Elements of Organizational Behavior (2)

Clark's 'Big Dog's Leadership Page' remarks that although there are four separate organizational models, almost no organization operates exclusively in one; there will usually be a ..... one, with one or more areas overlapping in the other models.

The first model, autocratic, had its roots in the industrial revolution, and the managers of this type of organization ..... out of McGregor's Theory X.

The next three models begin to build on McGregor's Theory Y; they have each evolved over a period of time and there is no ..... 'best' model.

A social system is a complex set of human relationships interacting in many ways; within an organization, the social system includes all the people in it and their relationships to each other and to the ..... world.

Also, the social system does not have .....; it exchanges goods, ideas, culture, etc. with the environment around it.

Culture is the conventional behavior of a society that ..... beliefs, customs, knowledge, and practices.

It influences human behavior, even though it seldom enters ..... their conscious thought.

People depend on culture, as it gives them stability, security, understanding, and the ability to ..... to a given situation.

Individualization is when employees successfully ..... influence on the social system by challenging the culture.

The match that organizations want to create is high socialization and high individualization for a creative environment, but this can become quite a balancing ......