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Essay Instructions: A. Discuss the relationship between systems theory and healthcare deliver in the US
- What current concepts do you see in healthcare that can be explained or helped by using a system theory approach?
- What is system theory?
- How did these researchers (Ludwig von Bertalanffy and Everett M. Rogers) use systems theory to look at their healthcare problem?
B. Discuss the relationship between diffusion of Innovation theory and the change process within healthcare delivery in the US.
-What is diffusion of innovation theory/
-What do your authors se as examples of how they think healthcare delivery is viewed or improved by using diffusion of innovation theory?
-What do you see as places where diffusion of innovation can help you explain or view current concepts in healthcare delivery?
-Have you ever seen diffusion theory played out in front of you as you experience changes in healthcare?
-How does the theory diffusion of innovation help us view change?
C. Discuss the relationship between systems theory and current nursing practice.
-What do you think that systme theory does to help you understand nursing practice?
-How does knowing about system theory help you?
D. Discuss the relationship between diffusion of innovation theory and current nursing practice.
- What do you think that diffusion of innovation theory does to help you understand nursing practice?
- Have you seen this theory in action when you experience change in your workplace? Give examples of how this theory could have helped nursing.
- How do you see Diffusion of Innovation help you as a nurse improve your personal practice or those practicing around you.
E. Summarize the search strategies you used to acquire the information on the specified theories.
- What key words and databases did you search in for these articles?
F. Include an annotated bibliography.

Essay Instructions: Requested writer: Isak

Title of Paper: General Systems Theory and the development of Modern Systems Theories

Paper Basics: Write a well crafted, readable paper in American english, of twenty-five (25) pages / APA Format / on General System Theory and the development of Modern System Theories / PhD Research level paper / with twenty-five cited sources (SEE SUGGESTED REFERENCES LISTED BELOW).

The paper will need a well crafted and an interest catching introduction

The paper should have a well crafted and detailed thesis to accompany the paper’s introduction.

The paper should have a well crafted and detailed conclusion that ties the main ideas of the paper into the concluding comments and connects back to the introduction and the thesis statement.

Language: American English

Paper details:Using the most recent scholarly journal articles available, articles related to Bertalanffy's General System Theory; Social Systems, their environments, interactions, and development; and Miller's Living Systems theory, compared with the works of Kenneth D. Bailey and Karl E. Weick in Modern System Theory.

The paper twenty-five (25) pages in length, with twenty-five (25) cited sources (using as many primary sources as possible, listed below), and will analyze and compare and contrast modern system theories

• Using the compare and contrast analysis explore the concepts of Bertalanffy's General Systems Theory in order to reflect a broad perspective on modern social systems and social networking.

• Compare and contrast and synthesize and integrate Bertalanffy's system theory with those of Bailey, Miller and Weick to gain a greater appreciation of social systems and the environments in which they interact and exist and a greater appreciation of modern social systems structure.

Suggested references in Systems Theory

PRIMARY SOURCES:

Bailey, K. D. (2004). Beyond System Internals: Expanding the Scope of Living Systems Theory. Los Angeles: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Bailey, K. D. (2006). Living systems theory and social entropy theory. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 23, 291-300.

Bertalanffy, L. (1951). General system theory - A new approach to unity of science. (Symposium), Human Biology, 23, 303-361. Dec 1951.

Bertalanffy, L. (1972). General system theory: Foundations, development, applications. London: Allen Lane.

Bertalanffy, L. (1975). Perspectives on general system theory: Scientific-philosophical studies. New York: G. Braziller.

Bertalanffy, L. (2008). Outline of General System Theory. Reprint found in Juarrero, A. and Rubino, C.A., editors, Emergence: Complexity and Organization, 10(2), 103-128. http://www.emergentpublications.com/documents/152132501401_contents.pdf

Miller, J.G. (1990). Introduction: the nature of living systems. Behavioral Science. (35) 3, 157-163.

Miller, J.L., & Miller, J.G. (1992). Greater than the sum of its parts: Subsystems which process both matter-energy and information. Behavioral Science, 37, 1??"38.

Miller, J. G. (2001). Living systems. Boulder: University Press of Colorado.

