Individual report
Sara Muñiz Nanin
From our preparation and corresponding debate we can conclude the following. To start with,
the open system theory changed the way of thinking about organizational management from
mechanical view of organization. It looks at management as an open-ended process. It
emphasized detachment, objectivity and control. Today organizations are perceived as an open
ended process of coordinating purposeful individuals whose actions stem from applying their
unique interpretations to the particular situations confronting them. In the contingency approach
is a management theory that helps the manager to adopt the best management style, is
dependent on the context of the situation. Contingency approach helps to understand that
management activity such as planning, controlling, leadership or organisation are completely
dependent on the circumstances. Regarding the structural functionalism approach the different
parts of the organisation work together to maintain the organism (system) alive and in good
health. This approach is applicable when affected by external conditions the systems undergo
self-impulsed and repetitive transformations. In decision making the conclusions were as
follows; it is a simple process used by managers in taking action for solving the problem. It is an
integral part of the management system of a company which aims ate improving efficiency.
Decision making is the one through which managers are able to take the right decision at the
right time. Taking decision in the core part of every organisation.
Goal centred approach are organisations as goal attainment devices. They are arbitrary focussed
of interest, marketplaces whose structures and processes are the outcome of the complex
accommodation made by actors exchanging a variety of incentives and pursuing a diversity of
goals. The existence of goals os an unquestionable assumption. The only difficulty, insofar as
any is recognised, lies in determining precisely what goals of any particular organisation are.
Finally in natural systems approach the behaviour of individuals in organisations is influenced
by the social context. They maintain the environment constant 8 closed system). It emphasises
that the organisation should attend more things than just economic motivation of workers or
physical conditions of work: they must also take into account social organisation and sentiment
in order to make workers remain satisfied.
This debate during class has given me the opportunity to defend a theory which I wasn´t a
hundred percent convinced with, however I was able to succeed in the defence of my theory.
Also the opportunity of listening to other defending their theory provided me the ability to
improvise, in order to defend or agree with their arguments. Debating in class gives you the
