HOW OPEN SYSTEM CONCEPT IS MORE HELPFUL TO THE ORGANIZATION
"The organization is a coalition of groups and interests, each attempting to obtain something from the collectively by interacting with others, and each with its own preferences and objectives "(Pfeffer and Salancik, 1978 p. 36) this loose coupling can be useful in itself (Weick, 1976) by improving adaptability.
Business organizations are open systems; an open system is one which must interact with its environment to survive. It both consumes resources and exports resources to the environment. It must continually change and adapt to the environment.
Business organizations, to survive, must interact effectively with their external environments. The open system concept provides the flexibility necessary for organizations to effectively interact.
Open system concept is very useful for occurrences of changes within the organization due to the following reasons;
Emphasis effective Problem solving, To effectively solve problems Barrick gold mine and Tanzanite one must make sure they interact with external environment. Good example at North Mara Barrick gold mine tries to allow other contractor to engaged on provision of services example provision of food services are being given Sodex company. This means if there is any problem which concerns the food the one that will be responsible to solve it will be Sodex Company and not the Mine Company. This also will be applied on Tanzanite one where the area are being surroundings with Masai tribe, therefore Tanzanite One ltd try their level best to hire the residence of the particular area so they will be no conflict between the organization and the community surroundings’. So the company will do their work without any interference with the community and they will do their work without any problem.
Emphasis effective Leaders, on the case of leadership open