AN EDUCATIONAL DESIGN FOR ‘SHIFTING’ DEGENERATE SOCIAL SCIENCE PARADIGMS: AN APPLICATION OF GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY

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Abstract
This paper develops a general systems rationale for the design of a social science educational programme. The functions of science may be defined in terms of influencing the state of the human condition, i.e. the relationship between man and his environment. An educational structure for realizing these aims for any particular (empirical) social science consists of two primary categories: methodological and meta-methodological. The former is directly related to the empirical question of “managing” the human conditions whilst the latter is concerned with constructing systems of appraisal for “guiding” methodological change. Thus the function of meta-methodological studies is to build in adaptive or innovative properties in the educational design. The general rationale of this paper provides a coherent way of organizing so-called inter-disciplinary studies. The ideas are illustrated with reference to the design of degree studies in Accounting and Financial Management.

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