Case Study Part

Organizational Analysis: Defining General Organizational Realities for the Case Study

This portion of the case study assignmentwill require you to apply the Systems Theories lens to your organization. 

Lens Two: Reviewing the Systems Theories [ORGANISM]

Use the following questions to describe, ina summative-narrative fashion, what the systems of your organization lookslike. Your summary is to be 3 pages, include 4 references (this can include the attached), have a title and reference page, and be formatted according to currentAPA style (first person should not be used).

1.      What is the cycle of production for thisorganization? i.e., what are we about as an organization?

a.       What do we bring in (input), how do we useit and form our product (throughput)?

b.      What do we send out into the larger world(output)?

2.      Are we open to negative feedback from thesub and super systems?

a.       What are we doing to reverse the entropyof the system?

b.      Are we exploring other paths to the ends(equifinality)?

3.      What is our proper place in the broadersociety and economy?

Issue:genotypic function. (Productive, Maintenance, Adaptive, Managerial/Political)

4.      Are we balancing our need for profit witha long-term view of survival?

The issue is theMaximization Principle.

5.      How are we scanning the environment?

What do we know aboutthe environmental sectors (Economic, political, social, etc.)?