Lasker The Quality of Life: Systems Approaches

Proceedings of the International Congress on Applied Systems Research and Cybernetics
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4831-9004-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
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Applied Systems and Cybernetics covers the proceedings of the International Congress on Applied Systems Research and Cybernetics. The book presents several studies that cover the application of systems research and cybernetics in improving the quality of life. Majority of the materials in the text tackle various aspects of quality of life in relation to systems and cybernetics, such as living space, future prospects, work, education, politics, law, ethics and values, culture and ethnicity, and social systems. The selection also presents articles that cover the elemental properties of quality of life, such as the concept, views, indicators, and dimension. The book will be of great interest to any scientists regardless of disciplines, since it covers the main purpose of science, the improvement of quality of life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lasker, G. E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Applied Systems and Cybernetics;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents
;10
5;PREFACE;20
6;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;28
7;ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF AUTHORS;31
8;INDEX OF MAJOR SUBJECT AREAS;33
9;Part I: INAUGURAL ADDRESSES;34
9.1;Chapter 1. Systems, Cybernetics, and Subjectivity;34
9.1.1;KEYWORDS;34
9.2;Chapter 2. Intelligent Machines: They Are Coming;38
9.2.1;ABSTRACT;38
9.2.2;KEYWORDS;38
9.2.3;REFERENCE;42
9.3;Chapter 3. Personal Cybernetics as a System for Self Realization of the Individual in Industry
;43
9.3.1;EFFECT OF THE ENVIRONMENT;44
9.3.2;THE ORIGIN OF THE IDEA OF "LIFE PLANNING";45
9.3.3;EXPANSION OF THE LIFE PLANNING IDEA;45
9.3.4;MAN'S LIFE PLANNING;49
9.3.5;MY OWN PLAN FOR 1959;50
9.3.6;MY OWN ONE YEAR PLAN FOR BETTER WORK
;51
10;Part II: QUALITY OF LIFE: CONCEPTS & VIEWS;53
10.1;Chapter 4. Quality of Life: The Process of Development of Legitimate Goals;53
10.1.1;ABSTRACT;53
10.1.2;KEY WORDS;53
10.1.3;INTRODUCTION;53
10.1.4;EMERGENCE OF SUPERORDINATE GOALS DISCERNED THROUGH TRADITION RESEARCH
;54
10.1.5;EMERGENCE OF SOCIAL GOALS, ROLES AND STRUCTURE;58
10.1.6;RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT;60
10.1.7;REFERENCES;61
10.2;Chapter 5. An Engineer's View of the Quality of Life;62
10.2.1;ABSTRACT;62
10.2.2;KEYWORDS;62
10.2.3;INTRODUCTION;62
10.2.4;1. IS OUR CIVILISATION SLIDING TOWARDS DISASTER?;62
10.2.5;2. CONDITIONS FOR A STABLE WORLD;63
10.2.6;3. THE WAY OUT;65
10.2.7;4. THE CREATIVE SOCIETY;66
10.2.8;AN ENGINEER'S VIEW OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE;67
10.2.9;REFERENCES
;72
10.3;Chapter 6. Progress, Stratification and Quality of Life: A View from Anthropology;68
10.3.1;REFERENCES;72
10.4;Chapter 7. Quality of Family Life as Perceived by Student Teachers;73
10.4.1;ABSTRACT;73
10.4.2;KEYWORDS;73
10.4.3;INTRODUCTION;73
10.4.4;METHODOLOGY;73
10.4.5;REVIEW OF LITERATURE: TERMINOLOGY;74
10.4.6;DISCUSSION;75
10.4.7;CONCLUSIONS;78
10.4.8;REFERENCES;78
11;Part III: QUALITY OF LIFE: DIMENSIONS AND INDICATORS ;79
11.1;Chapter 8. Subjectivity and Objectivity as Co-Essential Dimensions of the Quality of Life;79
11.1.1;ABSTRACT;79
11.1.2;KEYWORDS;79
11.2;Chapter 9. Subjective and Objective Factors in Social Indicator and Quality of Life Models;84
11.2.1;ABSTRACT;84
11.2.2;KEYWORDS;84
11.2.3;ACKNOWLEDGEMENT;89
11.2.4;REFERENCES;89
