System of Human Activity Systems

A Novel Way to Visualize Invisible Risks

Takafumi Nakamura (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

156 Seiten

2023 | 2023 ed.
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-99-5133-8 (ISBN)

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lt;p>This book has unique features that set it apart from conventional books on the prevention of system failures in that it provides a method that views human activities from a meta-methodological perspective based upon an inter-disciplinary understanding of human activities. With these characteristics, the book also proposes a common methodological basis to apply to various problems surrounding society today such as an aging social infrastructure; the safety of food, medicine, and public transportation; and the creation of sustainable electricity and cybersecurity. Furthermore, since the failure of human activities is expressed in a three-dimensional space and the topological metrics are implemented, the failure trajectories can be quantitatively monitored in time series to take effective preventive measures. Considering the implementation of the topological metrics, the causes of each failure are classified into two dimensions of the degree of coupling between system elements and the interaction between the target system and the external environment. Owing to the nature of the introduction of topological metrics, all individual and diverse systems can share general topological metrics. Consequently, understanding various failures over cross-industries is possible with the use of common meta-systemic language and mutual learning between different industries, and the solution of social problems can be effectively achieved. A system of system failures (SOSF) proposed and confirmed the effectiveness of this meta-methodology for information and communication technologies (ICT) systems and the SOSF is extended to human activity systems (SOHAS: system of human activity systems) as a whole. Therefore, the SOHAS becomes an academic foundation for theoretical research on meta-methodology, and it has an impact on practitioners to prevent system failures by accumulating knowledge of failures and learning from other industries.

Takafumi Nakamura is a Special Appoint Professor of Management at Daito Bunka University and is renowned for his research in risk management. He has a doctoral degree in science from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and a master’s in management from McGill University. He was a Principal IT architect with Fujitsu, a member of their board, and President of the System Support Promotion Unit at Fujitsu Fsas Inc. He has over thirty years of experience in ICT infrastructure architecture in the Japanese market and five years of experience in the Australian as well as EMEA markets. His research interests include system management, software development, strategic maintenance planning, development support technologies, and risk management. He is playing a leadership role as an ICT architect, System Analyst, and System Thinker. He is fascinated by the connection between kendo (Japanese martial arts) and systems thinking and practices it several times a week.

lt;p>Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Survey for current methodologies.- Chapter 3: Proposal of new methodology to overcome current methodological shortcomings.- Chapter 4: Risk quantification/visualization methodology.- Chapter 5: Discussion.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.12.2023
Reihe/Serie	Translational Systems Sciences
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Informatik ► Netzwerke ► Sicherheit / Firewall
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
Schlagworte	Human Activity Systems • Human Error • Meta Methodology • Risk Management • System Failures • Systemic Intervention • systems science
ISBN-10	981-99-5133-X / 981995133X
ISBN-13	978-981-99-5133-8 / 9789819951338
Zustand	Neuware