COM 380 Final Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded

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COM 380 Final Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Systems Metaphor

Ans: "living growing organism"
- understanding of organization as complex organisms that
must interact with their environment to survive.


Hierarchal Ordering

Ans: System components are arranged in highly complex ways
that involve subsystems and super systems


Interdependence

Ans: The need of system components to rely on other
components in order to function.


Permeability

Ans: "Permeable boundaries"
The ability of systems components to allow information
materials to flow in and out


Deviation

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Ans: Reducing feedback "response" that serves to keep
organizational functioning on a steady course


Deviation

Ans: "Amplifying Feedback" Responses that serves to change
system functioning through growth and development


Holism

Ans: system property that suggests that a system is more than
the sum of its parts


Equifinality

Ans: The idea that a system can reach the same final state
from differing initial conditions and by a variety of paths; and a
variety of paths from the same initial path


Negative Entropy

Ans: The ability of systems to sustain themselves and grow


Requisite variety



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