“Systems Thinking” is a popular and often used, yet frequently misunderstood term. I first
encountered an older, less well-known discipline called “General Systems Theory” while
pursuing a master’s degree at George Washington University in the 1970s. Professor R. F.
Ericson taught Management 262: Contemporary Administrative Theory as a required course in
the spring of 1975. It was all about an arcane science and framework for thinking called General
Systems Theory. At that stage of my life, I looked at it as an esoteric course to be tolerated,
successfully completed, and then promptly forgotten.
My Master’s degree advisor at George ...
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