Summary-Abstracts of Theories

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Summary-Abstracts of Theories

• Theory Title
• Theorys Central Notion
• Theorys Central Claim
• Theorys Key Concepts
• Theorys Strengths and Weaknesses

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Background to Systems Theory

• Back 100 yrs. Hegel, Marx
• Biology model
• Four parts objects (elements), attributes,
  relationships, environment

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Characteristics of System

• Wholeness
• Hierarchy
• Self-Regulation
• Environmental Interchange
• Balance
• Change-Morphogeneses
• Equifinality

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Offsprings of S.T.

• Cybernetics--study of control or regulation in
  systems
• Information Theory
• Entropyuncertainty
• Informationmeasure of uncertainty
• Redundancypredictability
• If youve been surprised, youve been informed.

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Application

• Sociometric Graph--families, classroom
• MSU-Billings
• A political gathering
• Religious service

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Strengths--Weakness of ST

• See Littlejohn at the end of chapter 3