COM 1000 Chapter 9: CH9
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Organizations- social collectives, or groups of people, in which activities are coordinated to achieve both individual and collective goals. 2/3 of college students work at least part-time to help pay for their education. Church, student clubs, community service organizations, local, state, and national government organizations. Organizational communication- the ways in which groups of people both maintain structure and order through their symbolic interactions and allow individual actors the freedom to accomplish their goals. Ties the various stakeholders of an organization together. Four primary types: economic, political, integration, and pattern maintenance. Economic orientation- organizations that manufacture products and/or offer services for customers: ex. Small business administration in the united states account for 99. 7% of all u. s. employer firms and employ about half of private sector employees. Political orientation- organizations that generate and distribute power and control within society: elected local, state, and federal officials and police and military forces. There are over 40 third-party political organizations in the u. s.
