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... social organizations - and here , particularly for industrial organizations — means taking as a model the living organism and the processes and principles that regulate its growth and development . It means looking for lawful processes ...
... social organizations - and here , particularly for industrial organizations — means taking as a model the living organism and the processes and principles that regulate its growth and development . It means looking for lawful processes ...
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... Social science is the science of social systems . For this reason , it will have to use the approach of general systems science . This appears to be an almost trivial statement , and it can hardly be denied that " contemporary ...
... Social science is the science of social systems . For this reason , it will have to use the approach of general systems science . This appears to be an almost trivial statement , and it can hardly be denied that " contemporary ...
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... social sciences are concerned with " socio - cultural " systems . Human groups , from the smallest of personal friendships and family to the largest of nations and civilizations , are not only an outcome of social “ forces " found , at ...
... social sciences are concerned with " socio - cultural " systems . Human groups , from the smallest of personal friendships and family to the largest of nations and civilizations , are not only an outcome of social “ forces " found , at ...
Contents
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Science and Society | 51 |
Advances in General System Theory | 89 |
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allometric animal appears applied approach aspects atoms basic Bertalanffy biological CALIFORN catabolism causality cell characteristics chemical classical classical physics closed systems complex components consideration considered constant contrast cultural Cybernetics defined differential dynamic editor elements energy entities entropy equations equifinality equilibrium essentially evolution example existence experience expressed fact feedback fields formulation function game theory growth curves homeostasis important increase individual information theory interaction isomorphic kinetics language laws living organism living systems LOS ANGELES Lotka Ludwig von Bertalanffy machine mathematical means mechanisms mechanistic mental metabolic rate modern nature nervous system open systems organismic phenomena physics physiological possible present principle problems processes protein psychology psychophysical quantitative reaction reality regulation relations robot scientific sense similar so-called sociological specific steady structure symbolic system theory teleology theoretical theory of open thermodynamics tion UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES vitalistic weight whole world picture York