ACADEMIC INSTITUTION AS A SYSTEM AND SYSTEMS' APPROACH TO THEM AND ATTRIBUTES OF THEIR EXCELLENCE

Abstract [English]

The System approach views the organization as a unified, purposeful system  composed of interrelated parts. This way the manager  can  look at the organization as a whole or part of the larger outside environment. Activity of any part affects all other parts of the organization. A system can be biological, physical or social. The concept  of systems approach was initiated in ancient Indian system of medicine. During  Second World War the concept was applied to education technology. The body of people which constitutes an academic institution is influenced by the environment of society, other institutions, industry, government and politicians. Hence to consider a holistic approach an academic institution must be viewed as a system. Pupils entering the academic institutions are the input and results and their placements are the output  of academic Institutions. Feed back and diagnosis of the result  are  activities influenced by the environmental elements. Attributes of  an  academic  institutions from systems approach should be its Interdependence, Holism - emergent properties, Goal seeking, Open system, Transformation, Entropy, Regulation, Hierarchy, Equifinality, Multifinality.