Bogdanov's tektology: its basic concepts and relevance to modern generalizing sciences

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Gorelik, George

Affiliations: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Abstract: Bogdanov's Tektology represents a unique contribution to the field of organizational theory and practice. It is a general organizational science which is concerned with universal structural regularities, general types of systems, general laws of their transformation and the basic laws of organization of any elements in nature, practice and cognition. The paper outlines the basic concepts of tektology and provides some pertinent facts about its author and his other related works. It also offers an explanation for an unusually long period of neglect of tektology by contemporary scholars and indicates the relevance of tektology to modern generalizing sciences.

Keywords: Organization, tektological mechanism, conjunction, ingression, egression, degression, linkage, disingression, boundary, conjunctive/disjunctive crises, positive/negative selection, convergence/divergence of forms, stability, dynamic equilibrium

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1980-1406

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 327-337, 1980