Chapter 4 – The Systems Perspective on Organizations and Communication – Blog #4
The authors discussion of a loosely coupled system on p. 116 is rather interesting. I’ve often thought that varying personality types can compliment each other quite well in organizational settings. It seems that when you have a loosely coupled system, you have certain personality types that gravitate toward certain roles. The authors use the education system as an example. Creative types, such as teachers, actors, and designers will gravitate toward one area of a company where as analytical types such as executives and administrators will gravitate toward another area. Both groups can significantly benefit from the aptitudes of the other. A loosely coupled system allows each group to flourish without large amounts of interference from the other.
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I agree with your comment about varying personalities complimenting one another in an organizational environment I believe this is necessary function of an effective working system. If everyone were to have the same strengths and weaknesses there would be no benefit to the organization, and more than likely, limited change within the organization.
Currently I am working in an organized system at a fire called an Incident Command System. There are a variety of roles that are essentially important to keep the operation running smoothly, such as an Incident Commander, logistics, operations, finance, and planning person. Each role requires a certain type of skill that not everyone possesses. However, in this incident we all gravitated towards our strenghts. Mine was organization and planning, while one of my peers is a vocal strong leader. In this example, because we all gravitated towards our strenghts and were allowed to keep our positions, the operation ran smoothly. If we had been placed in assignments that weren't our strong areas than the strengths of each other would be a handy resourse.
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