11.3;Chapter 10. Social Positions, Social Inequality and Subjective Well-Being;91
11.3.1;ABSTRACT;91
11.3.2;KEYWORDS;91
11.3.3;INTRODUCTION;91
11.3.4;SAMPLE;93
11.3.5;APPROACH;93
11.3.6;RESULTS;94
11.3.7;SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS;99
11.3.8;ACKNOWLEDGMENTS;100
11.3.9;REFERENCES;100
11.4;Chapter 11. The Management of Human Resources in Business Systems: An Influential Variable in the Quality of Life;102
11.4.1;ABSTRACT;102
11.4.2;KEYWORDS;102
11.4.3;INTRODUCTION;102
11.4.4;THE INFLUENCE OF MANPOWER COST IN THE PROFITABILITY OF INVESTMENT PROJECTS. CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE SPANISH CASE;103
11.4.5;FINAL REMARKS;105
11.4.6;REFERENCES;106
11.5;Chapter 12. Simplicity: A Perspective on the Quality of Life;107
11.5.1;ABSTRACT;107
11.5.2;KEYWORDS;107
11.5.3;INTRODUCTION;107
11.5.4;THE MONEY PRINCIPLE;108
11.5.5;ACQUISITIVENESS;109
11.5.6;THE POSSESSIONS PRINCIPLE;110
11.5.7;SIMPLICITY PRINCIPLE;111
11.5.8;REFERENCES;113
12;Part IV: IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE: METHODOLOGICAL CONCEPTS;114
12.1;Chapter 13. A Framework of Reference to Improve the Quality of Life;114
12.1.1;ABSTRACT;114
12.1.2;KEYWORDS;114
12.1.3;SYSTEMIC IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE;114
12.1.4;INTRINSIC LOGIC;115
12.1.5;CULTIVATION OF VALUE;118
12.1.6;SUB-SYSTEM OR SUB-SERVIENT SYSTEM;122
12.1.7;REFERENCES;125
12.2;Chapter 14. Speeding Up Improvement;126
12.2.1;ABSTRACT;126
12.2.2;KEYWORDS;126
12.2.3;PROBLEMFORMULATION;126
12.2.4;METHOD;128
12.2.5;EXAMPLE;129
12.2.6;REFERENCES;130
12.2.7;APPENDIX;130
12.3;Chapter 15. Is it Possible to Model Quality of Life?;131
12.3.1;1.- OUR POSITION AMONGST OTHER RESEARCHES;131
12.3.2;2 .- REALITY;132
12.3.3;3.- LAW OF THERMO-DYNAMTCS;133
12.3.4;4 .- SEMIOTICS;133
12.3.5;5.- HIERARCHY WITHIN THE INFORMATION SYSTEM;134
12.3.6;CONCLUSIONS;136
12.4;Chapter 16. Creation of Employment, Territorial Distribution and Environment Protection: Multiple Criterion for the Short Term Programming of Industrial Estates;138
12.4.1;I. QUALITY OF LIFE;138
12.4.2;II. INDUSTRIAL ESTATES;139
12.4.3;III. PLANNING SCHEME FOR INDUSTRIAL ESTATES PROGRAMME;141
12.4.4;IV. MULTICRITERIAL ALGORITHM FOR EVALUATION;142
12.4.5;V. APPLICATIONS TO THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATES PROGRAMME FOR MEXICO;145
13;Part V: THE HUMAN SYSTEM AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE;147
13.1;Chapter 17. The Quality of Life and Emerging Directions of Change in Our Conception of Human Systems;147
13.1.1;ABSTRACT;147
13.1.2;KEYWORDS;147
13.1.3;INTRODUCTION;147
13.1.4;THE PERSONAL DIMENSIONS;148
13.1.5;SYSTEMIC DIMENSIONS;149
13.1.6;TWO CLOSING THOUGHTS;151
13.1.7;REFERENCES;151
13.2;Chapter 18. The Human System, Its Ecological Niche and the Quality of Life: A Field of Study;152
13.2.1;ABSTRACT;152
13.2.2;KEYWORDS;152
13.2.3;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;156
13.2.4;REFERENCES
;156
13.3;Chapter 19. Human Systems: Needs, Requirements, Environments and Quality of Life;157
13.3.1;ABSTRACT;157
13.3.2;KEYWORDS;157
13.3.3;HUMAN SYSTEMS AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENTS
;157
13.3.4;QUALITY OF LIFE;158
13.3.5;HUMAN NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS;158
13.3.6;SOCIETAL REQUIREMENTS;159
13.3.7;MANKIND REQUIREMENTS;160
13.3.8;QUALITY OF LIFE AS AN UNIFYING CONCEPT FOR HUMAN NEEDS, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT
;160
13.3.9;IMPLICATIONS;161
13.3.10;ACKNOWLEDGMENT;161
13.3.11;REFERENCES;161
13.4;Chapter 20. General Systems Theory in the Conscious Evolution of Mankind;162
13.4.1;ABSTRACT;162
13.4.2;KEYWORDS;162
13.4.3;INTRODUCTION;162
13.4.4;DOES MAN REALLY EVOLVE ?
