1. The term draws from General Systems Theory , Dialectics ( philosophy ) and Design. 2. He believed that complex systems must be examined as complete, General Systems Theory ". 3. Systems ecology can be seen as an application of general systems theory to ecology. 4. Peace economics is built on general systems theory exemplified by the work of Kenneth Boulding. 5. Ervin Laszlo in the preface of von Bertalanffy's book " Perspectives on General System Theory ": 6. Austrian biologist, Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy, developed the idea of the General Systems Theory ( GST ). 7. The term general system theory was coined by Ludwig von Bertalanffy in the middle of the 20th century. 8. It may be now seen as the specialism of general system theory focused on social and business systems. 9. The biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy ( 1901-1972 ) became one of the pioneers of the general systems theory . 10. Strongly influenced by Ludwig von Bertalanffy's General Systems Theory , her fiction has often demonstrated a foresight in scientific advancements.