Kinesiology 2298A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Rowing Canada
27 Sep 2016
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Systems view of organizations: review rowing canada private non profit, a lot of donations. Private and public funding, in this case there is a big mix. Systems view of organizations: planning, organizing, leading, evaluating, systems defined. Composed of: a number of parts (like an organization), relationship between these parts, attributes of the parts and their relationship to whole. For example the human body is a system. A set of interrelated and interdependent parts arranged in a manner that produces a unified whole . The interdependence of the elements is therefore a defining characteristic of a system . System = seeing, understanding, and working with the whole. Closed vs open systems: open systems has influences from the environment whereas closed is not affected or impervious by the environment, closed. Relatively impervious to the environment: open. Relatively open to the influence of the surrounding environment social, cultural, and economic conditions. In projects, think about what is affecting this organization.