;162
13.4.5;THE SOURCE OF A FALSE CONCEPT OF EVOLUTION;163
13.4.6;CONCLUSION;163
13.5;Chapter 21. Improving Human Consciousness;164
13.5.1;ABSTRACT;164
13.5.2;KEYWORDS;164
13.5.3;INTRODUCTION;164
13.5.4;KNOWING OURSELVES INWARDLY;165
13.5.5;VALUES FOR LIVING AND LEGISLATION;167
13.5.6;EPILOGUE;168
13.5.7;REFERENCES;168
14;Part VI: QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON;169
14.1;Chapter 22. The Human Knowledge Process as a System Forming General System;169
14.1.1;ABSTRACT;169
14.1.2;KEYWORDS;169
14.1.3;INTRODUCTION;169
14.1.4;PREMISES;172
14.1.5;REFERENCES;175
14.2;Chapter 23. Development of Knowledge and the Quality of Life;177
14.2.1;ABSTRACT;177
14.2.2;KEYWORDS;177
14.2.3;INTRODUCTION;177
14.2.4;CONCLUSION;183
14.2.5;REFERENCES;183
14.3;Chapter 24. The Impact of the Development of Personality on the Concept of the Quality of Life;185
14.3.1;ABSTRACT;185
14.3.2;KEYWORDS;185
14.3.3;Bibliography
;190
14.4;Chapter 25. The Quality of Life in the Context of a Basic Person-Environment System;191
14.4.1;ABSTRACT;191
14.4.2;KEYWORDS;191
14.4.3;A BASIC PERSON-ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM;191
14.4.4;REFERENCES;195
14.5;Chapter 26. The Quality of Life in Relation to the Changing Image of Man;196
14.5.1;ABSTRACT;196
14.5.2;KEYWORDS;196
14.5.3;INTRODUCTION;196
14.5.4;A THEORY OF CULTURAL CHANGE;197
14.5.5;THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN RELATION TO THE IMAGE OF MAN;199
14.5.6;CONCLUSION;200
14.6;Chapter 27. Setting Changes and the Quality of Human Life;201
14.6.1;ABSTRACT;201
14.6.2;KEYWORDS;201
14.6.3;INTRODUCTION;201
14.6.4;METHODS AND PROCEDURES;203
14.6.5;RESULTS;204
14.6.6;SUMMARY;207
14.6.7;REFERENCES;207
14.7;Chapter 28. Satteas: The Quality of Life Chain Through Regional Development
;208
14.7.1;ABSTRACT;208
14.7.2;KEYWORDS;208
14.7.3;INTRODUCTION;208
14.7.4;THE HUMAN NEEDS;209
14.7.5;THE PROCESSING SYSTEM (PS);210
14.7.6;THE HUMAN PROCESSING SYSTEM (HUPS);211
14.7.7;THE LIFE CHAIN;212
14.7.8;QUALITY OF LIFE;213
14.7.9;CONCLUSIONS;213
14.7.10;REFERENCES;215
15;Part VII: SOCIAL SYSTEMS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE;216
15.1;Chapter 29. The Myopia of Social Systems;216
15.1.1;ABSTRACT;216
15.1.2;KEY PHRASES;216
15.1.3;KEY WORDS;216
15.1.4;INTRODUCTI0N;216
15.1.5;REFERENCES;222
15.2;Chapter 30. Quality of Interaction and Participation: On Model Power in Industrial Democracy and Computer Networks

;224
15.2.1;ABSTRACT;224
15.2.2;KEYWORDS;224
15.2.3;INTRODUCTION;224
15.2.4;A LAW REFORM AND SYSTEMS PREDICTIONS;225
15.2.5;Systems Predictions and Political Expectations;227
15.2.6;THE MODEL POWER THESIS AS PART OF DIALOGICAL SYSTEMS THEORY;228
15.2.7;IMPLICATIONS CONCERNING COMPUTER NETWORKS;232
15.2.8;REFERENCES;233
15.3;Chapter 31. Cybernetics for the Quality of Society;234
15.3.1;KEYWORDS;235
15.3.2;REFERENCES;235
15.4;Chapter 32. Information Automation, Human Service Delivery, and Quality of Life;236
15.4.1;ABSTRACT;236
15.4.2;KEYWORDS;236
15.4.3;INTRODUCTION;236
15.4.4;HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;236
15.4.5;CHANGES IN THE HSDS DUE TO INFORMATION AUTOMATION;237
15.4.6;IMPACT OF SYSTEM CHANGES ON QUALITY OF LIFE;237
15.4.7;CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS;239
15.4.8;ACKNOWLEDGEMENT;240
15.4.9;REFERENCES;240
15.5;Chapter 33. Working Toward Quality of Life: Primary Prevention of Drug Abuse;241
15.5.1;KEYWORDS;241
15.5.2;I. SYSTEMS APPROACHES TO QUALITY OF LIFE;241
