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Communication and Theatre 310 Organizational Communication Systems Theory

Communication and Theatre 310 Organizational Communication Systems Theory . In Life, the issue is not control, but dynamic connectedness. Jantsch (p. 92). System = all the parts work together to create a functional whole. Inorganic system. Organic system.

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Communication and Theatre 310 Organizational Communication Systems Theory

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  1. Communication and Theatre 310 Organizational Communication Systems Theory In Life, the issue is not control, but dynamic connectedness. Jantsch (p. 92)

  2. System = all the parts work together to create a functional whole. • Inorganic system • Organic system

  3. Applied to organizations: effectiveness depends on coordination of efforts.

  4. Not time and space but spacetime . . . Or, where you stand in time determines what you will see.

  5. Characteristics of living systems • Open = affected by and affects environment.

  6. Flexibility/ability to adapt.

  7. Interdependence

  8. How are organizational goals problematic?

  9. Deviation counteractions Feedback?

  10. Deviation amplification feedback?

  11. There is no one best way to organize . . .

  12. But some ways of organizing are more effective than others.

  13. Wheatley’s chaotic organizational systems theory. • No “things” = organizations are networks of interactions

  14. Information is the creative energy of the universe

  15. Organizations can creatively use their environments.

  16. Without disorder there would be no order . . . Value both.

  17. strange attractor = keeps organizational process within an arena (core values).

  18. Ever worked in an organization with a learning disability?

  19. Senge: learning organization • Learning system • Personal mastery (mindfulness) • Flexible mental models • Shared vision • Team learning

  20. Karl Weick: sense-making systems • Members want to reduce uncertainty • Enacted environment = perform • Scanning = for threats/opportunities • Loosely coupled = realities unaligned

  21. End of Systems Session

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