What is the cycle of production for this organization? i.e., what are we about as an organization?

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Organizational Analysis: Defining Your General Organizational Realities for the Case Study
This portion of the case study assignment will require you to apply the Systems Theories lens to
your organization. This enables you to make sense of the organization in a general way before
turning to the specific problem within the organization which you identified in
Case Study:
Problem Proposal Assignment
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Lens Two: Reviewing the Systems Theories [ORGANISM]
Use the following questions to describe, in a summative-narrative fashion, what the
systems of your organization looks like. Your summary is to be 3–5 pages, include 3–5
references (this can include your textbook), have a title and reference page, and be
formatted according to current APA style (first person should not be used).
1. What is the cycle of production for this organization? i.e., what are we about as an
organization?
a. What do we bring in (input), how do we use it and form our product
(throughput)?
b. What do we send out into the larger world (output)?
2. Are we open to negative feedback from the sub and super systems?
a. What are we doing to reverse the entropy of the system?
b. Are we exploring other paths to the ends (equifinality)?
3. What is our proper place in the broader society and economy?
Issue: genotypic function. (Productive, Maintenance, Adaptive,
Managerial/Political)
4. Are we balancing our need for profit with a long-term view of survival?
The issue is the Maximization Principle.
5. How are we scanning the environment?
What do we know about the environmental sectors (Economic, political,
social, etc.)?

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