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The role of organisations as as social system

The organisation in which manages operates copmrises of many interrelated subsystem such as humam (social)subsystem,an administration (structural)subsystem,an informational(decision making)subsystem and an economic (technological)subsystem. The economical subsystem will concentrate on the work to be done and its cost effectiveness.The dicision making system will focus on the keys decison areas and the informational needs to keep the system operating.The main concern of the structural subsytem will be on organisational structure,authority and responsibility setup within the organisation.whreas,the humen or social subsystem will look into the motivational aspect and needs of organisational members and the type of leadership necessary. As mentioned above,when we treat the organisation as asocial comprising of many interralated subsystems,the manegement has not only to look into the internal management of the organisation but also be aware of the needs and pressures from the external environment.