A model of set of interrelated principles and concepts that
explains anarganizations complex entities
Biography of Bertalanffy
Born September 19, 1901 in
Atzgersdorf, Austria. He
studied philosophy of
ciences and biology and
eventually to study biology
at the University of Vienna.
He wrote the most famous
book on the General
Systems Theory. he
published the individual
growth model. he died in
Buffalo New York in 1972
Biography of Ashby
Born in September 6,
1903 in london. he
studied and became a
doctor at Cambridge
University. He was
President for the
Society of General
Sistems research
from 1962-1964. Was
widely influential in
Cybernetics, Systems
theory, and complex
systems. he died in
1972
Information systems
System constiting of the network of all
communication channels used within an
organization.
What Is General Systems
Theory
General Systems Theory is extremely generic
and can be applicable to many different fields
History of General Systems
Theory
Over time, systems theorists were
thying to develop a theory that
explained all system across all fields
In 1936, Ludwing von
Bertanlanffy developed the
general systems theory to
solve this problem.
The theory was
further developed by
Ross Ashby in 1955