Systems theory - Organizational Change and Development - Manu Melwin Joy
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Systems theory, introduced by von Bertalanffy in 1950 and later adapted for organizations by Katz and Khan, views organizations as interdependent systems akin to living organisms. This approach emphasizes the organization as an open system that interacts with its environment, necessitating adaptability for effectiveness. Understanding the relationships between parts of the system is crucial, as all components are interconnected and can affect one another.
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- 1. Systems Theory Approaches to Managing Organizational Change
- 2. Prepared By Kindly restrict the use of slides for personal purpose. Please seek permission to reproduce the same in public forms and presentations. Manu Melwin Joy Assistant Professor Ilahia School of Management Studies Kerala, India. Phone – 9744551114 Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com
- 3. Systems Theory • Systems Theory was first introduced by Van Bertalanffy (1950) and was introduced into the organisational setting by Kataz and Khan (1966). • Systems theory is an approach to organisations which likens the enterprise to an organism with interdependent parts, each with its own specific function and interrelated responsibilities.
- 4. Systems Theory • The system may be the whole organisation, a division, department or team; but whether the whole or a part, it is important for the OD practitioner to understand how the system operates, and the relationship the parts of the organisation have.
- 5. Systems Theory • The emphasis in OD is that that real systems are open to, and interact with, their environments, and it is possible to acquire new properties through emergence, resulting in continual evolution. • Rather than reducing an organisation to the properties of its parts or elements, systems theory focuses on the arrangement of and relations between the parts which connect them into a whole.
- 6. Systems Theory • The organization is an open system, which interacts with the environment and is continually adapting and improving. • The organisation influences and is influenced by the environment in which it operates • If an organisation is to be effective it must pay attention to the external environment, and take steps to adjust itself to accommodate the changes in order to remain relevant • All part of the organisation are interconnected and interdependent • If one part of the system is affected, all parts are. • It is not possible to know everything about the system, but if you look hard enough there are plenty of clues.