Living Systems Process Analysis and Program Evaluation

Systems is an orientation and an approach to studying the behavior and development of institutions (Banathy, 1973). Any aggregate of people can be construed as.a system, a set of elements interacting with a purpose. When such interactions become sufficiently established, the system often becomes recognized as an institution. Programs are commonly considered to be major functional components of institutions. An institution can be conceptualized as a system, and a program, as subsystem of the institution.

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