Supply-and-Demand-Activated Systems

Robert L. Bruce, Cornell University

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A systems approach to planning was posed by Duft in the Fall issue of this journal. This article examines the idea that Extension information processes can be divided into two types-supply-activated and demand-activated. The supply-activated process is a one-way flow of information, while the demand-activated process is one of information retrieval. The author not only discusses the significance of these processes, but also their importance to Extension.