the unified field. About Unicist Business Architects The description of the role of unicist business architects will provide the information of how this activity works in real life. Unicist business architects are individuals who transform the unified field of a business into a business model that puts its concept into action and define the business processes to achieve goals. They have the responsibility for apprehending the ontological struc- tures of a unified field and transforming them into operational proc- esses within the limits of the concept of the business. To do so they diagnose, develop strategies and define organizational processes in environments they know. Diagnoses include both fundamental and technical analytical diag- noses. Strategy building, on the other hand, requires the use of de- structive and non-destructive pilot tests. They are responsible for the design of organizational processes which need to integrate business objects into the work processes to ensure results. To develop their activity they use unicist project management including plans A, B, C and D. Synthesis Unicist business architecture deals with the design of businesses considered as adaptive systems. It implies dealing with the complex- ity of adaptive systems and transforms them into simple solutions. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
59 It requires apprehending their unified field in order to make the op- erational solutions believable. No one can use the simplification of a complex unified field without having apprehended it first.
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Book 2 The Implementation using the Unicist Approach: Unicist Object Driven Organization
61 Unicist Object Driven Organization Unicist Object Driven Strategy When a new strategy has been designed and tested, the first question that arises is: And now, how? A new strategy, by definition, implies changes in what is being done. Growth acceleration, market share increase, profit improvement, quality upgrade and productivity increment are just some aspects that are implicit in any new strategy. What needs to be accepted is that, as Sun Tzu said: Battles are won or lost before they are fought also Strategies are successful or mis- carriages before they are put into action. A strategy is successful if the necessary organization and the ade- quate work have been defined. This fact is implicit in the use of the unicist object driven organiza- tion model. It is a way to organize the work using objects within the processes maximizing the productivity and quality of work and minimizing costs. The object driven organization enables focusing on the necessary processes to develop maximal strategies while the objects installed provide the framework for the minimum strategies. To do so it is necessary to develop a conceptual design of the solu- tion in order to define the field of the organizational possibilities. The integration of different attitudes defines the nature of the species of the organization. Peter Belohlavek
The object driven organization process begins when the species of the organization has been defined. Introduction The unicist organizational approach is based on emulating nature in organizations. An extremely effective organization can be developed integrating both structural aspects that sustain evolution and inciden- tal aspects that allow dealing with conjunctures. Emulating nature implies integrating the abstract apprehension of reality with the con- crete operational design. To emulate the nature of institutional processes it is necessary to be able to deal with their unicist ontology. The unicist ontology defines the nature of a specific reality considered as a unified field. A unicist ontology requires being able to apprehend the essential purpose, the active function and the energy conservation function of a specific reality. This is the world of complex / adaptive systems in which, although their nature is complex, their output has to be simple in order to be operable. The research of a unicist ontology is complex and requires years. In the case of organizations, it was discovered that the purpose is implicit in their mission, the active function is in their processes and the energy conservation function is in the objects they use. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
63 The Unicist Object Driven Organization A unicist object driven organization is a model that, according to the predefined objectives, designs the necessary processes and uses and reuses business objects to produce the expected results. Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Object Driven Organization The Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Objectives Purpose (*) Processes Maximal Strategy Active function Objects Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Object Driven Organization (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
Some considerations on objects Objects are productive units that have a concept, an added value, the necessary quality assurance and a methodology to ensure the mini- mum strategy. To imagine an object please consider an automatic pilot in an air- plane. It can be considered a paradigmatic object. We would like to make a clarification of the difference between ob- jects and things. Objects only exist within a process. When they are not part of a process they are things. Objects produce an added value for someone in the process. When they do not produce added value they are things. Things can be such Peter Belohlavek
64 in some conditions and objects in others. The definition of an ob- ject is functional to a value that needs to be achieved. For example, a commercial car is an object if there is a driver, if not it is a thing. But if it is a collection car it is an object for the owner and for those who appreciate its value. For those who do not, it is just a thing. In the world of abstract objects a rumor is an object if it achieves the expected value. News is an object if it has a use for the one who re- ceives it. That is why it has to be clarified that objects depend on a given func- tionality within a process. A stone might be an object if it has a use, if not, it is just a thing. That is why only people who have a sound knowledge on a process can design the objects that are part of the process. In order to reuse objects in other homologous processes it becomes necessary to have an expert knowledge. Without it no homologies can be understood. PROCESSING EXPANSION SECURITY FREEDOM INFLUENCING CONTRACTION QUALITY ASSURANCE VALUE GENERATION TO CONTROL TO PRODUCE SUSTAINING DRIVERS ENTROPY INHIBITORS CATALYSTS ACTION INHIBITORS Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Objects Functionality The Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Copyright The Unicist Research Institute GRAVITATIONAL OBJECTS Maximal Strategy Minimum Strategy
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65 There are different types of objects:
Driving objects To drive processes
Catalyzing objects To accelerate processes
Entropy inhibiting objects To inhibit the entropy of business processes
Inhibiting objects To inhibit dysfunctional events in a business
Gravitational objects To influence the results of processes
Unicist Object Driven Organizations The object driven organization requires having a high level of matur- ity in business. It can be defined as the organization of processes and the use of objects to achieve the objectives that have been established in a strategy. PROCESSES EXPANSION SECURITY FREEDOM OBJECTS CONTRACTION ACTION GUIDE PROCEDURES TAXONOMIC ACTION PLAN VISION METHODIC CONSENSUS DRIVEN OBJECTIVE DRIVEN MARKET DRIVEN FUNCTION DRIVEN Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Object Driven Organization The Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Copyright The Unicist Research Institute OBJECT DRIVEN ORGANIZATION Maximal Strategy Minimum Strategy Catalyst / Inhibitor of the Minimum Strategy Entropy Inhibitor
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66 An object driven organization implies the development of a maximal strategy that includes the design of processes based on taxonomic procedures to put them into action and also a shared vision that makes these processes consistent with the business. The vision of the organization is the catalyst of the minimum strategy and requires to be sustained. If it does not achieve its threshold, it works as an inhibitor of the minimum strategy and destroys the or- ganization. The minimum strategy is based on the use and reuse of objects within the context of methodic procedures to ensure their use and functionality. This is sustained by an action plan (a to do list) to guarantee the fulfillment of the minimum strategy. The methodic action plan implies that there is a system that is able to deal with extreme situations. Extreme situations are the cases in which objects cannot solve the problems automatically and need to be taken care of. The entropy inhibitor of the whole process is the action plan. As such it needs to be structured in order to ensure its fulfillment. Considering the nature of object driven organizations it can be said that there are four different segments of object driven organizations: 1) Function driven 2) Objective driven 3) Consensus driven 4) Market driven 1) Function driven This is an organization in which the functionality of the different processes basically prevails over results. This function driven seg- The Unicist Approach to Businesses
67 ment needs to use objects based on a methodic approach. It is neces- sary to be sure that functionality doesnt become an end in itself. Function driven segments need to have a strict control system to en- sure the fulfillment of the action plans. This segment is put into action by a market driven approach to pro- vide meaning to the use of objects and is sustained by a consensus driven approach to ensure the fulfillment of the action plans. 2) Objective driven This segment seeks for bottom up action plans to define the objec- tives to be achieved. The objects are used to fulfill the different goals established in the action plans. This segment is efficacy dependent in the use and reuse of objects. The structure of the solutions is always driven by the action plans established. Therefore there is a tendency to modify objects in order to make them fit into action plans. Only a strict methodic approach avoids the misuse of objects. This segment is put into action by consensus, which is necessary to define the action plans and is sustained by a market orientation to envision the external goals to be achieved. 3) Consensus driven This segment is driven by the objective of achieving the maximal strategy in an object driven organization. It fosters consensus to en- sure the validity of the processes to achieve the goals established in the strategy. It builds consensus based on the vision of the organiza- tion in order to achieve the goals. The use of objects, as it is part of the vision of the business, is natural for this segment. It uses the object driven organization model to build the spirit de corps of the business. Peter Belohlavek
68 This segment is put into action by bottom up established objectives to build consensus and is sustained by functional driven rules to en- sure the responsibility of the members. 4) Market driven This segment is driven by its adaptation to markets. It is the segment that integrates the vision of the end client within the organization. It follows strict taxonomic rules in the design of processes in order to ensure the production of results. Being driven by client needs, this segment avoids operational shortcuts to produce results. The vision of the business is a limit for this segments business approach. It uses objects to ensure the value added to the market. This segment is put into action by the function driven responsibilities and sustained by the bottom up objective building process. The taxonomy of the unicist object driven organization in action Following the unicist mechanics, the taxonomy of the Unicist Object Driven Organization can be defined as follows: 1) Definition of the quantitative and qualitative goals (Unicist Strategy) 2) Transforming the goals into processes 3) Designing the taxonomic procedures 4) Integrating the existing processes within the vision of the business 5) Confirming the processes to be developed 6) Confirming the available objects to be used in the processes 7) Defining the methodic procedures to use the objects within the processes 8) Validating to action plan to achieve the objectives 9) Putting the objects into action within the limits of the processes The Unicist Approach to Businesses
69 10) Developing the pilot tests and recycling if necessary.
