Political Science · Public Administration
Which early advocate of organisational behaviour was the first to argue that organisations were open systems?
ARobert Owen
BHugo Munsterberg
CMary Parker Follett
DChester Barnard ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Chester Barnard — Chester Barnard first argued organisations are open systems, so the answer is Barnard.
Explanation
★Chester Barnard first argued organisations are open systems, so the answer is Barnard.
★He saw the organisation as a co-operative system.
★It interacts with its environment.
★It depends on inputs from outside.
★This is the open-systems view.
★So the answer is Chester Barnard.
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