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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
Characteristics of living systems
• Open = affected by and Open = affected by and affects environment.affects environment.
Wheatley’s chaotic organizational systems theory.
• No “things” = organizations are networks of interactions
Senge: learning organization
• Learning system
• Personal mastery (mindfulness)
• Flexible mental models
• Shared vision
• Team learning
Karl Weick: sense-making systems
• Members want to reduce uncertainty
• Enacted environment = perform
• Scanning = for threats/opportunities
• Loosely coupled = realities unaligned