PROCESSES OBJECTS ADDED VALUE FOUNDATIONS EARNED VALUE MISSION PROCESSES TAXONOMIC PROCEDURES VISION PROCESSES OBJECTS METHODIC PROCEDURES OBJECTS ACTION PLANS CATALYST / INHIBITOR DRIVER / INHIBITOR MINIMUM STRATEGY MAXIMAL STRATEGY Forward thinking Backward thinking The Ontology of the Object Driven Organization Copyright The Unicist Research Institute MISSION 1 8 7 9 6 4 5 3 2 OBJECT DRIVEN ORGANIZATION ENTROPY INHIBITOR
70 The Anticoncept of the Unicist Object Driven Organization There are people who need to approach reality based on their sub- jective experience. The object driven organization cannot be used when the minimum strategy of the users is based on experience based intuitive common sense procedures and subjective (personal) action guides. The Anti-concept of the Object Driven Organization TASKS EXPANSION SECURITY FREEDOM EXPERIENCE CONTRACTION ACTION GUIDE PROCEDURES ANALOGIC SUBJECTIVE VERBAL COMMON SENSE Copyright Peter Belohlavek/ The Unicist Research I tit t LEADERSHIP DEPENDENT DIRECTIVE DEPENDENT BENCHMARKS DEPENDENT GOODWILL DEPENDENT ANTI-CONCEPT Minimum Strategy Maximal Strategy
In this case processes are based on task orientation which is guided by the previously mentioned subjective experience. In the following lines you will find a short description of the organi- zations in which the object driven organization cannot work. Goodwill dependant The object driven organization is a threat when the goodwill of the members of an organization is the driver for work. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
71 Directive dependant The object driven organization exceeds the acceptable responsibility level when people prefer to follow personal instructions instead as- suming the responsibility of processes. Leadership dependant The object driven organization diminishes the image of leaders when those who lead need to exert power within the organization. Benchmarks dependant The object driven organization is a utopia when the members of organizations are used to copying and pasting the organizational processes of others. Unicist Object driven Organization: a mature organizational model UODOs require a mature approach toward management and leader- ship. This organizational model is naturally a democratic model in the sense that all opinions have the value of the justifications and foun- dations that sustain them. There are two different levels to deal with this organizational model: the level of those who design the model and the level of those who use it. Peter Belohlavek
72 FOLLOWERS Investment of personal energy to develop consciousness Awareness functional judgments responsibility object driven introjection design internal freedom transcendence driven Automatism value judgments movements subject driven projection operation internal security power & materialistic driven Unicist Object Driven Organization OBJECT DRIVEN ORGANIZATION
That is why we divide the organization in doers and followers. Both profit from it, but doers are natural users of the UODO because their self-fulfillment is in the results they achieve and their goal is to im- prove the results. The UODO is a structured approach to organization and manage- ment that ensures results based on the acceptance that roles have to prevail over the individuals desires. It is necessary to be fully aware of the objects involved in order to be able to use them knowing they provide the minimum strategy. The maximal strategy is provided by processes. Conclusions The unicist object driven organization is the natural way to organize after the necessary level of information technology has been The Unicist Approach to Businesses
73 achieved. Its first applications took place in Diners in 1981 and Renault in 1985. In the meantime, it has been used in hundreds of organizational processes. Now, after the expansion of Internet, the model has matured to be installed as the new standard in business organization. It is a breakthrough, because of the use of the unicist ontology based technologies and at the same time a back to basics that increases productivity, quality and the capacity of organizations to adapt to changing environments. Technology ensures results, but people make the difference
74 About Business Objects Business objects are the way the unicist ontological structures of a busi- ness are put into action. Without objects unicist ontological structures just define hypothetical categories that have no added value. To design objects it is necessary to be able to apprehend the func- tionality of the process that achieves the goal aimed at. Therefore, the design of business objects implies having a sound knowledge of the processes where the objects are being installed. In the following pages you will find a description of the structure of the objects that need to be developed and installed. Ontology of the Concept Object Basically, the Client Centered Management development implies having a clear vision on object management, either due to the rela- tions between the parts of a process or to the complete reliability an added value process should enjoy for the end client. It is in this project where the unicist object conception arose, a con- ceptual study of which is explained below. Objective This description aims at developing the idea of the conceptual struc- ture underlying the objects of the added value processes. The objective is to be able to design added value processes so that they can operate on an objects basis increasing their received value and cutting costs. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
75 The Concept Object By object, we describe an entity, which carries an implicit extrinsic concept that adds value, and has its own quality assurance imbricated in the object itself. Unicist Ontogenetic Map of an Object The Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Concept Purpose (*) Added Value Maximal Strategy Active function Quality Assurance Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Object (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
It can be physical or virtual, simultaneously or successively reusable. I t is essential to the definition of the conceptual object its possibility of being reused within either the class it acts on or any other class. Consequences of this definition: - An object is an object only if it is reusable. - There is only an object if it has a quality assurance in itself. - Every object is designed to belong to one or several classes. - Physical objects are successively reusable. - Virtual objects are successively and simultaneously reusable. Peter Belohlavek
76 The structure of an object implies a concept, a value added to the environment where it operates and an assured quality which makes it absolutely reliable. Concept The concept implies the fact that there is purpose, a procedure and a course of action in each object. There are always a substantive function, and action upon the envi- ronment and an adverbial function which try to prevent the action upon the environment from deviating from the purpose. The concept of an object defines, due to the broadness of its purpose, the unified field of analogous applications. Because of the function- ality of its purpose, it defines the broadness of the homologue appli- cations. The concept of an object requires a very deep and subtle apprehen- sion. Should it not be consistent, the object becomes an operational thing or procedure which lacks an objects characteristics, and its reusability and quality assurance are uncertain. Added Value The object adds value as a key action. It is there to add value. This added value has objective and subjective aspects, as well as costs. When the added value is reusable, the object has a cost, which is dis- tributed among all its uses or the number of times it is used. When the subjective added value is significant, the value of the ob- ject increases. The subjective added value is related to the value of use in itself, the reference value and the opportunity value. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
77 The added value definition determines the operational functionality of an object and it is the basis for its analogous applications. In the analogous applications, it is necessary to integrate the objects re- maining elements, i.e., its concept and quality assurance. The added value is briefly determined by the utility, functionality and redundancy of the processes. Quality Assurance Quality assurance depends of the capacity of handling the added value development redundancy. Redundancy should be analogous so that the results of the quality assurance can be guaranteed from an operational viewpoint. The moment the processes are developed mainly determines the as- sured quality. If they are out of time, they are useless; they could be considered undelivered. The chronological time control for the object processes to occur mainly determines the added value of an object. However, it requires a constant tuning with the objective implicit in the concept so as to prevent the object from generating added values, which actually do not correspond with the purpose for which it was created.