15.5.3;II. SOCIAL ECOLOGY: A SYSTEMS APPROACH;242
15.5.4;III. A SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO PRIMARY PREVENTION;243
15.5.5;REFERENCES;244
15.6;Chapter 34. Sociolinguistic Analysis and Organizational Change, the Linguist's Potential for Improving the Quality of Modern Life;246
15.6.1;ABSTRACT;246
15.6.2;KEY WORDS;246
15.6.3;INTRODUCTION;246
15.6.4;THE ORGANIZATION IN MODERN SOCIETY;246
15.6.5;A SYSTEMS CONCEPT OF MODERN ORGANIZATION;248
15.6.6;SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS IN ORGANIZATIONS;249
15.6.7;CONCLUSION;249
15.6.8;REFERENCES;249
16;Part VIII: SOCIAL VALUES, ETHICS AND LIFESTYLES IN QUALITY OF LIFE ;251
16.1;Chapter 35. Functionality, Values Ordering and Decision in Social Systems;251
16.1.1;ABSTRACT;251
16.1.2;KEYWORDS;251
16.1.3;REFERENCES;259
16.2;Chapter 36. Basic Needs, Ethics, and Quality of Life;261
16.2.1;ABSTRACT;261
16.2.2;KEYWORDS;261
16.2.3;INTRODUCTION;261
16.2.4;BASIC NEEDS AND SYSTEMS THEORY;261
16.2.5;ETHICAL THEORY AND SYSTEMS THEORY;263
16.2.6;ETHICAL THEORY AND BASIC NEEDS;265
16.2.7;BASIC NEEDS AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE;265
16.2.8;CONCLUSION;266
16.2.9;REFERENCES;266
16.3;Chapter 37. Values, Lifestyles and Basic Beliefs as Influences on Perceived Quality of Life;268
16.3.1;ABSTRACT;268
16.3.2;KEYWORDS;268
16.3.3;INTRODUCTION;268
16.3.4;A PILOT STUDY;270
16.3.5;FINDINGS FROM THE PILOT STUDY;271
16.3.6;CONCLUSION;274
16.3.7;REFERENCES;274
16.4;Chapter 38. Scientific Thought and the Problem of Steering Societies;275
16.4.1;ABSTRACT;275
16.4.2;KEYWORDS;275
16.4.3;INTRODUCTION;275
16.4.4;LOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SYSTEMS;275
16.4.5;SCIENTIFIC IDENTITY ANTICIPATING SOCIAL STRUCTURE;277
16.4.6;AN ANTICIPATING SYSTEM OF VALUES AND META–VALUES
;278
16.4.7;REFERENCE;279
16.5;Chapter 39. A Calendar of Human Change;280
16.5.1;ABSTRACT;280
16.5.2;KEYWORDS;280
17;Part IX: QUALITY OF LIFE: CROSS-NATIONAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL ANALYSIS ;285
17.1;Chapter 40. Income, Energy Consumption and State Social Quality of Life in U.S.A. 1960, 1970 and 1978;285
17.1.1;ABSTRACT;285
17.1.2;KEYWORDS;285
17.1.3;INTRODUCTION;285
17.1.4;ENERGY, INCOME, AND SOCIAL QOL VALUES;288
17.1.5;REFERENCES;290
17.2;Chapter 41. Energy, Economic Growth and Quality of Life: A Cross-National Trend Analysis;291
17.2.1;ABSTRACT;291
17.2.2;KEYWORDS;291
17.2.3;INTRODUCTION;291
17.2.4;COUNTRIES, VARIABLES AND DATA SOURCES;294
17.2.5;RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS;295
17.2.6;REFERENCES;297
17.3;Chapter 42. Quality of Life Indicators The Happiest Americans
;298
17.3.1;ABSTRACT;298
17.3.2;KEY WORDS;298
17.4;Chapter 43. Transportation Impacts of Rationing on Individual Travel Decisions in a Quality of Life Context;302
17.4.1;ABSTRACT;302
17.4.2;KEYWORDS;302
17.4.3;INTRODUCTION;302
17.4.4;THE PROBLEM AND HYPOTHESES;303
17.4.5;ANALYSIS;303
17.4.6;1974–1980 RESPONSE DIFFERENCES;304
17.4.7;INDIVIDUAL/GOVERNMENT/INDUSTRY ROLES;305
17.4.8;CONCLUSIONS;306
17.4.9;REFERENCES;306
17.5;Chapter 44. Culture, the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, and Quality of Life in the Black Belt Region of the Southeastern United States;307
17.5.1;ABSTRACT;307
17.5.2;KEYWORDS;307
17.5.3;BACKGROUND: THE OBJECTIVE SITUATION;307
17.5.4;THE HYPOTHESES;310
17.5.5;SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE;311
