Kinesiology 2298A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Stakeholder Theory, Institutional Theory, Stakeholder Management

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2298A/B
• Professor: Laura Misener

Document Summary

Organization works because al l the different pars working together. Concept of human body is a good way on how we define a system. Attributes of the parts and their relationship to whole (cid:523)part on its own doesn"t function outside the whole system(cid:499) (cid:498)a set of interrelated and interdependent parts arranged in a manner that produces a unified whole. (cid:499) (cid:498)this interdependence of the elements is therefore a defining characteristic of a system(cid:499) morecroft, sanchez, & heeene, 2002 p. 8. System= seeing, understanding and working with the whole (works with human body example and in organizations) If something breaks down or is not running smoothly in the human body it means that its not working optimally. Relatively open to the influence of the surrounding environment- social, cultural, and economic conditions. Organizations- open systems (we argue that all organizations are open systems) Distal and proximal environments of a system (diagram) Economic: wages, labour, physical costs, market prices, state of economy.