Business Systems Laboratory

Business Systems Laboratory (BS-Lab) is a non profit association for the promotion of research and teaching in the field of business and social systems, which is listed in the member societies of the International Federation for System Research.[1] BS Lab aims to be a bridge between the business community and the academia.[2]

Our Logo: Why the labyrinth?

Logo Bs Lab no profit organization

Of course the naming has been a reason, with the assonance Laboratory... Lab ... Labyrinth. But the choice of our logo was not based mainly on a naming issue.

The labyrinth is a symbol of the reality we have to face. The symbol of the labyrinth appears in different times and places; it is a place for meditation and thinking that we can find already rock carvings of the Megalithic Hera in Scotland, Ireland, Spain; we can also find it in the American natives' culture, at Crete, in ancient Greece and also more recently in Christian Cathedrals.
Therefore, the labyrinth is a universal symbol. There are several interpretations of it, but all of them follow a common fil rouge of meaning in all fields: philosophy, psychology, painting, architecture, religion, etc. The labyrinth also alludes to the pangs and the doubts of men. In the late Middle Age, the labyrinth becomes an allegoric symbol of Christianity, representing the challenges that believers have to face through the twisting way to arrive to the Heavenly Jerusalem.

Hence, the labyrinth is the symbol of a long and difficult path to reach the Center; a symbolic path through adversities to reach truth and knowledge.The Center is the symbolic place where it is possible to find the key to understand the inner meaning of the path.

Today, In Italy as well as in many other countries, the academic community has to cover a hard path through many changes, legislations and regulations that create serious constraints to the way of knowledge. The business community as well has to face many issues, and needs to find new ways to achieve the center find ways to deal with complexity.

B.S. Lab is a place of dialogue and communication between firms and academy, where we aim to find the "Ariadne's thread" to get out from constraints and troubles finding the way to the center of today's' social labyrinth.

Mission

To be a bridge between the business community and the academia.[3]

Symposia

The Business Systems Laboratory International Symposia aim to address the global economic and social challenges of our times by systemic perspective; shedding the light to the several interactions between natural social and economic systems. The criticalities and the opportunities of our times are faced according to the cutting edge research and practice in social science. This multidisciplinary perspective includes: management, psychology, economics, engineering and sociology. The symposium is thought to create a friendly atmosphere among senior scholars, PhD students, researchers and business practitioners.[4] The first BS Lab International Symposium "The economic crisis: time for a paradigm shift towards a systemic approach", took place at Universitat de València, Facultat d'Economia, 24-25, January 2013.[5] The last BS Lab Symposium "Governing Business Systems: Theories and Challenges for Systems Thinking in Practice" took place at Mykolas Romeris University, (Vilnius) 24–26 August 2016[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IFSR Member Societies". Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  2. ↑ "IJMABS, Inderscience". Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  3. ↑ http://www.bslaboratory.net/
  4. ↑ http://bslab-symposium.net/
  5. ↑ "European Union for Systemis (EUS)". Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  6. ↑ "World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC)". Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  7. ↑ "Vilnius Convention Press".
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