Test 2 Missed Questions

Strong Cultures (Deal and Kennedy)

enhances success of organization, components make it better work place

The idea that a system can reach the same final state from differing initial conditions and a variety of paths refers to the property of

equifinality

Approach (Cybernetic Systems Approach):

interdependence and system goals, feedback and interdependence and system behavior and target goals

Cybernetic Systems Approach:

interdependence and system goals, feedback and interdependence, system behavior and target goals

The organization as a site of dominance means:

is a site rife with power dynamics in which superiors-subordinates are typically oppositional

Weick's primary goal of organization:

reduce uncertainty

Equifinality:

a system can reach the same final state from differing initial conditions and by a variety of paths

Permeability:

allows information and materials to flow in and out

System theory originated with the study of:

biology

Requisite theory:

deals with the relationship between a system and its environment, states that the internal workings of the system must be as diverse and complicated as the environment in which it is embedded

Approaching organizational culture with the idea that there may be multiple manifestations of culture that are difficult to interpret represents which perspective of culture?

fragmentation (not always a clear picture of organizational culture)

System thinking best exemplifies:

holism

Realist tale

like a documentary, as the ethnographer tried to provide a complete and relatively objective account of what was observed in the organization

Unobtrusive Control Systems:

more exploitive than traditional mode

Negative entropy:

possible because of the flow of information and materials between the environment and the system

In Search of Excellence:

prescriptions for managerial practice rather than descriptions of organizational life

Hegemony:

process in which dominant group leads another group to accept subordination as the norm. (seen through masculinity)

Weick's retention process:

process in which rules and cycles are saved for future organizational use

Ideology:

structure our thoughts and controls interpretations of reality, can influence our behaviors, tied to systems of power and domination, taken for granted truth

Holism:

system is more than the sum of its parts, everything working together is better than everything working independently, their functioning cannot be fully understood solely in terms of their component parts

Interdependence:

that the functioning of one component of a system relives on other components of the system (the brain)

Excellent Cultures:

themes emphasize the importance of people and downplay bureaucratic structure and values, falls short in 2 ways (naive)

Corporate Cultures and in Search of Excellence had an enormous impact on organizational communication because:

they provided prescriptions for managerial practice

Strong Cultures involve:

values, heroes, rites and rituals and cultural network

Hierarchical Ordering:

within systems theory means that when we look at any system, we can see how that system consists of smaller subsystems and is embedded within a larger super system

Goal of critical theorists:

working towards empowerment and emancipation

Critical Theorist goal:

working towards empowerment and emancipation (looks at imbalances of power in societal structures)