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We Invite to Adopt the Functionalist Approach

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The goal of the development of functionalist technologies was to manage the root-causes of problems, build solutions and develop intelligent systems and cobots (intelligent collaborative robots) to manage adaptive environments.

The functionalist technologies also simplified the management of incidents, by transforming urgent problems into structural solutions, managing the concepts and fundamentals of the functions involved to define the actions that ensure results.

The use of Unicist AI, which is a fundamentals-based AI that is supported by the unicist logic, allowed developing the adaptive automation of processes needed to manage the adaptability and customer orientation introduced by the 4th Industrial Revolution.

The objective of the functionalist approach was to find the functional knowledge that ensured the generation of value. This led to the development of a scientific approach to adaptive systems, that required finding the functional structures that drive the functionality of such adaptive systems.

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These functions are described by the unicist ontology, which describes the functionality of what is being studied, and allows defining the ontogenetic maps of functions.

Concept was the name that was given to this functionality of things because this word is used, in plain language, to explain the functionality of something. From a functional point of view, there are three types of concepts that explain different aspects of the real world:

  1. Intrinsic concepts that describe how and why things work.
  2. Extrinsic concepts that describe the use value of things, define their usability and their adaptability.
  3. Mental concepts that describe the concepts people have in mind that drive their actions. 

The structure of a concept is defined by the fundamentals of the aspects of the real world that are involved and define the root drivers of its functionality. On the other hand, its dysfunctionality defines the root causes of the functional problems that might appear.

This functionalist approach drove the development of functionalist technologies that simplify the management of adaptive environments. These technologies allowed developing the necessary methodologies and methods that simplify the management of adaptive environments.

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The Learning Curve of the Functionalist Approach

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The functionalist approach is based on the fact that human actions are driven by concepts people have and that such concepts are stored in the long-term memory. It is based on knowing the conceptual structure of what needs to be managed.

The functionalist approach requires using an abductive approach to apprehend the triadic functional structure of ideas, actions or facts that are part of a system. This requires apprehending their underlying purpose, active function and energy conservation function.

This abductive approach needs to be integrated with the deductive and inductive approaches to generate functional knowledge that can be stored in the long-term memory as a concept.

According to their functionality, there are different types of concepts. In a learning process what matters is that the intrinsic concept of something and its extrinsic concept must be apprehended to deal with a specific process.

The intrinsic concepts define the intrinsic functionality of things while the extrinsic concepts define the functionality of their use. Something might have an intrinsic and an extrinsic concept at the same time, for example an airplane, because its intrinsic concept makes it fly, and its extrinsic concept makes it usable. Human actions have concepts where the intrinsic aspects and the extrinsic aspects are integrated, for example the concept of leadership, because the relationship with others defines its intrinsic functionality and simultaneously its usability.

The apprehension of the intrinsic concept of something requires having sound technical and operational knowledge of such thing. The apprehension of the extrinsic concept of something requires having a sound empathic approach in the field of application.

The Learning Curve

The management of the functionality of things requires passing a long period of time in which the knowledge does not suffice to develop structural solutions while many logical applications need to be assimilated until being able to develop such solutions. Teamwork is the natural complement to feel successful during the initial stage.

That is why the learning process to manage functionality requires covering different stages that define the learning curve of the functionalist approach.

The Decision to Learn

Stage 0) Discovery of the Functional Structure

The learner needs to rediscover that all that exists in the world, and is part of a system, has a purpose, an active function and an energy conservation function. It is necessary that those who need to manage the functionalist approach understand this structure (purpose-active function and energy conservation function) in an application field where they have sound technical and operational knowledge.

The confirmation that an individual is able to perceive this structure allows making the decision of entering the functionalist approach. The lack of this decision hinders the beginning of the learning process.

The understanding of the functional structures of processes demands less than 6 hours.  

The Path of Learning

Part 1) Introduction

The achievement of stages 1 (Discovery of the Functional Structures) and 2 (Unicist Logic) demands 3 months. It requires multiple applications of the unicist logic in terms of binary actions, which are two synchronized action that aim at the same purpose.

Part 2) The Structural Functional Knowledge

The acquisition of the structural knowledge included in stages 3 (Binary Actions) and 4 (Q Method) requires 3 months expanding the applications that were developed before by using the Q method, unicist reflection and managing the complementation and supplementation laws.

Part 3) The Integration of the Functionalist Approach

The integration of knowledge requires 3 months managing the Synchronicity and Timing of processes (Stage 5) based on the evolution laws and using Catalysts (Stage 6) to be able to deal with strategies and future scenarios in the specific field of actions.

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Unicist AI Emulates Human Intelligence

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The unicist AI emulates the human thinking process to apprehend the concepts of adaptive systems and environments and make functional decisions. It uses the rules of the unicist logic and allows developing solutions and learning from the pilot tests of their implementation until their functionality has been confirmed.

The unicist logic is an emulation of the ontogenetic intelligence of nature that drives the functionality and evolution of adaptive systems and environments. The unicist artificial intelligence allows emulating the solutions of adaptive systems to build structural adaptive solutions..

