Crippling Epistemologies and Governance Failures: A Plea for Experimentalism

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Abonyi, George, 3–4, 9, 178 Abu-Laban, B., 250 accountabilism, 174 accountability, 118–145 context of, 123–126 disloyalty and, 131–133, 135–138 experimentalist, 129 misinformation and, 134–138 notion of, 120–122, 130–131 suggested social learning framework for, 138–143 unintelligent, 126–130 Ackoff, R.L., 185 Agnew, David, 209 Akerlof, G.A., 154 Alberta, 80, 109, 115, 174 Alexander, Christopher A., 122 Alexander III (pope), 30 Anderson, Walt Truett, 221, 244 Andreski, Stanislav, 19, 24 Angus, Ian, 153, 209, 244 Archer, L.B., 66 Argentina, 79 Argyris, Chris, 6 Aristotelian triad (episteme, techne and phronesis), 69, 76 Armstrong, Charles, 89, 94 Ashby, Ross, 125 assemblage, notion of, 152–153 Australia, 97 Authier, Michel, 73 Axworthy, Tom, 137 Bachelard, Gaston, 24 Bacon, Francis, 20–21, 22 Balfoort, Cor L., 200 Baumard, Philippe, 86 Becker, T.L., 177 Bégin, Monique, 137 Beinhocker, E.D., 229 Bélanger-Campeau Commission, 112 Belgium, 230 Ben-Porath, Yoram, 93 Bennis, Warren, 90, 128–129, 133 “Big G government”, 1–2, 6, 124, 126, 214, 244, 245 Blinder, A.S., 212 Boguslaw, Robert, 151 Boisot, Max, 86, 94, 165 Bombardier, 91 Borges de Freitas, Alexandre, 79 bottom-up governance, 188, 206, 222 Bourgon, Jocelyne, 174 Brassens, Georges, 118 Index 272 CRIPPLING EPISTEMOLOGIES AND GOVERNANCE FAILURES Braybrooke, David, 142 Brazil, 79, 80, 81 British Columbia, 46–48, 50, 51, 52, 60, 61, 63, 71, 72, 109, 112 British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfers, 47 Broadbent, Ed, 137 Brown, Tim, 166 burden of office, 120–122 Campbell, Gordon, 47 Campus 2020, 71 Canada Health Act, 115, 225 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 118–119, 126 Canadian Commission for UNSECO, 37 Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, 72 Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, 183 Canadian Space Agency, 196 Cardinal, Linda, 250 Carter, S.L., 220 Castonguay, Claude, 137 Centres of Excellence initiative, 195, 196 Chait, R.P., 243 Chandler, Alfred D. (Jr.), 146 Chaoulli, Jacques, 108, 115, 224–225 Chesterton, G.K., 235 Chile, 98 CHL Global Associates, 95 Chwe, M.S.Y., 244 circular organizations, 185 CISIS, 132 clairvoyant reality, 18 Cleveland, Harlan, 2, 117, 146, 217, 243, 247 cognitive dissonance, 238 cognitive infrastructure in governance, 106–117 credible, relevant and timely information, 109–111 effective forums, 111–114 experimentalism, 114–116 cognitive science, 53–55 Coleman, Henry J. (Jr.), 185 collective intelligence, 86–89 communication competence, 29, 53, 216 communities of practice, 212, 216, 232 competence(s) communication, 29, 53, 216 organization design and, 154–155, 163 complex adaptive systems (CAS), 123–124 corporate culture, 76–100 in the Americas, 95–99 conductivity, 93–95 culture defined, 37, 77–78 disloyalty in governance, 131–133, 135–138 ethics and, 89–91 interpersonal enabling resources, 92–93 key dimensions, 78–85 organization design and, 81–91, 153–154, 161–163, 166, 185 public policy process and, 179 strategies, 37–39 Corry, James Alexander, 38 Costa Rica, 98 Council of Science and Technology Ministers, 195 Council of the Federation, 110 Courchene, T.J., 77 Coward, Harold G., 19 Coyne, James, 134–135 culture, 37, 77–78. See also corporate culture Cvetkovich, G.T., 136 Darwin, Charles, 35 Day, Patricia, 122 de Bono, Edward, 62 de la Mothe, John, 187–204, 250, 251 INDEX 273 de Rougemont, Denis, 55 deductive method, 21 DeLanda, Manuel, 152–153 delta knowledge, 57, 64–68, 155 Denmark, 167 Desautels, Denis, 178–179 Descartes, René, 20–21 Dewey, John, 6, 14, 143, 153, 172, 205, 212 diffusion of knowledge, 87–88 disloyalty in governance, 131–133, 135–138 Donaldson, Thomas, 140, 141 Drath, W.H., 99 Dreyfus, Hubert L., 165 Dror, Yehezkel, 212 Dubnik, M.J., 140, 141 Dunfee, Thomas W., 140, 141 Durkheim, Émile, 229 e-governance, 243 Earle, T.C., 136 ecological education, 53–55, 57, 61, 66 ecology of governance, 221 Economic Council of Canada, 192 education, 43, 59, 62. See also post-secondary education system (PSES) Eggers, William D., 217 El Salvador, 98 Elkins, David, 108–109 Emery, F.E., 6, 53–55 Energy, Mines and Resources, 5 Energy Options Process, 5, 203 ethics, 25, 69, 78 accountability and, 120, 121, 122, 123, 127 corporate culture and, 89–91, 92, 94 Evans, Philip, 217 experimentalism accountability and, 129 cognitive infrastructure in governance, 114–116 organization design, 159–161, 166 public policy process, 186 Faraday, Michael, 35 federalism, 220–221, 223, 224–226 Fish, Stanley, 212 Fleiner, Thomas, 213 Flores, Fernando, 165 Flyvberg...