78 Unicist Ontology for Business Object Building This information is for those who need to understand how business objects work and opens the possibility of managing the technology to build them. The Unicist Object Driven Organization (*) A Unicist Object Driven Organization is a model that, according to the predefined objectives, designs the necessary processes and uses and reuses business objects to produce the expected results. Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Object Driven Organization The Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Objectives Purpose (*) Processes Maximal Strategy Active function Objects Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Object Driven Organization (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
Some Considerations on Objects Objects are productive units that have a concept, an added value, the necessary quality assurance and a methodology to ensure the minimum strategy of their purpose. To imagine an object please The Unicist Approach to Businesses
79 consider an automatic pilot in an airplane. It can be considered a paradigmatic object. We would like to make a clarification of the difference between ob- jects and things. Objects only exist within a process. When they are not part of a process they are things. An object is such because it produces an added value for someone in the process. When it does not produce added value it is a thing. Things can be such in some conditions and objects in others. The definition of an object is functional to a value that needs to be achieved. For example, a car is an object if there is a driver, if not it is a thing. But if it is a collection car it is an object for the owner and for those who appreciate its value. For those who do not, it is just a thing. In the world of abstract objects a rumor is an object if it achieves the expected value. News is an object if it has a use for the one who receives it. That is why it has to be clarified that the definition of an object de- pends on the given functionality it has within a process. A stone might be an object if it has a use, if not, it is just a thing. That is why only people who have a sound knowledge on a process can design the objects that are part of the process. In order to reuse objects in other homologous processes it becomes necessary to have an expert knowledge. Without it, no homologies can be understood. (*)Transcript from Unicist Object Driven Organization Peter Belohlavek
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PROCESSING EXPANSION SECURITY FREEDOM INFLUENCING CONTRACTION QUALITY ASSURANCE VALUE GENERATION TO CONTROL TO PRODUCE SUSTAINING DRIVERS ENTROPY INHIBITORS CATALYSTS ACTION INHIBITORS Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Objects Functionality The Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Copyright The Unicist Research Institute GRAVITATIONAL OBJECTS Maximal Strategy Minimum Strategy
There are different types of objects according to their functionality:
Driving objects To drive processes
Catalyzing objects To accelerate processes
Entropy inhibiting objects To inhibit the entropy of business processes
Inhibiting objects To inhibit dysfunctional events in a business
Gravitational objects To influence the results of processes
Theses functionalities correspond to the roles the objects exert in nature. The building of human adaptive systems requires the use of objects in order to ensure the production of the required results. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
81 Paradoxical results are produced in human adaptive systems if the objects do not have the required energy or fail in their objective and are not substituted or replaced by human action.
Objects are elements that have independent functionalities but are installed in processes to work in an interdependent way.
The driving function of an object is defined by the final purpose of such object that is driven by its concept.
The entropy inhibiting function is defined by the energy conserva- tion function of the minimum strategy of an object.
The inhibiting function is defined by the focus of the necessary actions of an object.
The catalyzing function of an object is defined by the energy con- servation function of the restricted context of an object.
The gravitational function is defined by the wide context that con- tains the object within a superior and wider unified field. The Functionality of Objects There are five business objects which are: the drivers, the entropy inhibitors, the inhibitors, the catalysts and the gravitational objects.
The first three ones belong to the process of a system while the cata- lysts are part of the restricted context and the gravitational objects belong to the wide context of a system.
Objects can be designed integrating these three functions as part of their functionality or they can exist as three different objects to pro- vide the driving, inhibiting and entropy inhibiting functions in a process. Peter Belohlavek
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Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Business Objects The Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Driving Objects Purpose (*) Inhibiting Objects Maximal Strategy Active function Entropy Inhibiting Objects Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Business Objects (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
Catalysts and gravitational objects are not part of the system. If one integrates them into the system, these objects do not work as such and destroy the systems functionality. Critical Mass The building of critical masses in businesses is basic to deal with their adaptive aspects. If the business objects included in a business proc- ess do not have the necessary critical mass, the adaptive system enters a chaotic vicious circle. A Unicist Critical Mass is the smallest amount of force that is needed to generate the integration of the elements of the unified field of a human complex adaptive system to produce results. To make sure that the functional architecture of an adaptive system fulfills the three goals of utility, aesthetics and solidity, it is neces- sary to approach businesses with a high level of professionalism. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
83 It is also necessary to be able to assimilate reality and use a critical mass method to define processes and objects that have the necessary force to make the unified field of the adaptive system fulfill its purpose. The Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Critical Mass Building in Business The Unicist Ontogenetic Map in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Professionalism Purpose (*) Unicist Critical Mass Method Maximal Strategy Active function Assimilation / Introjection Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Critical Mass Building in Business (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
Professionalism requires being able to manage systemic and complex problems. People who cannot deal with fundamentals or who are not solution focused cannot build a critical mass because, by definition, the critical mass works because of its fundamentals and is a solution in itself. To build a process with critical mass an individual has to be able to assimilate a reality in its oneness in order to apprehend the unified field of the critical mass and the process it triggers. Therefore, the assimilation of an individual has to integrate the idea of a concept, conscious experiences and homologous and analogous benchmarks. It is also necessary to be able to manage both destructive pilot tests, in order to find the limits of the validity of the solution, and non- Peter Belohlavek
84 destructive tests, to confirm the functionality of the critical mass that is being developed. The Unicist Critical Mass Method implies integrating the business architecture, the synchronicity of actions and the adaptive systems design method to ensure that the solution will have the minimal nec- essary force to integrate the elements of the unified field of a human adaptive system to produce results. The Unicist Critical Mass Method The Unicist Critical Mass Method (UCMM) is a strategic approach to define the processes established by the business architecture in a way that ensures the results to be achieved. Unicist Ontogenetic Map of the Critical Mass Method The Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Business Architecture Purpose (*) Synchronicity Maximal Strategy Active function Adaptive Process Design Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Unicist Critical Mass Method (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
The Unicist Approach requires the use of critical masses in the adaptive business processes. The Unicist Critical Mass Method (UCMM) is a design process that allows integrating the business architecture with the necessary syn- The Unicist Approach to Businesses
85 chronicity to be able to have a critical mass to add value and take advantage of opportunities. It requires a natural object driven or- ganization with an adequate quality assurance process. The quality assurance process that is included in the Unicist Critical Mass Method is based on having secure knowledge, on the use of destructive and non-destructive pilot tests to define the limits and validity of the solutions and on the existence of plans A, B, C and D to ensure results. Plan A is the basic plan that follows the ontogenetic map of the so- lution of the problem. Plan B is a superior plan that includes plan A plus an entropy inhibi- tor for change resistance. Plan C is a superior plan that includes plan B plus a catalyst to ac- celerate the change. Plan D is a plan to abort an activity if the possibilities of success are not given and transform it into a homologous solution. Quality assurance is based on experiencing using pilot tests and plans A-B-C-D, while there is a secure knowledge base that allows developing grounded solutions.
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Ontogenetic Maps
87 The discovery of the ontogenetic intelligence of nature, laid the groundings for the unicist ontology and the development of ontogenetic maps.
Introduction Unicist business architecture is based on the use of ontogenetic maps that describe the unicist ontological algorithms to be followed for the development of structural functional solutions (Architecture: utility- solidity-aesthetics). The use of ontogenetic maps and their implicit unicist ontological algorithms is the input for business architecture making the building of a solid structure possible. Ontogenetic maps are a conceptual GPS to generate solutions in the field of businesses considered as human adaptive systems. They describe the ontological algorithm of a function or the whole system providing the steps that have to be followed to influence businesses. Reality must be read and the interpretation of that reading must rep- resent the real world. This interpretation is the basis to emulate in mind the evolution process in order to forecast what is going to hap- pen to design the necessary strategies to influence reality. This is an introduction to learn how to read ontogenetic maps in or- der to use them to develop solutions. To do so a special language has to be used to represent the nature of reality. That is the language of the unicist ontogenetic maps, formal- ized into a unicist logical language that can represent and objectify the structure of reality in order to transform it into a reasonable, un- derstandable and provable grounding. Peter Belohlavek
88 Ontogenetic maps are timeless and cross-cultural but their applica- tive content varies based on the available technologies and the char- acteristics of the environment. In this work you will find the words ontology, ontological algorithm, concept and ontogenetic maps used as epistemological synonyms having different applicative fields. Ontogenetic maps provide a structural guide to deal with the ambigu- ity of adaptive systems. They are essential for the development of diagnoses and the building and testing of structural solutions. The use of ontogenetic maps fosters consciousness in decision mak- ing and action. The same happens with diagnostics, without con- sciousness, the possibility of fallacies is certain. Strategy building requires the use of ontogenetic maps to define the structure of possi- ble solutions to be tested. The final architecture is based on the use of ontogenetic maps and the pilot testing of solutions. Diagnostics, Strategy and Architecture are the three Trojan horses of ontogenetic maps. These maps allow individuals that have assumed the responsibility for results to diagnose where they are, where they want to go and see the next step to get there.
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About Human Adaptive Systems Essentially, human complex adaptive systems are those that have open boundaries, have a double dialectical behavior and are integrated by interdependent objects. This is the concern of complexity sciences. The unicist approach to complexity sciences implies researching the ontologies of adaptive systems, developing their algorithms and building their ontogenetic maps. The open boundaries of these systems are defined by their adaptation capacity, the influence they can exert on the environment and the influence from the environ- ment they need to absorb. The double dialectical behavior implies that complex adaptive systems behave following the structure of the ontogenetic intelligence of nature, meaning that they have a purpose, an active function and an energy conservation function.
90 Unicist Business Architecture Using the Ontogenetic Maps of Institutions The unicist ontology defines the ontogenetic map of an institution and is essentially analogous to the DNA of a living being. They both define the nature of the being, have an implicit purpose and material- ize the action and the energy conservation principles.
