Organizational Development
The steps of organizing, which is riddled with obstacles and hardships, is a continuous battle for many organizations. It takes an incredible amount of initiative and impactful communication to create the channels of cooperative kinship and coordinated projects needed to achieve complex organizational standards. There are always different hang-up, errors, and demands that arise in organizational life that can break down an organization. In systems theory language, this threat of organizational erosion is known as entropy, the natural degradation of systems that leads to disorganization (Berrien, 1976). There is an inherit habit for all systems, but especially for human systems, such as the organizations we all participate in, to deteriorate and disorganize over time. In physical systems, the entropic threats that break down buildings and machinery can be traced to environmental and chemical processes such as the negative effects of gravity and oxidation. Organizational strategy and innovation combats against that. Many things can be done to prevent the natural trend toward entropy, to help keep organizational members on task, to adapt organizational processes to meet new demands, to identify emerging threats to organization, and to implement plans to overcome these threats. The process of organizational renewal that helps organizations resist entropy and promote ongoing organization is known as organizational development (Schein, 1969). If form follows functions, these steps along with awareness will be helpful for your business getting bigger and bigger.
Side Note: This is Jeremy Howard, I run a different blog under this name.
ReplyDeleteI really like the layout of your page, the colors and layout you used are very pleasing to the eyes to look at and follow along with (I would look out for those two chunks of blocks however -- I'm not sure if that was an editing issue or just an error with the template).
Your purpose of the blog is the same as everyone in this course – to provide an insight to what you have learned in terms of your studies in Communication here at Ashford; the rest of the work you have put up regarding organizational entropy is good, I remember covering that in your course.
In terms of your audience and content, your page fits those that are aware of how communication works (i.e. this class), but I think adding some type of real-world, basically relatable experiences would be a great touch to this blog’s content -- especially for those who are not really familiar with the aspects of communication – the title of the page seems very personable, so having the content to match would be great.
All in all, your page is great, and I’m looking forward to seeing what else you post.