This website is directed towards working together in a systematic way - hence the name Syergo. The Greek prefix "sy" signify's together and the root "ergo" means work. Syergo, therefore, conveys the idea of "working together" as one might expect from a well functioning system - working in a systematic way. The website is presently limited to providing support to graduate students enrolled in the Management Systems (soon to be re-titled Systemic Management) curriculum at Breyer State University. I teach three of the ten courses in that curriculum - a program I was pleased to develop for the University.

With the exponential growth of the Internet, we see educational services like those provided by Walden University, the University of Phoenix, DeVry University, the University of Connecticut - just to name a few - experiencing phenomenal success in providing quality distance education in a virtual setting through innovative systems put into action over the Internet. Please take a few moments and explore what Breyer State University has to offer in the distance learning revolution.

Without a doubt, the Systems Age is upon us and certain to be the key drivers in maintaining, developing and sustaining successful new enterprises in the years ahead. We must remain diligent, however, to prevailing organizational structures designed to prevent change. Dominant cultures, by their very nature, keep reproducing the same nonsolutions that can outlive the temporary effects of interventions. As Dr. Jamshid Gharajedaghi writes, "This is the twilight zone where Stafford Beer's aphorism rings true in his 1975 Platforms of Change: 'Acceptable ideas are competent no more. Competent ideas are not yet acceptable.'''

Eventually, Syergo will offer systems-related information and services, particularly in the field of management and corporate governance. I have recently developed a management systems model that is currently predicting the likelihood of corporate malfeasance at an 87% accuracy level. However, it is doing so using a limited test site of fifty corporations. This population is too small, academically, to broadcast the benefits of the model with any meaningful statistical support. When resources and time avail themselves, a much larger test will be constructed for evaluation. Check back periodically to see if I have made any progress. Just knowing that you might will keep the fire lit under me!

If you should care to drop me a line or two to discuss some ideas on organizational management systems or corporate governance, I can be reached at waryan@syergo.com or at waryan@bellsouth.net.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you for visiting,

Dr. William A. Ryan, Ph.D.