04:192:200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Synergy Group, Play Hard, Organizational Communication
28 Jan 2020
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The interdependencies that develop when people interact with one another. System - a group of individuals who interrelate to form a whole. Nonsummativity - the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Synergy - the ability to achieve more together than with individual effort. Negativity synergy - group achieves less than the individual parts would suggest the main reason why nonsummativity occurs. Interdependence - all system members are dependent on all other system members. Homeostasis - the natural balance within the system. Equifinality - there are multiple ways to achieve the same goal. Organizations become high-performing when they have strong culture (deal & kennedy, 1982) Heroes are the people who best represent or personify these values. Rites and rituals refer to public performances that demonstrate the organizational. The cultural network is the informal communication processes that take place in the.
