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Personal Resource Systems Matrix and Model (PRSM)What is PRSM?
The Personal Resource Systems Matrix is a systems framework describing measurable person-environment interactions (qualities of living) that contribute to individual well-beings, satisfactions, and overall quality of life. Personal motivations are expressed in three aspects: mental (head, think), emotional (heart, feel) and physical (hands, do). External influences, both resources and challenges, are referenced in six environmental dimensions (intellectual, organizational, social, material, natural, financial).
The living and learning individual is the central operating agent of the Personal Resource Systems Model. Thus the systems process, including input and transformation, is arranged around the individual. The quality of person-environment interactions reflects the match between capabilities and challenges. Capabilities may be enhanced using tools and mentors. Challenges may likewise be mediated. What is the value of the PRSM systems framework? The interactions of personal aspects and resource dimensions provide an authentic assessment process for facilitating learning, interventions, and mentoring. What is the background for using PRSM for a body of knowledge (BoK)? One of the unique features that we claim in the human sciences is an integrative and holistic approach, but there is little current practice that confirms this. Transdisciplinary activities are highly valued at the moment in both business and academia. Sadly, the human sciences are seldom identified as frontrunners. We’ve been pulled apart because specializations have other orbits for their continued development. A part of the problem has been that we have not made a compelling case or developed a sufficient and attractive core as a magnet for the specializations. An integrative and holistic body for our knowledge, if it is to be credible and useful, must serve practice, research, teaching, and outreach equally well. It must be easy and logical to use as well as rich and flexible. Most importantly, it must be valued—to be valued it must be measurable and measured. The assumed product of holistic and integrative human sciences practice is enhanced quality of living. There is no adequate current measure of quality of living and no complete explanation of what and how contributions relate. Within America, we measure progress by GNP or GDP and we have a system for gathering and reporting data through financial statements at the individual, company, community, state, national, and international levels. Assets, liabilities, capital, income, expense, and profit are clearly defined. No such system currently exists for quality of living, which includes all non-monetary contributions to human well-being (e.g., health, love, esteem). Beginning with the BoK, we will explore what we know at this point that might contribute to a language, a system, a measure, and a protocol to elevate quality of living as a worthy goal. |
Who is the central Agent of the system? 