process process social act A planned process that is carried out by a conscious being or an organization, and is self-generated, directed towards another conscious being or an aggregate of conscious beings, an organization or an aggregate of organizations, and that needs to be perceived. A process that is carried out by a conscious being or an aggregate of conscious beings and is spontaneous, directed towards other conscious beings and aggregates thereof and needs to be perceived. Colonel Klink giving Sergeant Schultz an order, Jake promising Jill to take her to the junior prom Mathias Brochhausen MB: Regarding the use of the term 'sponteneous' in the definition: The term is used in the following meaning of being self generated. It does not stand in contrast to being planned. planned process planned process The Ontology of Medically Related Social Entities