Genetic Map
Being aware of the unicist ontological structure that underlies and rules the behavior and evolution of an institution it is possible to de- fine the ontogenetic maps and action plans to ensure the functionality of an organization respecting its nature. The difference between the DNA of different species is minimal al- though the physical difference might be enormous. The same characteristic is given at the unicist ontological structure of institutions. Subtle differences generate different species. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
91 That is why the accuracy of diagnoses of the conceptual structure of an institution is determinant. It defines its species and the possibili- ties and probabilities of its evolution. Ontogenetic Maps of Institutions The functionality of algorithms is to provide a logical structure to un- derstand and influence reality in a secure way. Following ontological algorithms an individual is respecting the rules of ontogenesis. MISSION (UTILITAS) INFORMATION (VENUSTAS) TECHNOLOGY (FIRMITAS) CONCEPT (VISION) ADDED VALUE QUALITY ASSURANCE BUSINESS MODEL ADAPTIVE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM PEOPLEWARE SOFTWARE HARDWARE Copyright The Unicist Research Institute EVOLUTION INVOLUTION 1 8 7 9 6 4 5 3 2 FUNCTIONAL IT- ARCHITECTURE C B A The Unicist Ontogenetic Map of Functional IT- Architecture The Unicist Ontological Algorithm in Unicist Standard Language INFORMATION MISSION TECHNOLOGY CATALYST / INHIBITOR DRIVER / INHIBITOR MINIMUM STRATEGY MAXIMAL STRATEGY ENTROPY INHIBITOR
The Ontogenetic Map of IT Architecture
Algorithms describe and explain the natural functionality of a reality and establish the relationships of the objects that are part of such re- ality based on the ontogenesis of the evolution process. They provide the natural way to influence institutions. Using unicist ontologies to influence institutions implies dealing with the genetic engineering of the institution. Peter Belohlavek
92 Therefore, the use of unicist technologies in institutions is based on change without changing. That means introducing changes that respect their nature and do not try to change their essential concepts. Essential Analogy between DNA and Ontogenetic Maps DNA ONTOGENETIC MAP Three dimensional structure of DNA Double Stranded DNA
DNA controlling the molecules
DNA disorders producing diseases
Cloning
Repairing of DNA Three dimensional structure of the ontogenetic map
Conceptual and operational benchmarking Repairing of ontological structures
93 Ontogenetic Maps are Timeless and Cross-cultural Unicist Ontogenetic Maps for Businesses: The DNA of Institutions The Ontogenetic Maps (OM) of businesses describe the unicist onto- logical structures of their functions. They allow defining the possibilities of businesses and the probabil- ity of success of their strategies. The OMs define the essential driv- ers, catalysts and inhibitors which define the natural actions of these functions. The complete set of OMs of a business, including its context, defines its DNA which regulates its actions and evolution. This DNA de- scribes businesses as unified fields. The knowledge of the ontoge- netic maps allows dealing with businesses as adaptive systems and makes them reasonable, understandable and predictable. What are Unicist Ontogenetic Maps in Business for? Ontogenetic maps are a conceptual GPS to generate solutions in the field of businesses considered as human adaptive systems. They describe the ontological algorithm of a function or the whole sys- tem providing the steps that have to be followed to influence businesses. Ontogenetic maps are timeless and cross-cultural but their applica- tive content varies based on the available technologies and the char- acteristics of the environments. The use of ontogenetic maps and their implicit unicist ontological algorithms is the input for business architecture making the building of a solid structure possible. Peter Belohlavek
94 Generic Ontogenetic Map
Ontogenetic maps are basic to design business architecture to develop diagnoses, strategies, scenarios, business models, business processes and business objects. Ontogenetic maps are the drivers to manage maximal strategies. What are Ontogenetic Maps? The integration of the ontogenetic intelligence of nature, the anthro- pological invariables and human ontointelligence made the develop- ment of the ontogenetic maps possible. These ontogenetic maps are timeless meaning that they are valid as long as the function they rep- resent exists. For example, the ontogenetic map of a lifeboat exists and remains unchanged as long as its function exists. Technologies change, cultural contexts are different but the ontogenetic map of the lifeboat remains the same. Ontogenetic maps are cross-cultural because the integration of the ontogenetic intelligence of nature with the anthropological (cultural) invariables defines the nature of a function in synthetic language. On the one hand, this makes the unicist ontological structures self- evident in any culture and, on the other hand, it makes the ontological The Unicist Approach to Businesses
95 algorithms that define the ontogenetic maps, be perceived as logical because they follow the natural way something needs to be developed. Unicist ontological structure of a concept A B C A B = >C B A C Purpose Supplement Complement Copyright Peter Belohlavek - The Unicist Research Institute The Ontogenetic Intelligence of Nature Active & entropic principle Energy conservation principle
The ontogenetic intelligence of nature regulates the evolution of living beings based on the existence of a purpose, an active and entropic principle to grow and an energy conservation principle to sustain the purpose. Why Timeless? The discovery of the ontogenetic intelligence of nature opened the possibilities to deal with adaptive systems without needing to treat them as systemic systems. It established that every living being is regulated by an intelligence that establishes its purpose, its active principle to evolve and its en- ergy conservation principle to sustain its purpose. It established that these elements in their oneness behave in a double dialectical way: The purpose is put into action by the active function having a relationship ruled by the supplementation law. Peter Belohlavek
96 The purpose is sustained by the energy conservation principle having a relationship based on the complementation law. Evolution Involution Genotype Purpose (*) Phenotype (Freedom) Maximal Strategy Active principle Functionality (Security) Minimum Strategy Energy conservation principle Biological Entities (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution. Unicist Ontology of Biological Entities The Unicist Ontogenetic Map in Unicist Standard Language
This discovery established the basics that allowed approaching adap- tive systems based on their unicist ontologies and building their on- togenetic maps which emulate the ontogenetic intelligence of nature. The ontogenetic maps remain unchanged as long as a function exists, for example negotiation, leadership, strategy, etc. Why Cross-cultural? The discovery of the anthropological (cultural) invariables allowed explaining human essential behavior. These invariables are, on the one hand, the human need for security and freedom and, on the other hand, the alternative trend towards expansion or contraction. This was modeled in the double pendular behavior of humans that allows apprehending human evolution at an essential level. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
97 Unicist Double Pendulum Expansion Contraction Security Freedom Copyright Peter Belohlavek / The Unicist Research Institute
The research on human intelligence and the discovery of ontointelli- gence, defined by ethical intelligence, the type of thought and strate- gic intelligence, allowed explaining how humans deal with adaptive systems. It defines the depth, amplitude and timeframe an individual can man- age in the field of adaptive systems. The ontogenetic maps are cross-cultural because their structure is based on the anthropological invariables which makes them self- evident in any culture. How does human double dialectical behavior work? The Unicist Dialectics allows dealing with human adaptive systems managing the integration of their double dialectical behavior. With this double dialectical approach (purpose - active function, pur- pose - energy conservation function) one can understand the structure of an adaptive system and its evolution. Unicist Dialectics is based on the emulation of adaptive systems, emu- Peter Belohlavek
98 lating the ontogenetic intelligence of nature (purpose, active principle, energy conservation principle). Its application to human adaptive systems made the emulation of individual, institutional and social evolution possible. Purpose Active & entropic function Purpose Energy conservation function Purpose Energy conservation function Active & entropic function Copyright The Unicist Research Institute Unicist Double Dialectical Behavior AND AND AND Integration A A B C C A B
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99 To approach a reality integrated by three elements with a dualistic mind it is necessary to consider it as a dualistic integration of binary elements. To perceive dialectics it is necessary to have a high abstraction capacity. Those who do not have the abstraction capacity consider the dialecti- cal behavior based on observable facts of reality. They cannot differ- entiate essential correlations from cause-effect relations. Individuals who have the necessary functional intelligence and the will to add value to an environment, and are able to see the double dialectics, develop two different actions to ensure results: on the one hand, they impulse action and on the other hand, they develop ac- tions to inhibit entropy. Individuals who approach reality using unicist thinking define strate- gies based on taxonomies and planed actions to influence the envi- ronment. Brief History of Modern Dialectics Modern dialectics began based on an idealistic and materialistic vol- untaristic approach to reality (Hegel Marx). Simple dialectic developed as an explanation of the evolution of hu- man idealism and as the grounding of human materialism. This is the way of natural dualistic thinking. It produces rationalistic conclusions of reality that sound incredibly simple and make the producer feel extremely powerful in the sense that with a push it is possible to change an existing reality. The Unicist Dialectic is based on the mental emulation of the onto- genetic intelligence of nature that allows a valid emulation of adap- tive systems. Its application to human adaptive systems made the emulation of individual, institutional and social evolution possible. Peter Belohlavek
100 Hegels and Marxs Dialectics Dialectic as defined by Hegel is contradictory with the concept of complex systems. Complex systems are integrated based on the con- junction and, and their evolution includes the complementation between the apparent opposites. This dialectical thinking of Hegel, who considers the synthesis as a result of the opposition between a thesis and an antithesis, permits the construction of parallel realities based on the disintegration of the real world and the construction of a world where the limitless evolu- tion of ideas drives towards an ideal. Hegel builds an apparently upgrading fallacy. Marxs perceives the fallacy implicit in Hegels approach but he can not get rid of his dualistic approach to reality and his need to build a better future that only depends on the promotion of an adequate an- tithesis. But his materialistic approach hindered him to accept an ethic of added value in the real world. He built a dialectic based on the definition that thesis is given by an existent myth and the antithesis is a utopia that will change the myth creating a new environment. This implied considering that the utopia is a response to the existing myth. But in real life, myths limit utopias, sustaining an underlying purpose which is considered a taboo. Utopias are not responses to myths but reactions to taboos. They are born to change an existing purpose to be achieved. Marxist dialectic drove to human declination because the fallacy he had built required materialistic absolute ideologies to sustain it.