Weick, K. E. (1976). Educational Organizations as Loosely Coupled Systems. Administrative Science Quarterly, 21, 1-19.

Weick, K. E. and Daft, R. L. (1984). Toward a model of organizations as Interpretation systems. The Academy of Management Review, 9, 284-285.

Weick, K. E. (1988). Enacted Sensemaking in Crisis Situation. Journal of Management Studies. 25(4), 305??"317.

Weick, K. E. (1993). The collapse of sense making in organizations: The Mann Gulch Disaster. Administrative Science Quarterly, 38, 628-652. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5001675975

Weick, K. E., Sutcliffe, K. M., Obstfeld, D. (2005). Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking. Organization Science. 16(4), 409-421.

Weick, K. E. (2012). Making Sense of the Organization: Volume 2: The Impermanent Organization. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

SECONDARY SOURCES:

Fahy, M., Feller, J., Finnegan, P., Murphy, C. (2007). Complexity and Context: Emerging Forms of Collaborative Inter-organizational Systems. : Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application (JITTA). 8(4), 1-14.

Hammond, D. and Wilby, J. (2006). "The life and work of James Grier Miller". In: Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 23(3), 429 - 435.

Mayrhofer, W. (2004). Social Systems Theory as Theoretical Framework for Human Resource Management - Benediction or Curse? Management Revue, 15(2), 178-189.

Parent, E.R, (2000). A living systems perspective as a Metaframework for viewing the dynamics of human experience. Retrieved from http://weber.ucsd.edu/~eparent/part1/paper1.html

Strunk, G., Schiffinger, M., Mayrhofer, W. (2004). Lost in transition? Complexity in organizational behaviour - the contributions of systems theories. Management Revue, 15(4), 481-509.

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Essay Instructions: You are required to select an organization/company and

1) Using research on systems theory, describe and evaluate your organization as a system. You are free to select the appropriate framework for conducting this evaluation.

2) Identify an organizational problem or opportunity and evaluate solutions/recommendations based on using systems thinking.

Using the resources (and sources you provide) please develop a focus paper.


I will provide you with a template for the assignment as well as the chapters you must incorporate in the paper.

Thank you.


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Essay Instructions: Topic: What has the Socio-Technical Systems Theory contributed to the work environment and is it still relevant in the 21st century?

General Subject: Organizational Behavior (Socio-Technical Systems Theory)

Prepare a 8 page research paper on this topic APA 6th edition format. Mechanics: Double space; 1.5 inches all around; use page numbers You must cite in-text in APA format. You must cite all paraphrasing. Note that just because the information appears on the internet does NOT mean it is common knowledge. Information that you do not know independent of your research MUST be cited. A web site article with no author does NOT mean the information is common. There is a particular format if you use a long quote (per APA). Avoid the use of long quotes (not more than 40 words per APA). In a research paper you will find that your intro and conclusion are usually the only paragraphs that are not cited. The rest of the paragraphs are reserved for your evidence. You may use books by experts, articles from reputable sites. You may use articles on the board or in the Hunter text, but you may not use anything from blogs or Wikipedia. Do not use dictionaries or encyclopedias (tertiary source). Your paper should have at least one primary source;

The APA 6th Edition website source is: http://ipt.boisestate.edu/files/APASixthEditionAug09.pdf

NOTE: Do not use Wikipedia, encyclopedias or dictionaries. (The paper must be typed in Arial or Times New Roman font size 12). Use APA style formatting and endnotes / footnotes citations as appropriate. Following are possible paper topics: explore and research the question briefly after your conclusion--state an opinion. General format would include an introduction of the problem, perspectives on the issues (pros / cons, etc); conclusions. References are required.

These websites might be of assistance during the writing process:

1. http://www.ulbodesitterkennisinstituut.nl/media/16501/stsinterventies.pdf

2. http://moderntimesworkplace.com/archives/archives.html

3. http://www.bayswaterinst.org/storage/Sociotechnical%20systems%20theory%20in%20the%2021st%20Century.pdf

4. http://www.sociotechnic.com/papers/from%20guy/27_A%20review%20of%20STS%20author%20draft.pdf