An ESD computer culture for intercultural problem solving and negotiation

Intercultural problem solving and negotiation involves interaction of two o r more cultures. These processes may be formally modeled using the Evolutio nary Systems Design (ESD) framework implemented by appropriate computer gro up support systems (GSS). The ESD/GSS combination provides an ESD computer culture for intercultural problem solving and negotiation in a same place/s ame time or telework mode. With this, players in a multicultural group can be computer supported in generating and formally representing an evolving c ommon culture (a situational culture) with regard to the specific problem a t hand - an intercultural evolving group problem representation and solutio n. At the same time, the ESD computer culture provides an operational cyber netic/self-organization framework for the empirical study of cultural emerg ence in a multicultural group. This paper uses and develops work by Shakun (1996b).