A second-order cybernetic explanation for the existence of network direct selling organisations as self-creating systems

A second-order cybernetic explanation for the existence of network direct selling organisations as self-creating systems

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Network Direct Selling Organisations (NDSOs) exist in more than 50 countries and have more than 74 million members. The most recent statistical information reveals that the vast majority of members do not earn significant income. Criticism of these organisations revolves around the ethicality of con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Corne
Other Authors: Du Plessis, Daniel Frederik, 1959-
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2011
Subjects:
First-order cybernetics
Complexity and complex systems
Autopoiesis
System boundaries
Operational closure
Communication
Second-order cybernetics
Self-reference
Recursivity
Network Direct Selling Organisations
658.872
Direct selling
Direct marketing
Cybernetics
Self-organizing systems
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4798

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