17.5.6;AN AGENDA OF RESEARCH AND ACTION;316
17.5.7;REFERENCES;318
17.6;Chapter 45. Quality of Life in Two Cultures: Springfield, Illinois and Aix-en-Provence, France;321
17.6.1;ABSTRACT;321
17.6.2;INTRODUCTION;321
17.6.3;DATA COLLECTION;321
17.6.4;SURVEY RESULTS;322
17.6.5;DISCUSSION;326
17.6.6;REFERENCES;326
17.7;Chapter 46. Underlying Dimensions in the Change of Perceived Quality of Life: Results from the Edmonton Area Studies 1975 – 1979
;327
17.7.1;ABSTRACT;327
17.7.2;KEYWORDS;327
17.7.3;PURPOSE;327
17.7.4;THEORY;328
17.7.5;THE STUDY;329
17.7.6;FINDINGS;329
17.7.7;CONCLUSION;331
17.7.8;REFERENCES;331
17.8;Chapter 47. Perception of Well Being: A Comparison of Puerto Rican and Colombian Sugar Cane Workers;332
17.8.1;ABSTRACT;332
17.8.2;KEYWORDS;332
17.8.3;INTRODUCTION;332
17.8.4;WELL BEING;333
17.8.5;REFERENCES;336
18;Part X: LAW AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE;337
18.1;Chapter 48. Law and the Quality of Life -- a Human Rights Perspective;337
18.1.1;ABSTRACT;337
18.1.2;KEYWORDS;337
18.2;Chapter 49. Environmental Law and the Quality of Life;343
18.2.1;ABSTRACT;343
18.2.2;KEYWORDS;343
18.2.3;INTRODUCTION;343
18.2.4;THE UNCERTAINTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS VS. THE CERTAINTY OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM
;344
18.2.5;THE NATURE OF AVAILABLE LEGAL INSTRUMENTS;345
18.2.6;THE NATURE OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM;346
18.2.7;THE LIMITATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW;347
18.2.8;CONCLUSION;347
18.3;Chapter 50. International Organization and the Protection of the Human Environment: From the Stockholm Conference into the Eighties;348
18.3.1;ABSTRACT;348
18.3.2;KEYWORDS;348
18.4;Chapter 51. The Role of Law in the Development of Lesser Developed Countries;353
18.4.1;ABSTRACT;353
18.4.2;KEYWORDS;353
18.4.3;FOOTNOTES;359
19;Part XI: QUALITY OF LIFE EDUCATION;360
19.1;Chapter 52. Quality of Life Education: A Challenge to the Systems Inquiry Community;360
19.1.1;ABSTRACT;360
19.1.2;KEY WORDS;360
19.1.3;INTRODUCTION;360
19.1.4;A DEFINITION OF QUALITY OF LIFE;361
19.1.5;A SYSTEMS INQUIRY APPROACH TO QUALITY OF LIFE EDUCATION;362
19.1.6;REFERENCES;365
19.2;Chapter 53. Education: The Key to the Transition from a Consuming Society to a Conserving Society;366
19.3;Chapter 54. System Management Workbooks -- Tools for Quality of Life Education;369
19.3.1;ABSTRACT;369
19.3.2;KEYWORDS;369
19.4;Chapter 55. Potentialities for 'Quality of Life' Improvement via High Technology-Integrated Learning/Information/Telecommunication Systems;372
19.4.1;ABSTRACT;372
19.4.2;KEYWORDS;372
19.4.3;INTRODUCTION;372
19.4.4;REFERENCES;376
19.5;Chapter 56. Learning to Meet Nutritional Needs: A Global Perspective;378
19.5.1;ABSTRACT;378
19.5.2;KEYWORDS;378
19.5.3;PROBLEMATIQUE;378
19.5.4;SENSE OF PURPOSE: WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO?;379
19.5.5;THE DESIGN OF RELEVANT ACTION: THE NEED FOR A GOOD THEORY;380
19.5.6;THE DESIGN OF A LEARNING SYSTEM;381
19.5.7;EDUCATION FOR QUALITY OF LIFE: THE ANALYSTS' ROLE;382
19.6;Chapter 57. Canadian Multiculturalism and the Teaching of the Non-Official Languages in Manitoba;383
19.6.1;ABSTRACT;383
19.6.2;KEY WORDS;383
19.6.3;INTRODUCTION;383
19.6.4;ROYAL COMMISSION ON BILINGUALISM AND BICULTURALISM;383
19.6.5;MULTICULTURAL POLICY;384
19.6.6;THE OTHER PARTIES;384
19.6.7;SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING IN MANITOBA;384