The emulation of human intelligence requires two functions to make this possible: the learning function and the decision function.

  • The learning function allows confirming the functionality of actions based on the feedback of pilot tests.

  • The decision-making function of a Unicist AI approach to reality, allows making automated decisions that work as conscious decisions based on the recycling through the learning function..

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Operational Cobots use the Rules of the Unicist Logic

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The Unicist Logic allows managing the functionality and the binary actions of business processes. The use of the rules of this logic allows building and managing the necessary binary actions, catalysts and objects to drive the operation of adaptive systems. It establishes the basics to manage a functionalist approach to the real world.

The Unicist Logic is a synthetic logic that emulates the ontogenetic intelligence of nature and its maximal strategies to grow and minimum strategies to survive.

It was developed to validate the triadic functionality of natural and artificial adaptive systems and to design and build binary actions to manage them.

The unicist logic was developed to manage consciously the unified field of adaptive systems. Conscious reasoning allows developing fallacy-free decisions and actions to ensure the results of what is intended to be achieved. This logic provides the rules that drive the functionality of unicist AI.

The unicist logic is the natural logic to deal with adaptive environments and is the integrator of all logical reasoning patterns. It is homologous with the “category theory”, which is the mathematics that integrates the different mathematics by using a superior level of abstraction.

This logic, which is based on human ontointelligence, allows dealing with the dynamics, evolution and nature of adaptive environments and provided the structure to build the unicist artificial intelligence. Non-adaptive environments are considered a “particular case” of adaptive systems.

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The Unicist Functionalist Approach: The functionalist approach is based on the use of binary actions that are composed by two synchronized actions where the first one opens possibilities and the second one ensures results. www.unicist.org

Adaptability: The Functionalist Approach in the 4IR

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The introduction of the 4th industrial revolution included the introduction of adaptive industrial processes that require adaptive organizations. Functional adaptability defines the capacity to lead adaptive processes.

The extrinsic concept of adaptability is defined by a purpose given by professional resiliency, the active function, defined by the learning capacity, and the energy conservation function, given by the problem solving and solution building capacity.

This functional structure is managed by binary actions, which on the one hand, require learning the new aspects of what needs to be done and, on the other hand, require defining the actions that generate results.   

The use of Robots and Cobots

This adaptability of industrial processes can be enhanced by the use of adaptive robots, and cobots (collaborative robots) to simplify the management of adaptive business processes.

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This requires new skills that allow managing the adaptability of organizations. These new skills include accountability, reliability, and transparency to be able to manage face-to-face and virtual environments.

Adaptive processes require having sound knowledge of the business processes involved, being fully reliable in the solution of problems, and being transparent to assume credible roles.

What makes adaptability functional is the learning capacity of individuals, which builds the resilience that is needed to influence the environment and to manage the changes the environment demands.

This learning capacity can be enhanced by organizing problem-solving groups to face the problems that appear. The approach to problems requires understanding the functionality of processes, which naturally drives towards learning what is needed to solve them.

Managing the Functional Structure of Businesses

To manage this process, it is necessary to manage the conceptual structure that defines the functionality of processes to build the necessary binary actions that ensure the achievement of results. This requires having the necessary learning capacity to be open to feedback from the environment.

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The technological evolution has accelerated and there are new paradigms to manage business problems that require open minds to learn new approaches to take advantage of the available technologies. It can be said that the core aspect that makes adaptability possible is the learning capacity of individuals.

The functionalist approach simplifies learning processes by allowing people to access the functional structures of business functions, which remain unchanged as long as the function exists. This approach simplifies the learning processes and ensures the achievement of results in adaptive environments.  

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The Unicist Functionalist Approach: The functionalist approach is based on the use of binary actions that are composed by two synchronized actions where the first one opens possibilities and the second one ensures results. The use of univocal actions only works in fully controlled processes or where the environment provides the second action that sustains it. Therefore, the use of binary actions is not optional when it is needed to ensure the generation of results. www.unicist.org

Lecture on: Cobots Building using Unicist Logic and Unicist AI

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By Peter Belohlavek
October 28, 2021 at 2:00 PM Eastern time

This virtual lecture will be exposing the possibilities of this new stage that were opened by the 4th Industrial Revolution. Cobots are collaborative robots that are based on human-robot interaction to complement human actions.

Lecture on Cobots Building

The Unicist Logic and the Unicist AI that made the development of Cobots possible were developed by Peter Belohlavek at The Unicist Research Institute. In business, there are two possible uses:

1) As part of a backward integration, to sustain decision processes. Cobots simplify processes and save costs.

2) As part of a forward integration, to transform decisions into actions. Cobots allow automating processes to expand possibilities and save costs.

The business applications of Cobots became possible due to the development of the fundamentals-based AI and the binary actions that ensure the generation of results. Cobots are not based on empirical rules; they use the functional rules of the Unicist Logic or use Unicist AI to build empirical solutions.

