Psychology

Change is inevitable.  Nothing in this world remains permanent.  Nevertheless, not all changes produce development, there are changes that make a situation far worst.  In order to cope with the past-pace life one must learn to cope up with changes happening here and there.  Even an organization has to develop their coping mechanisms.  That is why there are many strategies in organizational management arising nowadays- one of which is looking at an organization as a system or applying the systems theory.  To simply put- system is a collection of subsystem or parts integrated together to accomplish an optimum goal.  Eradicating one part means impairment of the overall function.  In interpreting an organization as a system three principles were used

1. The systems overall behavior depends on its entire structure,

2. There is an optimum size for a system and

3. A circular relationship operates between the overall system and its parts (adapted from Systems 1 An Introduction to Systems Thinking by Draper L. Kauffman, Jr., edited by Stephen. A. Carlton (from The Innovative Learning Series by Futures Systems, Inc., 1980, Stephen.A.Carlton, Publisher, Minneapolis, MN (612) 920-0060).  I think the first principle would be the best intervention to improve the effectiveness of an organization.  Often then not, organization is composed of members and leaders.  The leaders were always the one noticeable.  When a group makes a decision, the body decides and the leaders express the decision made.  But it is always important to remember that the behavior of the various members determines the various events of the organization.  How an organization operates is influenced by organizations culture and subculture which are product of its every parts.