The Application of Living Systems Process Analysis to Institutional Development in Higher Education

Living Systems Process Analysis (LSPA) is a methodological tool stemming from Living Systems Theory GST). Currently, LSPA is being developed by a handful of practitioners for use at the level of organization to assess organizational effectiveness. There have been analyses  of army battalions (Rusco et al., 1985), elementary schools (Banathy and Mills, 1985), a public transportation system (Merker, 1985), a Thai electronics manufacturer, and a Japanese  vending company (Merker, 1986). The potential of LSPA for an ever increasing variety of organizations is even more apparent after reading Swanson and Illiller (1986), in which they explore the applicability of the LST framework to accounting information systems.

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