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This paper was proposed in the framework of the epistemological foundations of the Guane (Systemic Thinking) and Cibercultura y Territorio (Studies in Science, Technology and Society) research topics belonged to the Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia and it is the result of a bibliographic review that was to search principal key, words preceded by cyber prefix. We exposed here an archaeology of the prefix "cyber" which is used to refer to everything that has something to do with the internet or automation process. Piedra (2011) attributed to Beer pointed out the overused of this prefix and stated that: "It's a shame that its popular use has taken the root to cover everything from the cyber-man and cyber-dogs, to cyber-cafes and even, cyberspace". We found that, from the archeology made, that homeostasis and feedback appear as fundamental principles of organization in nature, this fact allows a cybernetic view of the natural and artificial world; also we observed indiscriminate use of concepts related to cyber prefix, in common dialect as in academic discourse. In the first part of the text, we set out the founding principles of cybernetics, related to the biology and control theory; in the second part, we outline the idea of cybernetics and its different stages of development. We end with some applications of the prefix "cyber "to identify some apocryphal and authentic uses. We conclude with some considerations that allows the reader to ask him/herself about the use and abuse of this prefix. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to characterize the management skills that leaders count with, and how these contribute to exercise their duties and the impact on management. The type of study used was the exploratory - descriptive one. To carry out this work, it was designed an instrument of 18 questions and was applied to 786 leaders of mid-sized businesses in the Pacific, Caribbean and Andean regions, that allowed to identify the characteristics of leaders, their ways of conduct and behavior among others; it can be concluded generally that leaders have clear what this concept means, they have a relational leadership profile, they use in a greater proportion oral communication, they behave as reagents leaders, very busy and with high stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the evaluation results of the pilot phase of The Edutainment and Mobilization Platform for Social Change (EE+SM=SC). The purpose was to identify from the perspective of participants, the changes generated in the implementation processes of social mobilization in the municipality of San Juan Nepomuceno (Bolívar). The research used techniques such as qualitative open interviews, document analysis and memory workshops. Among the main results are the ability of the model to integrate and strengthen the dialogue processes and local dynamics, favoring conditions for the generation and qualification of dialogue about sexual and reproductive rights. However, the municipal context, highly involved with similar projects related to the issues of the Strategy, significantly hindered the observation of these changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]