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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.
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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
Applied to organizations: effectiveness depends on coordination of efforts.
Not time and space but spacetime . . . Or, where you stand in time determines what you will see.
Characteristics of living systems • Open = affected by and affects environment.
Deviation counteractions Feedback?
Deviation amplification feedback?
Wheatley’s chaotic organizational systems theory. • No “things” = organizations are networks of interactions
strange attractor = keeps organizational process within an arena (core values).
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