Organizaitonal Evaluation
All organizations are in way like machines. They consist of hundreds of working parts. In a machine, not all of these pieces always are working to the best of their ability. That is when the machines need to have an inspection to figure out a way to improve its productivity. This is exactly what an organizational communication system analysis does for an organization. The analysis examines the different members of the organization in the way that they fill roles, communicate with others, work together, etc... This semester, the organizational communication class, under the supervision of Dr. Karen Ru*censored*, split up and each individually performed an organizational communication system analysis for different organizations. My analysis is for Eastern Kentucky University chapter of Sigma Pi Fraternity. Before I began the profile, I first wanted to know about where the group came from. Sigma Pi Fraternity is a male social fraternity that was founded on February 26, 1897 in Indiana, on the campus of Vincennes University. The group's basic founding principle was to form an organization with moral strength. The fraternity continued to expand to other college campuses around the country, and approximately
3. Emphasize the importance of the activities that the organization offers to its members. The group basically broke down into two small cliques; one opinion leader, two bridge members, and one isolate (SEE FIG. 2). Although the group had two separate cliques, they both seemed to turn to one person for their views. This was even found in the communication of the isolate. If more members of the organization were brought into this study, I feel that perhaps this group could even be considered to be a clique itself as a whole. This instrument's results support a conclusion stated earlier in another section. That being that most of the information within this network is spread well through the members. The isolate may only receive communication back from one person, but it is the opinion leader. Since there are only two bridges, there is not much room for distortion. Overall, I feel that this network communicates in a very healthy, beneficial manner. To collect the information, I attended two their meetings. Since Eastern Kentucky University does not allow fraternities to have houses, the organization meets in a large classroom on the second floor of the Comb's building. The size of the room chosen told me their approximate size. As the members entered the room, I noticed that they were all dressed in slacks, shirts, and ties. This, along with the setup of the room lead me to believe that their fraternity held their meetings in a formal manner. The participation rate among the surveyed members is strong. With Sigma Pi's actions, you will find more often than less all of them providing input in the decision-making and goal setting. 3. Emphasize the importance of the activities that the organization offers to its members. By the lack of mention in the OCP, it appears that many of the members don't benefit from the services that are available. #1 = 5 #2 = 5 #3 = 4 #4 = 4.5 #5 = 4.5 #6 = 4.5 #7 = 4.5 #8 = 3.5 #9 = 2.5
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Individual Scores, Sigma Pi, Opinion Leader-, Educational Activities, Organizational Elements, Media Quality, Kentucky University, Characteristics Isolates, Pi Fraternity, Pi Executive, = 4, sigma pi, = 45, = 5, organizational communication, = 35, communication climate, sigma pi fraternity, pi fraternity, individual scores #1, #10 =, scores #1, scores #1 =, communication satisfaction questionnaire, #3 = 4,
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Approximate Pages = 17 (250 words per page double spaced)
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