Journal on Policy and Complex Systems
portance of each subprinciple . Morin ( 2005 ) highlights that subprinciples do coexist , each one being the necessary counterpart of the other . One person considered the last actions taken and the upcoming actions , triggers and the capacities of managers to develop such trends , and for which subprinciple most of actions stood . Three other individuals discussed , challenged , and validated the analysis at each step .
The construction of the systemic model provides a comprehensive framework ( including the organizational , individual , and environmental dynamics at stake ) and an overview of the analysis . It also offers material for the validation of and future adjustments to a model for implementing an interministerial policy within a government . The systemic model combines analytic pieces : we integrated loops that impede and reinforce dialogy , recursivity and hologrammology , managers ’ capacities , and triggers . Vicious and virtuous circles were drawn by one author and then discussed with an expert in dynamic modelling for clarification and adjustments .
We studied how HiAP permeates through sectors , collecting data in all sectors , with various degrees to operationalization and institutionalization of HiAP . Therefore , we do not necessarily have a specific example that unfolds for each of the principles . Instead , we built upon various empirical situations related to HiAP to provide an initial basis .
Results
For each principle , we illustrate how the percolation of HiAP presents features of each subprinciple , the dynamics of each subprinciple ( also named loops ), and the current relative weights of the subprinciples ( Figures 1 – 3 ).
Results on the Dialogic Principle : Adaptation and Reproduction of HiAP
Dialogic subprinciples . In general terms , the dialogic principle refers to systems that adapt while keeping some identity features . For HiAP , adaptation consists in repositioning the way the Ministry of Health is acting to be better accepted by sectorial ministries . Reproduction consists in pushing the public health voice forward , multiplying presentations in sectorial and central ministries . Both adaptation and reproduction occur simultaneously during sectorial turfs and repetitive and comfortable pattern of acting . They co-exist and are reinforced in two-way loops : one loop is the engine for adaptation , and the other is the engine for the status quo of reproduction . Both loops challenge an administration ’ s rigidity and its capacity for external intake .
Dialogic loops . The loop for adaptation answers the question “ How do we reach higher adaptation ?” It can be summarized as follows :
1 . More environmental scanning capacities from the Ministry of Health allow for earlier detection of opportunities .
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