Béla A. Bánáthy
Encyclopedia
Béla Antal Bánáthy is an American
systems scientist, who teaches part-time at the International Systems Institute at the Saybrook Graduate School.
from California State University, Fresno
in 1965, his M.S.
in Information Science
from Washington State University
in 1969, and his Ph.D.
in Educational Administration
from the U.C. Berkeley
, in 1991.
In 1969 he started working at the Monterey Peninsula College
, where he chaired the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems from 1973 to 1997. From 1974 to 1990 he served as Director of the Computer Center. He joined Saybrook Graduate School as an adjunct faculty member in 1993 and teaches courses in Systems Inquiry.
Bánáthy has been an active member of the International Society for the Systems Sciences
(ISSS), and has served as Chair of the ISSS Council, Chair of the special interest group on Information Systems
Design, on the Editorial Board of Applied Systems Studies, Organizational Transformation & Social Change, and the International Journal of Information Technologies & the Systems Approach. He was President of ISSS in 1999. He is a Research Fellow of the International Systems Institute, a member of the General Evolutionary Research Group,, Member of the Executive Board of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras, and is working with the Foundations of Information Science research group. Béla A. Bánáthy is the son of systems scientist Béla H. Bánáthy
.
s, theories of evolution
, the foundations of information science
, design of information systems
, and design of social systems
". His research in the new millennium has focussed on the "relationship between the ontological and epistemological aspects of complex system
s, and the development of a corresponding approach to ecological as well as socio-cultural informatics".
and Systems, Information Systems Architecture and Technology, Systems Practice, Systems Research, and World Futures". A selection:
Articles:
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
systems scientist, who teaches part-time at the International Systems Institute at the Saybrook Graduate School.
Biography
Bánáthy received his B.S.Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
from California State University, Fresno
California State University, Fresno
California State University, Fresno, often referred to as Fresno State University and synonymously known in athletics as Fresno State , is one of the leading campuses of the California State University system, located at the northeast edge of Fresno, California, USA.The campus sits at the foot of...
in 1965, his M.S.
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
in Information Science
Information science
-Introduction:Information science is an interdisciplinary science primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information...
from Washington State University
Washington State University
Washington State University is a public research university based in Pullman, Washington, in the Palouse region of the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1890, WSU is the state's original and largest land-grant university...
in 1969, and his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in Educational Administration
School leadership
School leadership is the process of enlisting and guiding the talents and energies of teachers, pupils, and parents toward achieving common educational aims. This term is often used synonymously with educational leadership in the United States and has supplanted educational management in the United...
from the U.C. Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, in 1991.
In 1969 he started working at the Monterey Peninsula College
Monterey Peninsula College
Monterey Peninsula College commonly called MPC is a public community college located in Monterey, California. Established in 1947, it is a part of the California Community Colleges system.-External links:*...
, where he chaired the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems from 1973 to 1997. From 1974 to 1990 he served as Director of the Computer Center. He joined Saybrook Graduate School as an adjunct faculty member in 1993 and teaches courses in Systems Inquiry.
Bánáthy has been an active member of the International Society for the Systems Sciences
International Society for the Systems Sciences
The International Society for the Systems Sciences is a world-wide organization for systems sciences.- Overview :The initial purpose of the society was "to encourage the development of theoretical systems which are applicable to more than one of the traditional departments of knowledge."The idea...
(ISSS), and has served as Chair of the ISSS Council, Chair of the special interest group on Information Systems
Information systems
Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
Design, on the Editorial Board of Applied Systems Studies, Organizational Transformation & Social Change, and the International Journal of Information Technologies & the Systems Approach. He was President of ISSS in 1999. He is a Research Fellow of the International Systems Institute, a member of the General Evolutionary Research Group,, Member of the Executive Board of the Institute for 21st Century Agoras, and is working with the Foundations of Information Science research group. Béla A. Bánáthy is the son of systems scientist Béla H. Bánáthy
Béla H. Bánáthy
Béla Heinrich Bánáthy was a Hungarian linguist, systems scientist and a professor at San Jose State University and UC Berkeley. Bánáthy was the founder of the White Stag Leadership Development Program whose leadership model was adopted across the United States...
.
Work
Bánáthy's research interests are in the fields of "the general theories of systemSystem
System is a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole....
s, theories of evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
, the foundations of information science
Information science
-Introduction:Information science is an interdisciplinary science primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information...
, design of information systems
Information systems
Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
, and design of social systems
Social systems
Social system is a central term in sociological systems theory. The term draws a line to ecosystem, biological organisms, psychical systems and technical systems. They all form the environment of social systems. Minimum requirements for a social system is interaction of at least two personal...
". His research in the new millennium has focussed on the "relationship between the ontological and epistemological aspects of complex system
Complex system
A complex system is a system composed of interconnected parts that as a whole exhibit one or more properties not obvious from the properties of the individual parts....
s, and the development of a corresponding approach to ecological as well as socio-cultural informatics".
Publications
Bánáthy has published "several articles in systems related publications including: Behavioral Science, BioSystems, CyberneticsCybernetics
Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to information theory, control theory and systems theory, at least in its first-order form...
and Systems, Information Systems Architecture and Technology, Systems Practice, Systems Research, and World Futures". A selection:
- 1990, Proc. of the ISSS Int. Society for the Systems Sciences 34th Annual Conference, Béla H. BánáthyBéla H. BánáthyBéla Heinrich Bánáthy was a Hungarian linguist, systems scientist and a professor at San Jose State University and UC Berkeley. Bánáthy was the founder of the White Stag Leadership Development Program whose leadership model was adopted across the United States...
, & B. A. Banathy (Eds.), Portland, Oregon, 8–13 July 1990. - 1991, Examining performance in community colleges: Data envelopment analysis as a means of increasing the domain of inquiry, Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- 1999, Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, (eds.) Asilomar, CA, June 26 - July 2, 1999
Articles:
- 1996, "Design learning resources". with: Jenks, L., Banathy, B. H., Christakis, A., Frantz, T., Hood, P., & Rowland, G. In G. Rowland (Ed.), Proceedings of the seventh international conversation on social systems design (pp. 18–35). Carmel, CA: International Systems Institute.
- 1997, "Information, evolution, and change", in: Journal Systemic Practice and Action Research. Springer Issue Volume 10, Number 1 / February, 1997.
- 1999, "An information typology for the understanding of social systems", In Systems Research and Behavioral Science 16(6), pp 479–494.
- 2000, "Navigating bounded and unbounded speces" in: Sys. Res. 17 pp 481–484.
External links
- Faculty description of Bánáthy at Saybrook Graduate School