Supporting Text

Banathy, B H. (1968). Instructional Systems. Palo Alto: Fearon Publishers. (On Reserve)

Churchman, C. W. (1968). The Systems Apporach. New York: Dell Publishing. (On Reserve)

Mannebach, A. J. & Stilwell, W. E. (1978). Developing career education program: A systems approach. Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 26, 308-317. (Dickey Library)

Middleton, E. J., Mason, E. J., Stilwell, W. E., & Parker, W. C. (1988). A model for the recruitment and retention of minority students in teacher education programs. Journal of Teacher Education, 39, 14-18. (Dickey Library)

Assignment

In completing this assignment you will want to read the supporting text and begin to be aware of general systems theory, find a colleague who has a similar interest in your topic and write a two page paper in which you describe a delivery system of your choosing. Attach to the two page paper, a one page model of your system.

Talk About Assignment

In preparing your assignment you will want to explore and begin to be aware of general systems theory. What are some important ideas, cluster of ideas, activities, functions, and subsystems within a general system? At some point you will discover how closely GST is allied to your chosen field of counseling. The assignment is nudging you in the direction of building models for systems delivery for yourself and for your clients. The idea of working with a colleague is important, because much of your work will be collaborative.

Please use correct APA citation format in your text and in your list of references.

Keywords: models, systems, operations research; descriptive models, sentences; pictorial models, venn diagrams, flowcharts, PERT; subsystems, functions, elements, signal paths, feedback; outcomes, criteria

Updated 02/18/2002