Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Week 2, Blog #3
I have found the concept of interdependence, a quality of a system as defined in Chapter 4, to be truly essential for organizing, organizations, and organizational communication. There are many aspects of my work that require me to be interdependent upon others in order for our organization to be successful (and vice-versa). When organizing my plans, I do so with the knowledge that others will ultimately need to review and approve such items before they are implemented. Within the organization, others recognize that their review and approval of such plans, while more effective if they are done thoroughly, cannot be put on the “back burner” because of the negative consequences of inaction. From an organizational communication perspective, I have found it critical to develop and maintain effective lines of communication not only within the organization, but also with outside governmental organizations and local community groups to ensure a project succeeds. My experiences corroborate the authors’ finding that “[a] failure to recognize the interdependency and consequences of one’s actions can be devastating to both the individual and the system” (Eisenberg et.al., 2007, p. 107).
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I agree that interdependence is very essential. I work for my dad who owns his own small business. It is amazing to me how even if I do my job the right way if I do not communicate with my dad then situations can have the wrong outcome even when you don't expect them too. Also if you do not communicate in an effective way with companies that we owe money or they owe money to us. In the past things have been put on the back burner as Roy said and it has eventually made things in the company worse. Interdependence is needed in an organization because if people do not have believe that you will do your job their can be no trust in a company and nothing will get done.
I agree with your assessment about understanding interdependence as being an essential part of organizing, orgs and org comm. Specifically, at the end of the section where the author describes the breakdown in communication of our national security agencies before, during and after 9/11. While I agree about the need for better communications, I would offer up that the ultimate failure had to do with the much larger problem of federal agencies favoring methodology to outcomes. I also like what you said about the need for clear lines of communication both internally and externally.
I also find that interdependence is an essential part of any organization. Considering that the very nature of an organization rests on the actions of people who work together, interdependence must be seen as a key component. While it is true that the relationship may be lopsided and instances may exist where dependence may be minimal on one side or the other, interdependence still exists. For example while Michael Jordan was a prolific player he nevertheless needed to be part of the team which supported him and allowed him to carryout the team’s mission. In the previous, Michael Jordan was in a lopsided relationship where he added so much to the team, that they were extremely dependent on his skills. However, regardless of the relationship, the nature of organizations in general require interdependence.
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