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Basic Foundations
102 Homology between the unicist ontological structure, the atomic structure and biology
The objective of this synthesis is to provide the framework of the consistency between the unicist ontological approach and hard sci- ences to demonstrate not only that they are compatible but also their homology. The Unicist Ontology
The unicist ontology describes the nature of reality with the structure and rules of the ontogenetic intelligence of nature. Thus it has a logi- cal structure that allows guiding the individual in the search of the nature of something and providing the necessary language to de- scribe it. The ontogenetic maps describe the unicist ontological structures of the functions of some reality. These maps define the essential driv- ers, catalysts and inhibitors which define the natural actions of these functions. Introduction
After the unicist ontology has been apprehended, it becomes evident that its structure is homologous to the structure of atoms and biology.
This homology allows dealing with the nature of the complex aspects of all sciences using the same unicist ontological structure defined by the ontogenetic maps to define the concept of what is needed to de- velop with a fully reliable approach. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
103 Engineering, electronics, information technology, behavioral sci- ences, anthropology and architecture among other application fields need to use the unicist ontological structure and the corresponding ontogenetic maps in order to be apprehended in their nature. Without them concepts are just ideas and not concrete structures to be fol- lowed.
Synthesis
The ontogenetic intelligence of nature defines that every living be- ing has a purpose, an active principle and an energy conservation principle.
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I mplicit Axiom of the Unicist Ontology of Evolution Central Value Purpose Antithetic Value Active principle (Entropy) Homeostatic Value Energy conservation principle Supplement Complement Functional Zone (intrinsic concepts) Credibility Zone (ext rinsic concepts) Ut opia Point Copyright The Unicist Research Institute The Ontogenetic Intelligence of Nature
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104 The purpose can also be defined as the substantive function, the ac- tive principle as the verbal function and the energy conservation principle as the adverbial function.
In physics atoms are defined by having a central nucleus, composed by positively charged protons and neutral neutrons, surrounded by negatively charged electrons.
Atomic Structure
The positively charged protons are homologous to the substantive function, the neutral neutrons are homologous to the adverbial func- tion and the negatively charged electrons are homologous to the ver- bal function. An atom, having an equal number of protons and electrons, is electrically neutral.
Living beings are continuously evolving and involving which implies that there is always disequilibrium between their purposes and their active functions which is homologous to the disequilibrium of pro- tons and electrons. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
105 A Unicist Ontogenetic Map The Unicist Ontology in Unicist Standard Language Evolution Involution Substantive Function Purpose (*) Verbal Function Active function Adverbial Function Energy conservation function Structure of a Unicist Ontology (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 0 -1 The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Evolution. The numbers 0 to -1 represent the steps of Ontogenetic Involution.
This disequilibrium is what defines the energy and the influence of an ontogenetic structure in the environment.
The active function and the purpose are antithetic and supplementary implying that both are charged with energy.
The energy conservation function and the purpose have a comple- mentary relationship which is evident in atoms where the neutrons allow the integration of the protons.
The mass of an element is basically given by the nucleus of an onto- logical structure meaning that the mass is given by the purpose and its complementary energy conservation function. But the evolution of a living being is given by the power of the active function in the en- vironment. The Unicist Ontology of Biological Entities The unicist ontology of a biological entity defines its structure and functionality in an environment. Peter Belohlavek
106 The genotype defines the genetic structure of the entity that rules its evolution and generates the phenotype of the being. The objective of the genotype is to ensure the permanence of species, its reproduction and production. The phenotype defines the morphologic, behavioral and materialistic characteristics of the entity. It defines the functional characteristics, the functional power of the entity and the functional assurance. Functionality defines the effectiveness of the phenotype measured as the consequence of the adaptation of the biological entity to the envi- ronment. Unicist Ontology of Biological Entities in Unicist Standard Language Genotype Purpose (*) Phenotype Maximal Strategy Active function Functionality Minimum Strategy Energy conservation function Biological Entities Copyright The Unicist Research Institute 3 2 1 0 (*) Unicist Thinking allows emulating nature and makes the integration of the two dualistic approaches possible. The numbers 0 1 2 3 represent the steps (rules) of the Unicist Ontogenetic Algorithm. Supplementation Complementation
Functionality is measured in the capacity of adapting and growing on the one hand, and surviving, on the other hand. The understanding of the ontology of biological entities helps to follow the laws of nature when dealing with genetic engineering The Unicist Approach to Businesses
107 processes and use it to apprehend the nature of beings with artificial life such as institutions. Conclusion This homology is just a demonstration that beginning with physics, continuing with biology and ending with human behavior the essen- tial structures of these fields are necessarily compatible and homolo- gous. This implies that any modeling, emulation or simulation of an entity has to be based on this triadic structure integrated by the complemen- tation and supplementation laws. The functionality of the DNA is an evidence of this structure. Dualistic approaches are essentially fallacious because they are nec- essarily based on a ceteris paribus condition which can only be used in stagnated environments. The more adaptive a system is, the more paradoxical the results of using dualistic approaches are. Access the complete basic foundations at: http://www.unicist.org/sdp.shtml
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Glossary Main Signifiers and Signifieds of the Unicist Standard Language (USL)
109 Unicist Glossary Action guide It is the homeostatic element of a concept (see complementariness). It avoids the modification of the purpose of a concept promoted by the utopia. Added value It is the incremental value added by an agent to a given reality. Adverbial function Is the homeostatic function that sustains the substantive function to avoid the modi- fication posed by the verbal function (See complementariness) Analogous experiences They are those with a similar functionality. Analogous Two elements are analogous when they have the same operational functionality. Considering the function of flying, a bird and a plane may be considered analogous. Anticoncept An anticoncept is a conceptual structure that has the purpose of destroying a con- cept. It is sustained by fallacies and is the basis of paradoxical behaviors. When a concept and its anticoncept join, they both disappear. Antithetic value It is the verbal function of a concept. It functions according to the law of supple- mentarity (See supplementarity). Appropriated value It is the value obtained by a system, due to its action in the environment. Archetype Is the conceptual structure of automatic behaviors that underlies and sustain spon- taneous responses of individuals, groups or cultures. Argument It is an opinion that includes no groundings about a certain reality. It is an affirma- tion or a negation based on a subjective perception of reality. Attractors According to the chaos theory, attractors are elements that structure chaos. There are point, cyclic, torus, and strange attractors. Strange attractors are the drivers of complex systems functionality. Central value From a logical point of view, it is the purpose of a concept. Peter Belohlavek
110 Chaos It is an unpredictable situation for observers and participants. Complementariness It is an interdependent relation between two elements, actions or ideas. Each one of these elements has what the other element requires and they both have a coinci- dent element. Complex Systems They are system that structure open unified fields. The results of complex systems are unpredictable for ordinary people. Concept It is the logical or pre-logical structure that regulates beings with real or virtual life. It is also defined as the driver of complex systems. Contraction It is a conceptual function whose aim is to avoid that the death instinct prevails over the life instinct. Thanatos prevails in contraction. Contractive function It is the function that intends to avoid the destruction of a system (simple or complex). Credibility zone It is a participants perception of the functional concept of a reality. Cross-cultural invariables They are human functional structures that are homologous in different cultures, such as the need for security and freedom. Dehumanization It is a kind of anticonceptual functionality. Functional actions become self-fulfilling and generate a materialistic behavior. Disequilibrating element It is the synonym of the antithetic element. (See supplementarity) Drivers They are the functional concepts that define the evolution of a given reality. They can be assimilated to the strange attractors defined by the theory of chaos. Dual thinking It is the natural and basic way of human thought. Human beings use dual thinking when they are overwhelmed by facts. Effectiveness It is the integration of efficiency and efficacy.
