The Research Activity System as Sociocybernetic-Systemic Flows Indicative of an Emergent Complexty in the Conduuct of Human Inquiry

Research processes comprise a general flow through phases of the research cycle. They may be described with sociocybernetic and systemic concepts. Praxiological decision making also  informs researchers studying phenomena associated with human beings, human activities, and human organizations. Research activities can be mapped at different levels of complexity from the person to the human dyad to the small group to the larger human organization. There are several vantage points to consider, namely, the human participant, principal investigator, host institution, funding agency, ethics review board, and bystander. The various perspectives, phases of the research cycle, context and circumstances of inquiry, and levels of complexity form the substantive research activity system. Read Full Text Here: The Research Activity System...