General System Theory

What is General System Theory?
1. The General Systems Theory becomes the result of much the movement of general systems research
2. An orderly and scientifically approach and representation of the real world
History of General Systems Theory
1. The idea of a "general systems theory" was introduced by Bertalanffy before cybernetics
2. Köhler made the statement of a theory of systems aimed at developing the most general properties of inorganic systems
3. Lotka's work (1925) was the one that deals with a general concept of systems
4. The Society for General Systems Research was organized in 1954
Facts
1. Systems concepts
  1. Input
  2. Output
  3. Process
  4. Information
2. The same concepts and principles of organizations underlie different disciplines, (sociology, biology, business, technology), providing a basis for their unification
How is GST relevant to us?
1. Symbolic system
  1. Language and organizations
2. Sociocultural systems
  1. People operate in groups
3. Humans
  1. People have history
4. Animals
  1. Classification in subgroups and organization
5. Open systems
  1. Effects of external events

Resource summary

	Created by Juan Sebastián Cubillos Gonzalez over 7 years ago