Purpose

This two-part paper is concerned with the creation of a generalised cybernetic agency-based ecosystem. The purpose of the first part is to explore the basis for the creation of an agentic ecology theory to provide a generalised multidisciplinary context-free manifold that can be applied to specific domains and contexts. As an element of this, it will explore the relationship between agency and its agents (at various foci) and the nature of agency ecologies and their evolution. It will also explore the relationship between viability and sustainability. In the second part of the paper, the purpose will be to formulate a general basis for agency ecology, followed by an agency model that recognises the analytical and decision-making attributes of the viability–sustainability relationship by centering on the modelling a socioeconomic ecosystem and a social disciplinary species model.

Design/methodology/approach

Agency theory will be used to model a generic agency ecology and its environment of subordinate elements – especially those subordinates that can be used as amenities to satisfy the needs to agency development. Part 1 of the paper will take a tour of concepts relevant to the representation of neo-ecosystem structures and their application. Part 2 will centre on delivering a schema capable of embracing agency neo-ecology from which applications may derive.

Findings

It is shown that agency theory as a modelling schema can be used as a methodology through which to provide diagnosis to examine the condition of, or for locating problems within, an agency in its ecosystem environment. This is illustrated within a socioeconomic context.

Research limitations/implications

The paper is conceptual in nature, and there has been no intention to diagnose any substantive issues within the socioeconomic context.

Originality/value

A generalised agency ecology approach is proposed over this two-part paper that is novel through the use of third-order cybernetics.

中文翻译：

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机构、生态系统和可持续发展。第 1 部分：生态系统

目的

这篇由两部分组成的论文涉及创建一个基于控制论的通用生态系统。第一部分的目的是探索创建代理生态学理论的基础，以提供可应用于特定领域和上下文的广义多学科无上下文流形。作为其中的一个元素，它将探索代理与其代理（在不同的焦点）之间的关系以及代理生态的性质及其演变。它还将探讨可行性和可持续性之间的关系。在论文的第二部分，目的将是制定代理生态学的一般基础，

设计/方法/方法

代理理论将用于建模通用代理生态及其从属元素的环境 - 特别是那些可以用作满足代理发展需求的便利的下属。本文的第 1 部分将介绍与新生态系统结构的表示及其应用相关的概念。第 2 部分将集中提供一个能够包含代理新生态的模式，应用程序可以从中派生。

发现

结果表明，代理理论作为一种建模模式可以用作一种方法论，通过该方法可以提供诊断以检查其生态系统环境中代理的状况或定位其中的问题。这在社会经济背景下得到了说明。

研究限制/影响

该论文本质上是概念性的，无意在社会经济背景下诊断任何实质性问题。

原创性/价值

这篇由两部分组成的论文通过使用三阶控制论提出了一种通用的代理生态学方法。