Which of the following best represents a school as an open system?
A) In defining the school's mission and vision, the administration and faculty work closely together to identify the school's values and beliefs.
B) In preparation for next year, the teachers look carefully at the achievement test scores to determine intervention strategies.
C) The principal elicits the help of the school advisory committee that includes parents, teachers and community members to establish procedures for distributing school improvement funds.
D) The superintendent and the principal work together to identify a new leadership team of assistant principals to improve the school's functioning.
E) All of the above are examples of open systems.

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An open system is one that interacts with its environment, and takes inputs from and sends outputs to the environment. In this case, the school advisory committee is representative of the school's external environment, and their involvement in decision making demonstrates the school's openness to external input. The other options describe internal processes, which may be important for organizational functioning, but do not necessarily demonstrate openness to the environment.

Which of the Following Best Represents a School as an Open