The unicist logic that describes the functionality of systems of any kind allowed building the Unicist AI, which is a fundamentals-based artificial intelligence that can be complemented with data-based AI when big data needs to be managed. The unicist logic and the Unicist AI are the core drivers of cobots. Cobots foster growth and save costs.

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Organizing by Roles and Objects

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The trend of organizing by roles and objects implies emulating the organization of nature. This allows managing the adaptive aspects of businesses simplifying processes and minimizing the entropy of the systems where roles and objects have been installed.

The Object Driven Organization is based on establishing the natural organization model that corresponds to a business. The organization by objects and roles allows organizing the business processes as a unified field to achieve the goals established by a strategy.

This organization model was developed at The Unicist Research Institute and applied to multiple organizations.

Some of the companies that use business objects are:  Airbus, Amazon, Apple, BBC, Boeing, Dassault Systemes, Dupont, Ericsson, Facebook, General Electric, Google, Hilton, Honda, Hyundai, LinkedIn, Lufthansa, Mapfre, Mayo Clinic, Michelin, Novartis, Open Text, P&G, Pfizer, Siemens, Tata Motors, Toyota, Unilever, Walmart, Walt Disney World and Youtube.

The object driven organization is the adaptive model that allows transforming strategies into an object driven architecture. It is a natural organization for institutionalized businesses. Objects are adaptive systems that have a concept that defines their purposes, have a value generating function and a quality assurance system that makes them reliable.

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The Unicist Functionalist Approach to Business

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The Unicist Theory of Functionality affirms and demonstrates that there is nothing in the universe, which is part of a system, that does not work with a purpose, an active function, and an energy conservation function.

This process works through binary actions, which are two synchronized actions that aim at the same purpose. Some examples will clarify the functional structure of things.

The Triadic Functional Structure of Business Strategies

The unicist strategy emulates the intelligence of nature by developing maximal strategies to grow and minimum strategies to ensure survival.

The two binary actions include a maximal strategy action to expand the boundaries, and a minimum strategy action to ensure results.

While the drivers of a business strategy are the goals to be achieved, the authoritative role of a strategy is given by the recognized solution power of those who develop the actions.

The Triadic Functional Structure of Airplanes

The purpose of flying an airplane can be considered to move from one airport to another.

The active function is given by their propulsion and the energy conservation function is given by the lift provided by the wings.

The binary actions to make an airplane fly begin by producing the propulsion that generates the necessary speed of the airflow on the wings of the airplane to generate the lift.

Conclusion

The theory of functionality introduced a functionalist approach to the real world that allows developing the functional structures of solutions and the operational processes to make them happen. Business strategies are based on the input provided by the wide context scenarios and the restricted context scenarios.

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The use of Unicist Cobots in 4.0 Businesses

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Cobots are collaborative robots that help the installation of adaptive automation and the use of decision rules. The 4th industrial revolution was transformed into actions by the customer orientation of businesses, which requires entering businesses from the point of view of the needs of customers.

The development of industrial cobots opened a new stage in human-robot collaboration in business management. It provided a technological solution for object driven organization processes.

Cobots became possible due to the IoT that provided the resources to introduce them in work and business processes. It became necessary in organizations who decided to enter the adaptability and customer orientation fostered by the 4th industrial revolution.

Cobots provide a safe framework to generate value in adaptive environments. They are now the next standard of the object driven organization that became necessary to manage this stage. It is also needed in all types of telework processes including telemedicine.

The collaborative approach, the functionalist approach, the use of binary actions, and the installation of business objects made cobots the solution for the next stage.

The purpose of Cobots is to be able to generate client centered processes that ensure results by being customer oriented through the assurance of added value. This purpose is achieved through the support of both the efficacy of work processes and their efficiency.

The wide context that establishes the framework of cobots is the new stage introduced by the 4th industrial revolution, which fosters the adaptability of business processes. While the 3rd industrial revolution introduced robots, the 4IR introduced adaptive automation sustained by the IoT.

The binary actions that make business cobots functional imply, on the one hand, the support of the efficacy of people and, on the other hand, the support of the efficiency of the processes to sustain the functionality of the client centered management.

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Management & Organization in the 4th Industrial Revolution

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Enterprise 4.0 was the name given to the unicist business model for the 4th Industrial Revolution. It is driven by the need of developing adaptive organizations that requires a new management approach to transform businesses into adaptive entities increasing their growth capacity, profitability, adaptability and customer orientation. It requires the management of fundamentals to organize business processes.

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The Unicist Research Institute was a precursor in introducing adaptiveness and client/customer orientation in business processes. That is why this model has a long history although its name was given recently in order to facilitate its expansion in the business world to foster growth, profitability and sustainability.

This model is an upgrade in business management that allows emulating the organization of nature and developing an integration of the different levels of technologies that coexist in any organization.

The purpose of the business model is to ensure an adaptive organization that is customer oriented and achieves a superior level of productivity and quality that increases the value generated and fosters market expansion.

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