The objective of this study is to identify and analyze the most relevant scientific work being
undertaken in HR analytics. Additionally, it is to understand the evolution of the conceptual …

Abstract1 Western science has always been intrinsically a social enterprise. How the
population of scientists organises itself to produce knowledge, though, has changed …

Established in 1948, the National Health Service (NHS) has lasted 75 years. It is, however,
under considerable strain: facing chronic staff shortages; record numbers of emergency …

In the wake of Bertalanffy's General System Theory, established in the middle of last century,
there was a far-reaching quest for transdisciplinary studies and unified treatment of sciences …

Phenomena investigated by scientists changed in quality, structure, and complexity since
the dawn of XX century, moving from problems of simplicity into the organized-complexity …

Broadly speaking, models are representations of something concrete or not. In science,
models have always a purpose related to understanding and explaining phenomena. This …

Science is split into subject-oriented disciplines that are grounded on varying shades of the
scientific method. Being a social activity, communication lays at the creative core of the …

Maurício Vieira Kritz Page 1 Global Challenges, Collective Brains Senior Research Fellow,
School of Biological Sciences, FBMH, University of Manchester, UK National Laboratory for …

Empirical phenomena result from a collection of interacting things that change aspects we
observe [1]. The (general) systems concept [2], as collection of interrelated objects, is hence …