Open system theory refers to how an organizational structure affects the flow of information and interaction internally and with the external environment.

OPEN-SYSTEMS THEORY Traditional theories regarded organizations as closed systems that were autonomous and isolated from the outside world.

Application of Systems Theory in Business Organizations. The classic organizational chart showing who supervises whom and which division is in charge of what is a purely hypothetical model because ...

Andrew Mearman, Critical Realism in Economics and Open-Systems Ontology: A Critique, Review of Social Economy, Vol. 64, No. 1 (MARCH 2006), pp. 47-75 ...

Open family systems are frequently modeled as inherently functional or healthy; however, systematic research and theoretical consideration of potentially dysfunctional patterns is lacking. Using an ...