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111 Efficacy The capacity of humans to produce results responsively. Efficiency It is the potential capacity of simple or complex systems to produce results. Equilibrating element It is the synonym of the homeostatic element. (See complementariness) Essential concept It is the deepest concept that structures a particular unified field. It is the struc- ture of information that regulates the most essential behavior of complex systems and defines its long-term evolution. Ethics Rules of behavior for individuals, groups, institutions and cultures. Ethics has a functional structure, a dominant moral and is sustained by an ideology. Evolution stages Stages that describe the evolution cycle of a situation in which ontogenesis and phylogenesis are redundant. Evolution It is the ascendant cycle measured in terms of the improvement of species. Expansion A situation in which growth and life-instinct prevails. Expansive function It is the function that impulses the expansion of a simple or complex system be- yond the limits of its unified field. Extrinsic concepts They are the concepts given by humans to elements, actions, ideas, facts or objects. They are described by their structural functionality and at the same time define it. Fallacy False perceptions built upon a logical structure. When individuals beliefs and needs prevail when making a judgment, fallacies are unavoidable. Falsification It is a process that seeks to prove that a hypothesis is false. When something cannot be proven to be false it is considered not-false. In common language it is called to be true. Foundation It is an argument that contains reasonable, comprehensive, and verifiable information.
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112 Freedom It is an internal structure that allows individuals to adapt to changing realities in a responsible way. Functional concepts They are the drivers of the behavior of living beings with real or virtual life. They describe the functional structure of complex systems. Functional structure The functional structure describes the structural relations within a simple or com- plex system. The functional structure of a complex system is given by the concep- tual structure that regulates its evolution. Functionality zone It is the description of an intrinsic concepts functioning. Gravitational forces They are the external forces that influence the evolution of a unified field. Homeostatic value It is the adverbial function of a concept. It limits the action of the antithetic value avoiding the modification or mutation of the concept (See complementariness). Homologous Two elements are homologous when they have the same essential characteristic. A whale and a dog are homologous, in the sense that they are both mammals. Hygienic It is an element necessary for a situation but which has no added value. Idea It is an intellectual structure of a reality. It is functional to the approaching of con- cepts for individuals with dominant analytical thought. Instability zone It is the place where the functional structure of a concept destabilizes. There are two instability zones: a) The situation in which the lack of energy produces the loss of functionality or credibility. b) The utopia point. It is the absolute point where reality vanishes. Integrative thinking It is an Intellectual approach to reality based on the conjunction and. It does not consider the disjunction or. Intrinsic concept It is the regulator of a complex system, whether it has real or virtual life. The Unicist Approach to Businesses
113 It defines the functionality of the complex system and does not depend on the per- ception of the observer. Intrinsic It is an internal functionality of a given reality whose existence is not conditioned by others perception. Involution It is a degradation cycle of a reality in terms of the evolution of species. Life style It describes the adaptation of an individual to cultural mandates. His adaptive be- havior involves the cultural values, the archetype and the dominant strategic style. Maximal strategy The maximal strategy is the one depending on the environment. In this case the influence of a person, group or institution is insufficient to assure the result of a strategic action. Minimal strategy In this case, the result of a strategic action depends on the individual, group or institu- tion exerting this influence. Moral It is a conceptual structure that aims to satisfy the needs of a culture, the necessity of transcendence and the needs of individuals. Myth It is an adverbial function that limits the action of individuals within cultures to assure the purpose of the evolution of species. Object An element containing a concept, a purpose to be achieved and a quality assurance function. Objects library A structure that contains objects designed to be used in simple or complex systems. Cognitive objects organize the objects library when a system is complex. Operational concept It integrates two of the elements of a concept: it integrates the action (verbal func- tion) within the limits of the adverbial function. The purpose of the concept is considered as given. Opinion It is a judgment of something. The opinion is basically subjective. When it is grounded it is called a foundation. Peter Belohlavek
114 Over-contraction It is a situation in which destruction is challenged. It produces the implosion of the system. Over-expansion It is a situation in which destruction is challenged. It produces the explosion of the system. Paradoxical functionality A functionality that achieves opposite results from what apparently is seeking to achieve. Preconcepts Individuals stratified conceptual structure, based on former experiences, created to avoid personal risks. They are a natural approach to reality based on automatisms. Procedure In functional terms, it is the active part of the conceptual structure. Purpose It is the final objective of a concept. It is the substantive function of a given reality. Reflection It is a process to apprehend a given reality that begins with a projection of an individuals opinions. Having solved the conflict of the projections, reality has to be introjected. It comes to an end when the internal and the external reality are homologous. This approach occurs within the unified field of an actual action. Security It is the need of human beings to attain an internal structure to avoid chaos or de- pression. Social capital It is the system of relations that defines the synergy of a group or culture. The strength of relations, when seeking for an objective, defines social capital. Strategic stereotype It is the name given to a stratified strategic style. In this case, a person loses its ability to adapt to reality, feels its survival threatened and seeks to obtain benefits from the environment. Strategic style It describes the way a person influences the environment and the way he manages the influence of the environment. Strategic thinking It is a intellectual approach to influence complex realities The Unicist Approach to Businesses
115 Structure of a concept From a logical point of view, the structure of a concept is given by its central value, its antithetic value and its homeostatic value. From a semantic point of view, the structure is given by a substantive function, a verbal function and an adverbial function. From a functional point of view, the structure is given by a purpose, a procedure and an action guide. From a social point of view, the structure is given by a taboo objective, a utopical function and a mythical structure. Structure of functional concepts It is the structure of drivers regulating the evolution of a complex system. Sub-concept It is a complex sub-system within a complex system. Subsistence It is the description of a situation in which individuals, institutions or cultures have a security framework to assure their survival. Substantive function From a semantic point of view, it is the function that defines the purpose of a con- cept. Supplementarity It is a relation between elements with redundant purposes and verbal functions, having a different homeostatic element. One of the elements has a superior myth that challenges the evolution of reality. Survival It is a situation in which the individual perceives his life is being threatened. It can be real or not. Taboo It is a socially unacceptable situation. Accepting taboos implies generating chaos. True It is the situation in which the functional reality and its perception merge. From a transcendental point of view truth represents the absolute. The absolute implies the existence of the conjunction and with absence of the disjunction or. Type of thought It describes the structure of the mental process to approach reality. There are four types of thought to approach reality: the operational, the analytic, the scientific and the conceptual. Peter Belohlavek
116 Typology It defines a particular characteristic of the collective unconsciousness of a culture, segment or individual, based on their ultimate purposes. Unicist dialectic It is the description of human double dialectics. On one hand, there is the dialect of the central value and the antithetic value. And on the other hand, there is the dia- lectic of the central value and the homeostatic value. Instantly, both relations inte- grate themselves to achieve the purpose of the central value. Unicist logic A logical structure based on the conjunction and to apprehend complex realities. It excludes the disjunction or. Unicist Ontology It describes the concept (nature) of a given reality considering its functional unique structure. Although the ontology of a given reality is unique the perceptions within the structure might be multiple. These multiple perceptions define the credibility zone of the concept. Unicist It is an operational, scientific and philosophic approach to reality. It considers reality as a concept driven unified field. Unified field It is a specific portion of a reality to be influenced that works as an open system and requires the definition of arbitrary limits to make it functional. Utopia point It is the condition of a reality when it turns out to be absolute. On the utopia point reality ceases to exist. Utopia It is an idea that seeks to improve a situation (a no-place en terms of its etymology). Verbal function From a semantic point of view, it is the function that defines the actions and establishes the utopias of a concept. Vital functionality The final purpose of living beings. Vocation It is the identity of an individual to fulfill his life plan consciously.
