Organisations Metaphor: Brain - Culture by Passent Elsoury https://padlet.com/passentelsoury/78g6kfez3b9fs3yn SI Session en-us 2020-11-16 14:26:13 UTC 2020-11-16 16:25:00 UTC hello@padlet.com passentelsoury https://padlet.com/passentelsoury/78g6kfez3b9fs3yn/wish/927515846
  • flexible, adjustable
  • holistic view
  • you can remove parts of but it still functions 
  • intelligent organisation 
  • able to organise itself 
  • complex network 
  • use of complex mgt. systems  information systems 
  • single learning and double- loop learning  
  • proactive 
  • continuous assessment (double loop learning)
  • learning organisations 
  • learning from -ve feedback 
  • knowledge broker role is bridging and bounding the different kinds informations
  • regenerating itself



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    . institutions that have common believes, traditions, shared sense meaning , languages vision and mission
    (accepted language, symbols, and patterns of behaviour to provide a new identity and purpose)
    . avoid conflicts 
    . tools used to reach organisations goals 
    . innovative and creative 
    . creating organisation's reality: social norms, code of conduct
    . leadership with high tolerance to different cultures 
    . focus on people and social practices that ultimately guide the organisation's actions
    . organisations can construct their own culture and relation to the environment ]]>     2020-11-16 15:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/passentelsoury/78g6kfez3b9fs3yn/wish/927641507     passentelsoury https://padlet.com/passentelsoury/78g6kfez3b9fs3yn/wish/927672145 Criticism:
    Distortion of information 
    conflicts between sub-departments (depends on the autonomy of the departments in the big system)

    limitations 
    power and control
    it can become an ideology (learning without a proper purpose for the learning)

    Strength:
    . self-regulating 
    . creativity/innovation
    . evolve to adapt to the changes in . . the environment
    synergies different departments

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    . Gender - race- ethnicity- religions- discrepancy: requirements to fit in the cultures 
    strength:
    . culture enactment: people relate to certain culture, safety
    . fosters organisations change
    . 
    limitation:
     . two faced coin from Control point of view : psychologically the people engaged with the organisation (ideological pressure)
    No full control on the organisation of management of diversified identities  
    . it neglects all other forms of organisation's metaphors
    . superficial harmony 


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