Which of the following statements accurately describes the open systems model of organisations?
A) The environment provides resource inputs including finished goods and/or services.
B) The environment consumes product outputs including people, money, materials, technology and information.
C) Workflows are part of the resource inputs.
D) Resource inputs affect product outputs through a feedback loop.
E) The organisation creates a transformation process for turning resources into outputs.

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The open systems model of organisations views organisations as systems that interact with their environment. The environment provides resource inputs (e.g., people, money, materials, technology, and information) that are transformed into product outputs (e.g., finished goods and/or services) through a transformation process. The organisation creates a transformation process for turning resources into outputs.

Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes the Open Systems