19.6.8;MULTICULTURALISM IN MANITOBA;385
19.6.9;THE FUTURE OF MULTICULTURALISM AND ETHNIC LANGUAGES;387
19.6.10;REFERENCES;387
19.7;Chapter 58. Community Educational Planning in Mexico;389
19.7.1;ABSTRACT;389
19.7.2;KEYWORDS;389
19.7.3;THE PROBLEM;389
19.7.4;THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;390
19.7.5;A POSSIBLE SOLUTION;391
19.7.6;RESEARCH DESIGN;392
19.7.7;CONCLUDING REMARKS;393
19.7.8;REFERENCES;393
19.8;Chapter 59. Integrating Education and Work;394
19.8.1;ABSTRACT;394
19.8.2;KEYWORDS;394
19.8.3;SEPARATION OF SCHOOL AND WORK;394
19.8.4;SCHOOL-BASED PRODUCTIVE ENTERPRISE;396
19.8.5;EDUCATION FOR INTRINSICALLY MOTIVATING WORK;397
19.8.6;REFERENCES;398
20;Part XII: QUALITY OF LIFE IN POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE;399
20.1;Chapter 60. Protecting the Quality of Life: The Role of Government in Reconciling Man-Made and Naturally Evolving Systems;399
20.1.1;ABSTRACT;399
20.1.2;KEYWORDS;399
20.1.3;QUALITY AS AN INDIVIDUAL PERCEPTION AND SOCIAL PURPOSE;399
20.1.4;CAN QUALITY BECOME AN OPERATIVE INTEGRATIVE CONCEPT?;403
20.1.5;REFERENCES;403
20.2;Chapter 61. Perceived Quality of Life and Political Activity;404
20.2.1;ABSTRACT;404
20.2.2;KEYWORDS;404
20.2.3;INTRODUCTION;404
20.2.4;PERCEIVED QUALITY OF LIFE;405
20.2.5;POLITICAL ACTIVITY;405
20.2.6;A LINKAGE MODEL;407
20.2.7;INTERPRETATION: THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FIELDS;410
20.2.8;ADVANTAGES OF COMPLEXITY;410
20.2.9;ACKNOWLEDGEMENT;411
20.2.10;REFERENCES;411
20.3;Chapter 62. The Quality of Life and Public Confidence in Government;412
20.3.1;ABSTRACT;412
20.4;Chapter 63. Political Economy and the Quality of Life: Toward a Cybernetic Approach;416
20.4.1;ABSTRACT;416
20.4.2;KEYWORDS;416
20.4.3;INTRODUCTION;416
20.4.4;CLASSICAL THEORY AND NEW REALITIES;416
20.4.5;TOWARD A CYBERNETIC ECONOMIC THEORY;418
20.4.6;CONCLUSION;421
20.4.7;REFERENCES;421
21;Part XIII: QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE;422
21.1;Chapter 64. A New Model for the Quantitative Measurement of the Quality of Working Life;422
21.1.1;ABSTRACT;422
21.1.2;INTRODUCTION;422
21.1.3;NEW MODEL FOR QWL MEASUREMENT;422
21.1.4;CONCLUSION;425
21.1.5;ACKNOWLEGEMENT;425
21.2;Chapter 65. Measuring the Quality of Working Life: A Pilot Investigation;426
21.2.1;ABSTRACT;426
21.2.2;KEYWORDS;426
21.2.3;INTRODUCTION;426
21.2.4;METHODS OF MEASURING QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE (QWL);426
21.2.5;FINDINGS USING THE BEHAVIOURALLY ANCHORED RATING SCALE;429
21.2.6;CONCLUSIONS;430
21.2.7;REFERENCES;430
21.3;Chapter 66. The Marriage of the Social Scientist and Industrial Engineer;431
21.3.1;ABSTRACT;431
21.4;Chapter 67. Sociotechnics of Autonomous Work Groups as Social Systems;436
21.4.1;ABSTRACT;436
21.4.2;KEYWORDS;436
21.4.3;INTRODUCTION;436
21.4.4;THE SOCIOTECHNICAL DIRECTIVES;438
21.4.5;CONCLUSIONS;440
21.4.6;SOURCES;441
21.5;Chapter 68. Information, Identity, and the Role of Work
;442
21.5.1;ABSTRACT;442
21.5.2;KEYWORDS;442
21.5.3;INTRODUCTION;442
21.5.4;EDUCATION;443
21.5.5;WORK AS GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOUR;444
21.5.6;INFORMATION AND IMAGE;445
21.5.7;SUMMARY;446
21.5.8;REFERENCES;447
21.6;Chapter 69. Productivity and Quality of Life Improvement;448
21.6.1;ABSTRACT;448
21.6.2;KEYWORDS;448
21.6.3;INTRODUCTION;448
21.6.4;THE MODEL;450
21.6.5;DISCUSSION;451
21.6.6;CONCLUSION;451
21.6.7;REFERENCES;452