117 About the Author
Peter Belohlavek was born in Zilina, Slovakia, in 1944. He is the author of The Unicist Ontology of Evolution and models applied to Future Research and Strategy in the Social, Institutional and Individ- ual fields. Peter Belohlavek (born April 13, 1944) is the author of The Unicist Ontology of Evolution and models applied to Diagnoses, Strategies, Organization and Future Research in the Social, Institutional and Individual fields. He was born in Zilina, Slovakia. He developed the Unicist ontological approach to complexity science to research and manage human complex adaptive systems and the unicist methodology for the research of complex systems. The four basic pillars of his research are the ontogenesis of evolution, the an- thropological invariables and their evolution, the ontointelligence, and the double dialectical behavior. Scientific applications of the Unicist Ontogenesis of Evolution In Scientific Research - 1980: Development of a unicist ontological methodology for complex systems research, substituting the systemic approach to research adaptive systems. In Life Sciences - 1988: Discovery of the functional structure that regulates evolution and the unicist ontological structure of living beings as a unified field. 2006: Discovery of the unicist ontological algorithm of evolution and involution. 2008: Discovery of the two types of integration, complementation and supplementation, of ele- ments in complex adaptive systems. In Complexity Sciences 1998: Development of the unicist ontol- ogy emulating the ontogenetic intelligence of nature. 2003: Discov- ery of the anti-concepts that work as antimatter. 2006: Development
118 of objects to manage human adaptive systems emulating the structure of nature. 2011: Discovery of the unicist ontology of complex adap- tive systems. In Information Sciences 2002: Development of unicist ontoge- netic based ontologies replacing the empirically structured ontolo- gies. In Future Research and Strategy - 1984: Modeling of the onto- logical structures that allow inferring the evolution developing the ontogenetic maps of human adaptive systems. In Logic - 1986: Development and formalization of the integrative and the unicist logic. In Anthropology - 1986: Discovery of the invariables of human behavior. 1997: Discovery of the double dialectical behavior. 2008: Discovery of the anthropological lifestyles. 2010: Discovery of the institutional and social viruses. 2012: Discovery of the stagnant sur- vivors role in societies. 2012: Discovery of the unicist ontological structure of aptitudes, attitudes and intentions. In Economic Science - 1989: Discovery of the unicist ontological structure of Economics. 1998: Discovery of the unicist ontological algorithm of the price elasticity of demand. 2004: Discovery of the ontogenetic structure of economic models and their functionality. 2011: Discovery of the ontology of currency and inflation. 2012: Discovery of the ontology of the industrialization level. 2012: Dis- covery of the unicist ontology of the overcoming of scarcity. 2012: Pricing of Futures and Options. In Political Science - 1990: Development of the ontological algo- rithm and the ontogenesis and phylogeny of ideologies and their functionality. In Social Sciences - 1993: Discovery of the collective unconscious and the unicist archetypes of cultures. 2012: Discovery of the role of stagnant survivor elites in the stagnation of segments or cultures.
119 In Linguistics 2004: Discovery of the unicist ontological algo- rithms of natural, ambiguous and figurative languages and the unicist ontology of words. In Mathematics - 1996: Development of the conceptual basis of interdependent, dependent and independent variables. In Philosophy - 1994: Development of the unicist ontology integrat- ing philosophy, science and action in a unified field. 1997: Refuta- tion of Hegels and Marxs dialectics and the formulation of the laws of the double dialectics. In History - 2000: Development of a historical analysis methodol- ogy based on the unicist double dialectics. In Cognitive Science - 2001: Development of a methodology to construct knowledge with existing information through an integrative logic. 2002: Development of the unicist reflection methodology to deal with the nature of reality. 2006: Discovery of the object driven organization of mental processes and the development of cognitive objects. 2008: Development of the ontological algorithms of funda- mental analysis. In Education - 1979: Discovery of the ontogenetic algorithms of learning which has given scientific sustainability, amongst others, to Piaget. In Psychology - 1984: Discovery of human ontointelligence to deal with adaptive systems. 2003: Discovery of the unicist ontological structure of fallacies, the functionality of anti-intelligence and anti- intuition. 2004: Discovery of the double dialectical thinking process. 2005: Discovery of the unicist ontology and evolution laws of human essential complexes. 2011: Discovery of the ontology of conscious behavior. 2012: Discovery of the ontology of complementation of thinking processes. He is the founder of The Unicist Research Institute (TURI), a global research organization specialized in complexity sciences focused on the research of the evolution of complex adaptive systems.
120 TURI has a business arm, the Unicist Confederation, which provides ontology based and object driven technologies for businesses, and an academic arm, The Unicist Corporate University, which develops business residencies to learn to manage diagnoses, strategies, sce- nario building and business modeling. The trigger for his turning point In 1975, being an executive at Siemens, he was kidnapped by the leftist guerrilla. After the kidnapping, he was pursued by rightist military forces because of being a possible freedom-fighter. These extreme experiences changed the goals of his life forever and drove him to develop works that allowed dealing with the complexity of human adaptive systems. His works He is the creator and developer of The Unicist Theory, which is based upon his discovery of the Ontogenetic Intelligence of Nature. Both, his discovery and models are the basis of natural laws to ex- plain evolution. His basic background is in Economic Sciences. He developed re- search and studies in the fields of Management, Anthropology, Economy, Education, Epistemology, Psychology, Sociology and Life Sciences. He dedicated his life to the research in complexity sciences, focused on the research of evolution in the fields of Human Behavior, Econ- omy, Social Behavior and Management. His work includes universal matters such us the Ontology of Evolu- tion, The Ontogenetic Intelligence of Nature, the Structure of Con- cepts, the Laws of Evolution, the Structure of Logical Thinking and the structure of Ethical Intelligence. Until December 2011, he has developed more than 4,200 researches.
121 Peter Belohlaveks research works include: Basic Research, Concep- tual Developments, Scientific Developments, and Development of Cultural Archetypes. The work included the development of a standard. The Unicist Stan- dard developed defined the structure of procedures and norms to manage the unicist ontological methods.
Main companies that participated in the research The main companies that participated in the research, development and became users of the Unicist Object Driven Business Technologies are: ABB, A. G. Mc. Kee & Co., American Express, Apple Computers, Autolatina (Ford-Volkswagen), BankBoston, BASF, Bayer, Brahma, Ciba Geigy, Cigna, Citibank, Coca Cola, Colgate Palmolive, Deutsche Bank, Diners Club, Federacin Patronal de Cafeteros de Colombia, Glasurit, Hewlett Packard, IBM, ING, Johnson & Son, Lloyds Bank, Massey Ferguson, Merck, Monsanto, Parexel, Pirelli, Renault, Sandoz, Shell, Sisa (Citicorp), Telefnica, TGS, Worthing- ton, Xerox, YPF (Repsol).
Globalization & Main cultural archetypes of countries The unicist ontological approach to globalization is synthesized in Peter Belohlaveks research works and publications and in the devel- opment of his global activities since 1964: Unicist Country Future Research - The Power of Nations - Unicist Anthropology - Unicist Country Archetypes - The Nature of Diplo- matic Power - The Nature of Dissuasion Power - The Nature of Eco- nomic Power - The Nature of Ideologies - The Nature of Social Power Globalization: The New Tower of Babel? - Fundamentalism: The Ethic of Survivors.
122 Main archetypes Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada Chile, China, Colom- bia, Costa Rica, England, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, India, Israel, Korean Republic, Mexico, New Zealand, Italy, Japan, Nor- way, Peru, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela. Researches in the field of social behavior Abstracts of the main discoveries in social behavior: The Unicist Ontology of the Collective Unconscious The Unicist Ontology of Democracy The Unicist Ontology of Economic Behav- ior The Unicist Ontology of Economic Growth The Unicist On- tology of Fundamentalism The Unicist Ontology of Fundamentalists The Unicist Ontology of Historical Evolution The Unicist Ontology of Ideologies The Unicist Ontology of Life- styles The Unicist Ontology of the State-Nation The Unicist ap- proach to Scenario Building The Unicist Ontology of a Countrys Social Scenario The Unicist Ontology of a Countrys Economic Scenario The Unicist Ontology of a Countrys Political Scenario The Unicist Ontology of Expansive and Contractive State Actions Unicist Ontological drivers of the Evolution of Countries The Uni- cist Ontology of the Operational Power of Nations The Unicist On- tology of countries' cultural change Unicist Anthropology The Unicist Ontology of Globalization and Sustainable Development The Unicist Ontology of the Social Power of Nations The Unicist Ontology of the Unicist Anthropology The Unicist Ontology of Social Myths The Unicist Ontology of the Power of Diplomacy The Unicist Ontology of the Dissuasion Power of Nations The Uni- cist Ontology of Countries Archetypes The Unicist Ontology of the Power of Nations The Unicist Ontology of Social and Individ- ual Ideologies.
