Chapter 4 | COM 380 - Organizational Communication, Quizzes of Organizational Communication

Download Chapter 4 | COM 380 - Organizational Communication and more Quizzes Organizational Communication in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Metaphor for Systems Theory DEFINITION 1 living, breathing organism, dynamic, growing, constant state of movement TERM 2 System DEFINITION 2 a combination of things that work together, any alteration to one part affects all parts in some way TERM 3 interdependence DEFINITION 3 crucialalways some interaction between two things implies that nothing in the world is reduce able to 2 TERM 4 entropy DEFINITION 4 decline of conditions due to an unwillingness to accept new information TERM 5 hierarchical ordering DEFINITION 5 in nature there are things that we can call systems but cant point to any part in a vaccumbased on relativity to each part and all exist interdependently TERM 6 System dynamic DEFINITION 6 everything is changing and moving TERM 7 systems approach DEFINITION 7 systems are living breathing organisms TERM 8 Exchange Processes DEFINITION 8 Input Throughputout put TERM 9 Input DEFINITION 9 Stuff going into a system TERM 10 Throughput DEFINITION 10 process of deliverying info