The Systems approach is an important perspective in the study of public administration that views an administrative organisation as a system composed of several interconnected and interdependent parts. It emphasises that an organisation cannot be properly understood by examining its individual departments or activities in isolation. Instead, the functioning of the whole system depends upon the interaction among its various components and their relationship with the external environment. The Systems approach was influenced by General Systems Theory, particularly the work of scholars such as Ludwig von Bertalanffy. In public administration, the approach was developed and applied by scholars such as David Easton and Chester