a theory of organizational intelligence

What is computerized organizational intelligence?

Summarily OI might be defined as the sum of the data objects

and the source code objects associated with application systems hosted by the organization.

In the source code of each of the component application objects there rests an intelligence by design of the author of the code. For example, a daily report may summarise yesterdays problem incidents. This is one small quanta in an oceanic consideration. Mechanisms by which the application system suite of components is coordinated and managed also need to be included in this sum, and these contribute to an emergent sum greater than the parts

In the physical database file containing the organization's data is the balance of computerized OI. As the RDBMS environment has become enrichened with services and utilities over the decades, it would be fair to comment that more and more organizations have more and more OI bound up in this file each year of its service.

Like yang and ying, the code and data are almost inseparable, and almost equally totally useless without the other.

Hypothesis 1: The quantum of organizational intelligence bound

in computer system software

is not null.

Hypothesis 2: The quantum of organizational intelligence bound

 in computer system software

is at least the sum of

the quantum of organizational intelligence bound

within each of the different computer systems

software environments (1 to n)

operative in the computer system.

Using these two hypotheses, we can formulate a theorem of location and distribution

of organizational intelligence within a computer system without having to formally define

exactly what organizational intelligence is.

See link for this theorem.

Feedback welcomed.

Pete Brown

www.mountainman.com.au/software Received on Wed Sep 24 2003 - 12:32:23 CEST