Political Science · Public Administration
UGC NET June 2015 Political Science
Which one of the following statements about systems approach to organisation is not correct?
AIt is derived from one general systems theory
BIt leads to certain fundamental principles of organisation ✓ Correct
CIt studies the organisation as a whole in relation to its environment
DIt views the organisation and its environment as interdependent for inputs and resources
Correct answer: (B) It leads to certain fundamental principles of organisation — The claim that the systems approach yields fixed fundamental principles of organisation is not correct, so the answer is option B.
Explanation
★The claim that the systems approach yields fixed fundamental principles of organisation is not correct, so the answer is option B.
★The systems approach grows out of Ludwig von Bertalanffy's General System Theory of the 1940s.
★It views an organisation as a whole made of interrelated parts that adjust to one another and to the environment.
★It treats the organisation as an open system, exchanging inputs and outputs with its surroundings.
★It does not produce rigid universal principles; that is the aim of the classical principles approach, which systems theory in fact moved beyond.
★So options A, C and D are correct descriptions, and only B misstates the approach.
★Easton's input-conversion-output-feedback model is a leading application of systems thinking to administration.
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