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PLAGIARISM DECLARATION
1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is using another's work and pretending that it is
one's own work.
2. I have used the American Psychological Association as the convention for citation and
referencing each significant contribution to and quotation in this assignment from the work
or works of other people has been attributed and has been cited and referenced.
3. This assignment is my own work
4. I have not allowed and will not allow anyone to copy my work with the intention of passing
it off as his or her own work
5. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s assignment or parts of it is wrong and declare
that this assignment is my own work.
Signature VC MATHYE
Date 30 September 2021
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Table of contents
Plagiarism letter and cover page…………………………………………………………………………………………....1
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………..2
Question 1- FOC of UNISA as a system………………………………………………………………………..…………3-6
Question 2-SOC of Unisa as a system……………………………………………………………………………..……..6-8
Question 3- SOC viewed as a meta-perspective
3.1 How FOC and SOC can be integrated in a complementary
manner……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……8-9
3.2 Ethical Considerations………………………………………………………………………………………………………..9-10
3.3 African ideologies and indigenous knowledge systems……………………………………………………..10-11
3.4 Merits and short comings………………………………………………………………………………………………….11-12
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………13
Reference list………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….13
Introduction
This assignment will cover a UNISA student’s analysis of the university system by providing a First
and Second Order Cybernetic analysis and the First and Second Order Cybernetics thinking and
thought of the system. I will also be outlining how African ideologies and indigenous knowledge
systems can be incorporated into Ecosystems Psychology and will also discuss the ethical
considerations that need to be on top of mind when working from an ecosystemic perspective.
51286033
PLAGIARISM DECLARATION
1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is using another's work and pretending that it is
one's own work.
2. I have used the American Psychological Association as the convention for citation and
referencing each significant contribution to and quotation in this assignment from the work
or works of other people has been attributed and has been cited and referenced.
3. This assignment is my own work
4. I have not allowed and will not allow anyone to copy my work with the intention of passing
it off as his or her own work
5. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s assignment or parts of it is wrong and declare
that this assignment is my own work.
Signature VC MATHYE
Date 30 September 2021
, Page |2
51286033
Table of contents
Plagiarism letter and cover page…………………………………………………………………………………………....1
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………..2
Question 1- FOC of UNISA as a system………………………………………………………………………..…………3-6
Question 2-SOC of Unisa as a system……………………………………………………………………………..……..6-8
Question 3- SOC viewed as a meta-perspective
3.1 How FOC and SOC can be integrated in a complementary
manner……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……8-9
3.2 Ethical Considerations………………………………………………………………………………………………………..9-10
3.3 African ideologies and indigenous knowledge systems……………………………………………………..10-11
3.4 Merits and short comings………………………………………………………………………………………………….11-12
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………13
Reference list………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….13
Introduction
This assignment will cover a UNISA student’s analysis of the university system by providing a First
and Second Order Cybernetic analysis and the First and Second Order Cybernetics thinking and
thought of the system. I will also be outlining how African ideologies and indigenous knowledge
systems can be incorporated into Ecosystems Psychology and will also discuss the ethical
considerations that need to be on top of mind when working from an ecosystemic perspective.