21.7;Chapter 70. Improving the Quality of Working Life (QWL) Through Information Systems Development;453
21.7.1;ABSTRACT;453
21.7.2;KEYWORDS;453
21.7.3;INTRODUCTION;453
21.7.4;QWL: A LEGITIMATE CONCERN FOR ISD?;454
21.7.5;THE ANATOMY OF FORMAL METHODOLOGIES;455
21.7.6;INCORPORATING THE QWL DESIGN IDEAL INTO FORMAL ISD METHODOLOGIES;456
21.7.7;TOWARDS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM;460
21.7.8;BIBLIOGRAPHY;461
22;Part XIV: HUMAN KINETICS, SPORT AND QUALITY OF LIFE;463
22.1;Chapter 71. Sport and Quality of Life;463
22.1.1;REFERENCES;471
22.2;Chapter 72. Sport's Contribution to the Quality of Life: Capacity Versus Current Practices in Cross-National Perspective;472
22.2.1;ABSTRACT;472
22.2.2;KEYWORDS;472
22.2.3;INTRODUCTION;472
22.2.4;CURRENT DEVIANT PRACTICES IN SPORT;473
22.2.5;CAPACITY OF SPORT TO ENHANCE POSITIVE HUMAN VALUES;474
22.2.6;CHANGING THE STATUS QUO;475
22.2.7;CONCLUSION;478
22.2.8;REFERENCES;478
22.3;Chapter 73. Sports Events in Cultural Perception of "The Good Life";481
22.3.1;ABSTRACT;481
22.3.2;KEYWORDS;481
22.3.3;INTRODUCTION;481
22.3.4;FRAMING OF A SPORT EVENT;482
22.3.5;REASONS SPECTATORS ATTEND SPORTS EVENTS;482
22.3.6;CROWD BEHAVIOR AS CONFORMITY;483
22.3.7;A FOCUSED GATHERING AS INTERACTION;483
22.3.8;POSITIVE BENEFITS PERCEIVED BY SPORTS EVENTS' SPECTATORS
;484
22.3.9;SUMMARY;486
22.3.10;REFERENCES;486
22.4;Chapter 74. Ludus, Leisure Time, and the Quality of Life;489
22.4.1;ABSTRACT;489
22.4.2;KEYWORDS;489
22.4.3;REFERENCES;492
22.5;Chapter 75. Automatic Control Systems for Management of Training Process of Soviet Olympic Teams;493
22.5.1;ABSTRACT;493
22.5.2;KEYWORDS;493
22.5.3;REFERENCES;495
22.6;Chapter 76. EMG and Computer Programming to Improve the Quality of Life: Lower Back Pain;496
22.6.1;ABSTRACT;496
22.6.2;KEYWORDS;496
22.6.3;INTRODUCTION;496
22.6.4;METHODS AND PROCEDURES;497
22.6.5;RESULTS;500
22.6.6;DISCUSSION;501
22.6.7;REFERENCES;502
22.7;Chapter 77. L'Education Permanente Via L'Activite Physique Au Troisieme Age ;503
22.7.1;QUELQUES RESULTATS DE RECHERCHE;505
22.7.2;REFERENCES;508
23;Part XV: QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE FUTURE;510
23.1;Chapter 78. The Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Quality of Life in the Future;510
23.1.1;ABSTRACT;510
23.1.2;KEYWORDS;510
23.1.3;INTRODUCTION;510
23.1.4;TECHNOLOGIES;511
23.1.5;SUMMARY;513
23.1.6;REFERENCES;514
23.2;Chapter 79. The Future Role of Interactive Simulation as a Device to Improve Household Quality of Life Decisions: Where Dynamic Forecasting is Going.;515
23.2.1;ABSTRACT;515
23.2.2;KEYWORDS;515
23.2.3;HOUSEHOLD DECISIONS;515
23.2.4;STABILITY OF HOUSEHOLD ENVIRONMENT;517
23.2.5;A PATH TO HOUSEHOLD CONTROL OVER ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES;518
23.2.6;REFERENCES;519
23.3;Chapter 80. The Futurist Literature and the Emergence of a 'New Paradigm' Implications for Building More Humane Kinds of Social-Political Institutions Emphasizing The Quality of Life;520
23.3.1;ABSTRACT;520
23.3.2;INTRODUCTION;521
23.3.3;REFERENCES;526
23.4;Chapter 81. Level Five Prognostication;527
23.4.1;ABSTRACT;527
23.4.2;KEYWORDS;527
23.4.3;INTRODUCTION;527
23.4.4;A FIVE LEVEL, GLOBAL PROGNOSTICATION SCHEME;528
23.4.5;CONCLUDING REMARKS;532
23.4.6;REFERENCES;532
23.5;Chapter 82. Television and the Future of Quality of Life;534
23.5.1;ABSTRACT;534
23.5.2;KEYWORDS;534
23.5.3;INTRODUCTION;534
23.5.4;REFERENCES;540
24;Part XVI: QUALITY IN LIVING SPACES;542
