General Systems Research

General systems research: quo vadis?

This yearbook in its new format is an extensional definition of progress in general systems research. The papers represent a selection of the key material published in 1978-1979 over a wide range of systems topics. This paper complements them as a collective introduction to the topics rather than a set of individual introductions to the papers. It certainly does not encompass them, for it would...

General Systems Theory: A Guiding Framework for IS Research

General systems theory (GST) holds the potential to address some of the issues that information systems (IS) field faces today. This paper addresses the question whether the concepts, principles and approaches prevalent in GST can be gainfully employed for studying and conducting research in IS. Using the concepts embedded in GST, we analyze the problem of “fragmented adhocracy” in IS research....

Prioritising general practice research.

1 GAbout 85% of the Australian population claim at least one general practice service from Medicare per year. Over 137 million such consultations were delivered by 33 279 general practitioners in 2014e15. In 2011e12, PHC spending was $50.6 billion (36.1% of total health expenditure), with $28.6 billion spent on predominantly general practice-based medical services and medications. Multiple stud...

General practice research.

Research in General Practice

IN this age of specialisation, if General Practice is to survive as a subject and not to disintegrate and fragment as successive parts are swallowed up by the increasing numbers of specialities, whose fields become narrower and narrower, then it must establish itself on three foundations. That is to say-(a) the practice of good and better general practice; (b) the academic teaching of general p...