Exploring individual and Organizational Boundaries: A Tavistock Open Systems ApproachLawrenceW. Gordon. (Ed.). Exploring individual and Organizational Boundaries: A Tavistock Open Systems Approach. New York: Wiley, 1979. 256 pp., $25.00.

Open innovation has become a popular approach, especially since 2003, as people began purposively managing, evolving and harnessing knowledge flows across organizational boundaries but through increasing connections with systemic knowledge nodes relevant to the innovation process. The creation and appropriation of such knowledge has evolved rapidly with digitalization and the proliferation of broadband networks. Individuals, firms and organizations now connect and coordinate to support innovations openly across innovation systems. This paper proposes an open systems model with institutional underpinnings to not only quicken knowledge flows and expand the networks to a wider range of socioeconomic agents, but also for their inclusive participation in shaping the processes of achieving sustainable development through environmental greening and egalitarian balancing of society. In doing so, using examples, the paper focuses on developments since Schumpeter’s ground-breaking exposition of innovation to explain how individuals, firms, farms and organizations can participate actively in open innovation networks to connect productively with the critical knowledge nodes in society.

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Using a Modular Open Systems Approach in Defense Acquisitions: Implications for the Contracting Process

10.21236/ada445102 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Renee G. Rendon

Keyword(s):

Systems Approach ◽

Open Systems ◽

Contracting Process

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An open-systems approach to course redesign: Moving beyond the pulpit

Industrial and Organizational Psychology ◽

10.1017/iop.2020.89 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 519-523

Author(s):

Mateo Cruz ◽

Frank D. Golom

Keyword(s):

Systems Approach ◽

Open Systems ◽

Course Redesign

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A Systems Approach to Effectiveness in Catholic Elementary Schools: A Replication and Extension

Journal of School Leadership ◽

10.1177/105268461102100603 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 21 (6) ◽

pp. 789-818 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Roxanne M. Mitchell ◽

C. John Tarter

Keyword(s):

Student Achievement ◽

Elementary Schools ◽

School Performance ◽

School Effectiveness ◽

Systems Approach ◽

Open Systems ◽

School Outcomes ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Individual Culture ◽

Systems Model

This study replicated an earlier study conducted by Tarter and Hoy (2004) in which an open systems model was used to test a series of hypotheses that explained elements of school performance. Four internal system elements (structure, individual, culture, and politics) of the school were used to explain two sets of school outcomes (student achievement and teachers’ assessment of overall school effectiveness) in a sample of 110 Catholic elementary schools in one Northeastern city. Correlational and multiple regression analyses were used to test the relationships. The results of this study further confirmed the usefulness of this model in understanding the factors that contribute to quality in elementary schools.

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OLDER ADULT FALLS PREVENTION: THREE ADOPTED CLINICAL STRATEGIES FROM EVALUATION OF THE CDC STEADI INITIATIVE

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igz038.2096 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. S567-S567 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jennifer Edwards ◽

Brittany Bickford ◽

Yvonne Johnston ◽

Aaron Alford

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

New York ◽

Tai Chi ◽

Systems Approach ◽

Health Department ◽

Falls Prevention ◽

Public Service Announcement ◽

Home Setting ◽

National Network ◽

Patients At Risk

Abstract This evaluation examines patients’ barriers and facilitators to adopting an evidence-based fall prevention strategy. Twenty-one patients were telephone interviewed. The purposive sample includes patients over age 65, screened as at risk for falls, and who received a referral for falls risk intervention. Seven themes emerged from the qualitative analysis of interview transcripts: 1. Behavioral Facilitators, 2. Personal Fall Experiences, 3. Informed Decision-making, 4. Providers, 5. Friends and Family, 6. Home Setting Facilitators, and 7. Risk Perception. Three opportunities were identified: 1. Develop an outpatient follow-up protocol, 2. Develop a falls screening public service announcement, and 3. Partner with the local Office for Aging to connect patients at risk with community programs such as Tai Chi. A systems approach involving the CDC, National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI), Broome County Health Department, and an Upstate New York hospital system’s outpatient practices was vital for the success of this evaluation.

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