24.1;Chapter 83. Quality in Living Spaces A Comprehensive Analysis of Two City Planning Systems
;542
24.1.1;ABSTRACT;542
24.1.2;KEYWORDS;542
24.1.3;INTRODUCTION;542
24.1.4;PLANNING FOR QUALITY– A POLITICAL OBJECTIVE
;543
24.1.5;CONCLUSION;545
24.1.6;REFERENCES;546
24.2;Chapter 84. The Architecture and the Quality of Life: A Systems Approach to Design;547
24.2.1;ABSTRACT;547
24.2.2;KEYWORDS;547
24.2.3;INTRODUCTION;547
24.2.4;ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AS A SYSTEM;547
24.2.5;THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DESIGN CRITERIA;551
24.2.6;BIBLIOGRAPHY;551
24.3;Chapter 85. The Impact of Technology on the Physical Growth and Social Development of Cities Within the German Democratic Republic;552
24.4;ABSTRACT;552
24.5;KEYWORDS;552
24.6;INTRODUCTION;552
24.7;DEVELOPMENT PHASES IN SOCIALIST PLANNING AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGY;553
24.8;IMPACTS ON THE POPULATION AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;559
24.9;OUTLOOK AND CONCLUSION;561
24.10;ACKNOWLEDGEMENT;562
24.11;REFERENCES;562
25;Part XVII: ENERGY PROBLEMS AND QUALITY OF LIFE;563
25.1;Chapter 86. Nuclear Power and 'Unconventional' Energy Sources: Canada, the Past, Present and Future;563
25.1.1;ABSTRACT;563
25.1.2;KEYWORDS;563
25.1.3;INTRODUCTION;563
25.1.4;CANADA: WHERE WE ARE TODAY;564
25.1.5;CANADA: GROWTH OF NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY;565
25.1.6;ENERGY 'PICTURE' FOR THE 21 ST

CENTURY;566
25.1.7;SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS AND 'QUALITY OF LIFE';569
25.1.8;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;570
25.1.9;REFERENCES;570
26;Part XVIII: PEACE AND QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT;572
26.1;Chapter 87. Aims and Structure of the Sociocultural Organization;572
26.1.1;ABSTRACT;572
26.1.2;KEYWORDS;572
26.1.3;INTRODUCTION;572
26.1.4;STATE FROM THE EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE;573
26.1.5;DEVELOPMENT;577
26.1.6;PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT CONTEXT;578
26.1.7;CONCLUSIONS;578
26.1.8;REFERENCES;579
26.2;Chapter 88. The Significance of Meaning in Violence and Nonviolence;580
26.2.1;ABSTRACT;580
26.2.2;KEYWORDS;580
26.2.3;INTRODUCTION;580
26.2.4;THE IMPORTANCE OF MEANING;581
26.2.5;MEANING AND VIOLENCE AND NONVIOLENCE;582
26.2.6;RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEANS AND ENDS: PARADIGMS AND NONVIOLENCE;584
26.2.7;REFERENCES;585
26.3;Chapter 89. An Anthropological Understanding of Non-Aggressive Social Systems;586
26.3.1;ABSTRACT;586
26.3.2;KEYWORDS;586
26.3.3;INTRODUCTION;586
26.3.4;REFERENCES;590
26.4;Chapter 90. Adaptive Regulation in Contemporary Society - A Systems Approach
;591
26.4.1;ABSTRACT;591
26.4.2;KEYWORDS;591
26.4.3;INTRODUCTION;591
26.4.4;HISTORY IN BRIEF;592
26.4.5;MODERN TRENDS;593
26.4.6;ADAPTIVE REGULATION;594
26.5;Chapter 91. Synergetic Games: A Contribution to the Abolition of War;596
26.5.1;ABSTRACT;596
26.5.2;KEYWORDS;596
26.5.3;INTRODUCTION;596
26.5.4;THE GENES OF HUMAN CULTURE;597
26.5.5;TOWARD A METATHEORY OF VALUE;598
26.5.6;SYNERGETIC GAME THEORY;599
26.5.7;THE GAME OF VENGEANCE!;600
26.5.8;REFERENCES;601
26.6;Chapter 92. Peace and Quality of Life;602
26.6.1;ABSTRACT;602
26.6.2;KEYWORDS;602
26.6.3;EDWARD SAPIR AND RUTH BENEDICT;602
26.6.4;SYNERGY AND HUMAN WELL-BEING;603
26.6.5;THE LESSON OF ALTRUISM;604
26.6.6;ORDER-CREATING PROCESSES AND HUMAN SYSTEMS;605
26.6.7;REFERENCES;607