Case Study: Systems Analysis Assignment Instructions
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Organizational Analysis: Defining the Organization Utilizing the Systems Theories Lens
This portion of the case study assignment will require you to apply the Systems Theories lens to your organization. This enables you to make sense of the organization in a general way before turning to the specific problem within the organization which you identified in the Problem Proposal Assignment.

Instructions

Lens Two: Reviewing the Systems Theories [ORGANISM]
Use the following questions to describe, in a summative-narrative fashion, what the systems of your organization looks like. Your summary is to be 3–5 pages, include 3–5 references (this can include your textbook), have a title and reference page, and be formatted according to current APA style (first person should not be used). Headings should be used for each section of the paper.

1. What is the cycle of production for the Army? i.e., what are we about as an organization?
a. What does the Army bring in (input), how does the Army use it and form our product (throughput)?
b. What does the Army send out into the larger world (output)?
2. Is the Army open to negative feedback from the sub and super systems?
a. What is the Army doing to reverse the entropy of the system?
b. Is the Army exploring other paths to the ends (equifinality)?
3. What is the Army’s proper place in the broader society and economy? Issue: genotypic function (Productive, Maintenance, Adaptive, Managerial/Political)

4. Is the Army balancing our need for profit with a long-term view of survival? The issue is the Maximization Principle
5. How is the Army scanning the environment? What does the Army know about the environmental sectors? (Economic, political, social, etc.)

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