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Running Head: ORGANIZATIONS PERSPECTIVES

ORGANIZATIONS PERSPECTIVES

Management

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Technical and Social Perspectives of Organizations

organization. According to a technical perspective organizations involve various people who work

together for a certain purpose, following certain processes while performing certain functions. The

shared objectives among the members result to members interacting in functional ways.

focuses on formal interactions and structure or achieve objectives, social aspect correlates with

informal organization characteristics. It involves the non-formal means of communication and

interactions among the employees with every one forming the sense of ownership and belonging

to the workplace relationship. The social interactions in such situations happen when the business

interactions are apparent, but usually it takes place when employees are involved in lunch break.

The social definition usually comprises of the fact that an organization is made up of several

to work together to facilitate an easy dissemination of information among the various bodies of an

organization. The technical aspect are crucial because they are the backbone of an organization.

They provide the ability to share information, to communicate and to interpolate easily with the

other units and subsystems in an organization. They are the building blocks that facilitate the ability

of combining processes and people in achieving the desired goals.

systems. Rational systems focus on the formal structures which are used as acute tools for effective

realization of certain organizational goals (Őnday, 2018). It involves formalized structures which

offer the participants in an organization with explicit roles and rules relations which manage their

associated interactional behavior in the organization. In relation to the social perspective of an

organization, rational approach involves the normative structure such as norms, role and values

expectations formulate the social cement. Such a concept of rational systems encourages

productive inter-individual participation and formation of social structures which help in achieving

the overall organizational goals. The rational system approach concentrates on formal structures

formal structures. The workforce or people in an organization usually have different interests,

conflictual and consensus-building processes which drive organizational action.

Open systems contribute to organizational behavior by suggesting on the environment

which surrounds an organization. Open systems theory argues that there are external factors and

environmental factors which affect an organization and such factors should be considered for an

organization to survive. Hence, an organization would have to observe, adjust and adapt their

behavior in conjunction to the dynamic environment. An open system usually comprises of the

system with external interactions. The interactions may take the form of energy, material or

information with the system boundaries. Systems may vary depending on the environment they

are in. Organizations are example of open systems that exchange resources and information with

the associated environment. Their behavior are not completely controlled by the system but get

influenced by the external forces. For instance, an organization may be affected with

The government regulations are influential in setting the operational standards and in setting

policies which would affect how an organization is performing. The government policies can cause

an organization to change its way of doing things and to focus itself in meeting the expectations

of the government. Organizations do not have full control over the government policies and

therefore they should be prepared in such situations. Organizations need to ensure that such

regulatory policies are obeyed to prevent the harmful effect of that external environment such as

fines when the policies are violated. In terms of permeability, organizations have more permeable

boundaries. Regular taking of feedback is essential in ensuring that the organization has the

required performance and coordination of the boundaries that it influences.

In the defining of organization, three debates exist. One debate concerns on whether work

efficiency is the main determinant of an organizational structure and performance. Some maintain

the fact that persistence and prosperity is achieved in organizations that are more efficient.

However, others perceive that an organization may succeed through other strategies like great

legitimacy and alliance among powerful actors. Another debate argues that the degree of an

organization to co-opt and change their environment is the defining aspect of an organizational

culture. When considering such a perspective, an organization is assessed on whether it is

adaptable to changing environment or the environment is malleable. The last debates argues on the

which involve pen and paper (Canedo et al., 2017). Hence, there is a complexity in the adaptation

of the automated IT systems such as enterprise resource planning systems and block chain in the

management of organizational operations. On the other hand, the millennials are very

knowledgeable with technology and the digital era. Such a disparity among the participants in an

organization from different generations result to collisions and lack of proper collaboration in

achieving the overall organizational goals.

Organizations require the use of information technology in order to manage the information

flow in an organizations. The current world of businesses have those organizations which use

information technology as the ones who are more prone to maintain a competitive advantage.

Those organizations that do not make good use of information technology are seen as being

incompetent and prone to loss a competitive advantage. Information technology areas like the use

of enterprise resource planning systems, e-commerce, and cloud computing and storage, and

management information systems are essential in promoting the capacity of organization to

manage information and content in an organization. As a result, they contribute to the overall

The people within an organization are the ones which contribute to the lack of sensitive

information to the non-authorized users. Hence, hackers take the chance to comprise such

information systems. In such a case, information technology is seen as a risky investment when it

possess a danger to the security of the information in the organization. Hackers are also adapting

faster to technology than the rate at which employees are adapting to new technologies. Hence, the

bad people are of much edge than the people who are within the organization. Hence, information

technology associated with the use of information systems is one of the most challenging aspect

of an organization.

If proper training can be done on the use of information technology, then an organization

will not have a challenge in the implementation and leverage of technology to achieve its goals.

Instead, it will find it a very resourceful tool in promoting the agendas and management of

information which results to more efficiency.

boundaries which would be relevant to an organization.

Organizational boundaries usually consisted of those elements that affect the organization

but are external. For instance, the government’s policy and regulatory frameworks usually

influence an organization. However, an organization has a little capacity and influence in

managing such regulations. Thus, organizations play the role of adjusting to the regulatory aspects

that are imposed by the government. Failure to such may result to penalties or losses in the

organization. For example, organizations are required to perform auditing on its operations.

Government agencies may also participate in the assessment of an organization through auditing.

Regulatory frameworks and policies like the HIPAA require that organization keep the information

of their clients secure enough to prevent the compromise of the confidentiality of information.

Organizations are required to stick to such regulatory requirements for them to survive.

The consciousness of an organization towards the surrounding environment is necessary in

supporting the capacity of an organization to adapt to changes in the environment. It is a crucial

factor in determining the success of an organization. When an organization is able to adapt to

organizational boundaries, it is capable to withstand the challenges that emerge as a result of the

influencers of an organization. It is also necessary to determine the boundaries which are of much

influence to an organization in order to concentrate efforts within such boundaries and to manage

scope of operations.

that bring about disparity in behavior among the members in an organization. The understanding

whole system (Hu & Syed, 2019). Such an approach encourages system thinking and helps to

address the root causes of problems in organizations.

Personal perspective is very important in promoting the capacity of being autonomous. It

is essential for every individual in the organization to be given the chance of participating in the

decision making process of an organization. Such a participation requires the individual to have

the ability of expressing him or herself so that the they can share their ideas on how to improve on

processes and help the organization make appropriate decisions concerning the development and

progress of the organization.