Agency theory explores autonomous systems which have the capacity to develop their own patterns of behaviour and to change that behaviour, too. Change of an agency emerges from the immanent dynamics of its own internal processes, and as responsive change from interaction with other agencies in...

This paper develops a socio-cognitive theory of the (normative or organisational) personality of a plural agency. To do this we first explore the principles of Maruyama’s meta-theory of mindscapes, and establish a directly related Mindset Theory that gives mindscape theory a broader modelling...

Part 3 is developing a fourth order simplex model, and exploring the potential for higher orders using recursive techniques through cultural agency theory. Higher orders of simplexity explain greater degrees of complexity relatively simply, and give rise to the development of new paradigms that...

Part 2 establishes the principles of cybernetic orders using simplex modelling. A new theory of simplex orders arises from the new concept of generic modelling, illustrating cybernetic order. This permits the possibility of improved analysis and diagnosis of problematic situations belonging to...