Article ID: | iaor2014514 |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 62 |
End Page Number: | 73 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
Journal: | Knowledge Management Research & Practice |
Authors: | Kidd John |
Keywords: | management cybernetics, carbon dioxide, climate change, systems thinking |
Ashby wrote about cybernetics, during which discourse he described a Law that attempts to resolve difficulties arising in complex situations – he suggested using variety to combat complexity. In this paper, we note that the delegates to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Kyoto, 1997, were offered a ‘simplifying solution’ to cope with the complexity of discussing multiple pollutants allegedly contributing to ‘climate change’. We assert that the adoption of CO