The document provides an overview of goal-directed systems design (GDSD) for designing an ideal structure of organizational goals using a behavioral systems analytic approach. It discusses key concepts like defining organizations as systems with inputs, processes, and outputs. Several practice activities are included to help identify the input, process, and output components of different behavioral systems like hospitals, bookstores, and amusement parks.

1. Performance Management Input: Unsafe worker Process Output: Safe worker Chapter 7 Goal Directed Systems Design Part 1: Input – Process – Output Model

19. Goal-Directed Systems Design is a technology for designing an ideal structure of organizational goals using a behavioral systems analytic approach .

23. What’s the behavioral systems analysis approach ?

130. Rules Define processes of an organization as activities or behaviors . Use “[verb] + ing + [noun]” or “to [verb] [noun]” to define a process. Example: Baking bread, or to bake bread. Define outputs , inputs , or goals of an organization as things or conditions . Avoid using “[verb] + ing + [noun]” or “to [verb] [noun]” to define an output/input. Instead, Use [adjective] + [noun] to define inputs/outputs. Example: Baked bread. Return to Table of Contents Click to go back to your previous slide

167. Why is the Goal-Directed Systems Design important?

175. Why is the Goal-Directed Systems Design useful?

260. Input-Process-Output Chain

276. Input-Process-Output Chain