LUDWIG VON BERTALANFFY Flashcards
about developing broadly applicable concepts and principles, as
opposed to concepts and principles specific to one domain of knowledge.
General Systems Theory
are activity structures or components that
interact in behaviours and processes.
Active systems
are structures and components that are being
processed
Passive systems
Includes purpose, content and process, breaking down the “whole” and analyzing the parts.
General Systems Theory
The energy & raw material transformed by the system
Input
The process used by the system to convert raw materials or energy from the environment into products by either the system itself or the environment
Throughput
The product or service which results from the systems throughout or processing of technical, social, financial & human input.
Output
Information about some aspect of data or energy processing that can be used to evaluate & monitor the system & to guide it to more effective performance.
Feedback
A system which is a part of a larger system.
Subsystem
Neither systems elements nor the system itself changes much over time in relation to the environment.
Statistic system
The system constantly changes the environment & is changed by the environment.
Dynamic System
Fixed, automatic relationships among system
Closed system
Interacts with the environment trading energy
Open System
The line or point where a system or subsystem can be differentiated from its environment or from other subsystems.
Boundary
The overall purpose for existence or the desired outcomes. The reason for being.
Goal
