“…Researchers have examined systems and the effects of changes within them in a variety of fields, including agriculture (Bawden, 2007;Meter, 2007), transportation (Tay, Bobby, & Lim, 2007), education (Berman & McLaughlin, 1973;Datnow & Stringfield, 2000;Lasky, 2010), business (Knoke, 2001;Pfeffer & Salancik, 2003;Senge, 2006), and politics (Knoke, 2001). They have also applied systems theory to sport (Chelladurai, 2005;Thibault & Harvey, 1997).…”