Asymmetric Design

by Philip Boxer
In modelling structure-determined processes, we can take the ‘vertical’ axis as a given, and elaborate the ‘horizontal’ within its terms. But in structure-determining processes, we have to start with the particular ‘horizontal’ relations to context-of-use, and then examine the ways in which they are supported and/or restricted by the ‘vertical’ axis.

by Philip Boxer
We need to learn about how to model the structure-determining processes of the organisation-in-context as well as the structure-determined processes of the systems the organisation uses.