The Open Systems Perspective of Organizational Behaviour States That

question 154

Multiple Choice

The open systems perspective of organizational behaviour states that:

• A)organizations should be viewed as machines with one working part.
• B)organizations take their sustenance from the environment and in turn affect that environment.
• C)organizations can operate efficiently by focusing on what they do best and ignoring changes in the external environment.
• D)organizations are only sustainable through increasing profits.
• E)people are the only important and valued organizational input.

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