Question: Identifying an Open System Form groups of three or four people and appoint one member as the spokesperson who will communicate your conclusions to the rest of the class.
1. Think of an organization you are all familiar with such as a local restaurant, store, or bank. Once you have chosen an organization, model it from an open-systems perspective. For example, identify its input, conversion, and output processes.
2. Identify the specific forces in the environment that have the greatest opportunity to help or hurt this organization's ability to obtain resources and dispose of its goods or services.
3. Using the three views of effectiveness discussed in the chapter, discuss which specific measures are most useful to managers in evaluating this organization's effectiveness.