Introducción a los conceptos básicos de la teoría general de sistemas

This article by Marcelo Arnold and Francisco Osorio, published in the Chilean journal Cinta de Moebio, introduces the basic concepts of General Systems Theory for social science readers. It lays out core notions such as system, structure, totality, environment, entropy and negentropy, and situates cybernetics and systems thinking within the social sciences, aiming to give researchers a common conceptual vocabulary for treating social phenomena as systems. It remains a widely cited Spanish-language introduction to systems theory in Latin American academic literature. Credits: Arnold, M., & Osorio, F. (1989). Introducción a los conceptos básicos de la teoría general de sistemas. Cinta moebio 3, 40-49.