123 Researches in the field of institutions and businesses Abstracts on the main discoveries in the field of businesses and institutions:
The Unicist Ontogenetic Algorithm The Ontology of Institutions The Ontology of Enterprises The Ontology of Entrepreneurs The Taxonomy of Organizational Design The Unicist Design Method- ology: Unicist XD The Unicist Ontology of Intellectual Capital The Building of Human Capital: an ontological approach The Uni- cist Ontology of Marketing Mix The Unicist Ontology of Family Businesses The Unicist Ontology of Object Driven Value Genera- tion The Unicist Ontology of Cognitive Objects Unicist Ontology of In-Company Corporate Universities The Unicist Ontology of Objects The Unicist Ontology of Functional Objects The Unicist Ontology of Operational Objects The Unicist Ontology of Systemic Objects The Unicist Ontology of Adaptive Systems for Work The Unicist Ontology of Business Hackers The Unicist Ontology of Business Process Modeling The Unicist Ontology of Business Vi- ruses The Unicist Ontology of Diagnoses The Unicist Ontology of the Factor Zero The Unicist Ontology of Quality Assurance The Unicist Ontology of a Commercial Catalyst The Unicist Ontology of Functional Segmentation The Unicist Ontology of Market Seg- mentation The Unicist Ontology of Natural Organization The Unicist Ontology of Human Process Catalysts The Unicist Ontol- ogy of Client Centered Management The Unicist Ontology of Inno- vation The Unicist Ontology of Insourcing The Unicist Ontology of Outsourcing The Unicist Ontology of Research The Unicist Ontology of Economic Growth The Unicist Ontology of Business Synergy The Unicist Ontology of Object Driven Management The Unicist Ontology of the Object Driven Organization The Unicist Ontology of Business Objects Design The Unicist Ontology of Organ- izational Design The Unicist Ontology of the Organizational Immune System The Unicist Ontology of Proactive Responsibility Ontologi- cal reverse engineering approach The Unicist Ontology of Social Vi- ruses at Work The Unicist Standard for Business Objects Design.
124 Researches in the field of individual behavior Abstracts of the main discoveries in individual behavior: The Unicist Ontology of Ontointelligence The Unicist Ontology of Fallacies The Unicist Ontology of the Ethical Intelligence The Unicist Ontology of Anti-intelligence The Unicist Ontology of Re- search Innovation Blindness Unicist Thinking: the Double Dialec- tical Thinking The Discorvery of the Relation between Complexity Management and Human Fears The Unicist Ontology of Universal Strategy The Unicist Ontology of the Adults' Learning Context The Unicist Ontology of Language The Unicist Ontology of the Use of Words in the Building of Minimum and Maximal Strategies The Unicist Ontology of Stagnant Survivors The Unicist Ontology of Human Essential Complexes The Unicist Ontology of Oedipus Complex and the Evolution of Species The Unicist Ontology of Ambiguous Language The Unicist Ontology of Languages as Rea- soning Structures The Unicist Ontology of Anti-intuition The Unicist Ontology of Human Learning The Unicist Taxonomy of Complex Problem Solving The Ontogenesis of Ethical Intelligence The Unicist Ontology of Innovation The basics of Learning New Skills to Solve Complex Problems The Unicist Ontology of Superi- ority Complexes The Unicist Ontology of Fundamental and Tech- nical Analysis The Unicist Ontology of Time Management and Time Drivers The Unicist Ontology of Decision Making The Uni- cist Ontology of Leadership The Unicist Ontology of Messages The Unicist Ontology of Perception Fallacies The Unicist Ontology of Reading the Nature of Reality The Unicist Ontology of Reflec- tion The Unicist Ontology of Words Functionality The Unicist Ontology of Ambiguous Perception. Books published in English 1. Australias archetype 2. Brazils archetype 3. Butterfly Companies & their cure
125 4. Design of complex systems research 5. Dualistic Logic vs. Unicist Logic 6. Frances archetype 7. Fundamentalism 8. Germanys archetype 9. Globalization: the new tower of Babel? 10. Growth Crisis 2008-2010 11. Influencing Nature 12. Innovation 13. Institutionalization 14. Introduction to the nature of perception and credibility 15. Introduction to the unicist ontology of evolution 16. Introduction to Unicist Business Therapeutics 17. Introduction to Unicist Diagnostics 18. Introduction to Unicist Econometrics 19. Introduction to Unicist Market Segmentation 20. Introduction to Unicist Object Driven Entrepreneuring 21. Introduction to unicist thinking 22. Knowledge, the competitive advantage 23. Mind Traps that hinder personal evolution 24. Natural Organization of Outsourcing and Insourcing 25. Ontointelligence 26. Real Diagnostics vs. Paradoxical Diagnostics 27. RobotThinking 28. Swedens archetype 29. The Book of Diplomacy 30. The Ethic of Foundations 31. The Nature of Big Change Management 32. The Nature of Democracy 33. The Nature of Developed & Developing Countries 34. The Nature of Diplomatic Power 35. The Nature of Dissuasion Power 36. The Nature of Doers 37. The Nature of Economic Power 38. The Nature of Ideologies 39. The Nature of Social Power 40. The Nature of Unicist Business Strategy 41. The Nature of Unicist Object Driven Business Growth 42. The Nature of Unicist Object Driven Change Management 43. The Nature of Unicist Object Driven Institutional Immune Systems 44. The Nature of Unicist Object Driven Leadership 45. The Nature of Unicist Object Driven Management
126 46. The Nature of Unicist Object Driven Marketing 47. The Nature of Unicist Object Driven Organization 48. The Nature of Unicist Reverse Engineering for Object Design 49. The Origin of Human Fallacies 50. The Power of Nations 51. The Unicist Ontology of Ethical Intelligence 52. The Unicist Ontology of Evolution 53. The Unicist Ontology of Family Businesses 54. The Unicist Ontology of Human Capital Building 55. The Unicist Ontology of Network Building 56. Unicist Anthropology 57. Unicist Business Strategy 58. Unicist Country Archetypes 59. Unicist Country Future Research 60. Unicist Logic and its mathematics 61. Unicist Marketing Mix 62. Unicist Mechanics & Quantum Mechanics 63. Unicist Mechanics: Business Application 64. Unicist Object Driven Diagnostics 65. Unicist Object Driven Learning 66. Unicist Object Driven Management 67. Unicist Object Driven Marketing 68. Unicist Object driven Strategy 69. Unicist Ontogenetic Algorithms to solve business problems 70. Unicist Ontogenetic Intelligence of Nature 71. Unicist Ontology of History: Unicist Methodology for Historical Research 72. Unicist Ontology of Language 73. Unicist Ontology to deal with Adaptive Systems 74. Unicist Organization: Object Driven Design 75. Unicist Organizational Cybernetics 76. Unicist Personalized Education 77. Unicist Reflection: The path towards strategy 78. Unicist Standard for Business Change Management 79. Unicist Standard for Business Modeling 80. Unicist Standard for Leadership 81. Unicist Standard Language 82. Unicist Standard to deal with the Nature of Nations 83. Unicist Standard to deal with the Nature of Personal Evolution 84. Unicist Standard to Learn to Develop Strategies 85. Unicist Standard to Manage the Nature of Businesses 86. Unicist Standard to Research and Develop Adaptive Systems 87. Unicist Standard to Research the Nature of Human Adaptive Systems
127 88. Unicist Standard: The limits of personal possibilities to deal with Adap- tive Systems 89. Unicist Ontology of Evolution For All 90. Unicist Thinking 91. Unicist Organization: Ontology based and Object driven Organization 92. Unicist Business Objects Building: An Ontology based and Object driven Technology 93. Unicist Business Strategy: Ontology based and Object driven Business Strategy 94. Unicist Marketing: Ontology based and Object driven Marketing 95. Unicist Business Therapeutics: Ontological based and Object driven The- rapeutics 96. Unicist Business Diagnostics: The Compendium of Ontologies for Busi- ness Diagnostics 97. Unicist Standard Language: To design, build and manage Human Adap- tive Systems 98. Unicist Country Scenario Building: Ontology based Country Scenario Building 99. The Ontogenesis of Knowledge Acquisition: The Unicist Ontology of Human Learning 100. The Ontogenesis of Evolution: The Unicist Ontology of Evolution 101. Complexity Science: Unicist Research & Design of Human Complex A- daptive Systems 102. Unicist Business Architecture 103. The Path of the Architect 104. Peopleware: The Integrator of Hardware and Software 105. Unicist Confederation: Cooperation in Diversity 106. Unicist Reflection to focus on solutions 107. Development of Consciousness through Action 108. Unicist R&D of Adaptive Systems in Business 109. The Unicist Approach to Businesses