Social processes: please explain what this idea means:.

             Organizations are social, in the sense that they are made up of collections of human beings. Organizations function as societies, rather than as individual psychologies, as the different components of the organization influence one another in positive and negative fashions. An organization often possesses a character, or a pattern of interactions known as an organizational culture. (McNamara, 1999, "Organizational Culture") Within all collective organizations, to different degrees the social processes known as the "four major social processes of competition, conflict, accommodation, and assimilation" will manifest themselves amongst the individuals that make up the organization, as these individuals interact with one another. (Four Major Social Processes: Park," 2006, Dead Sociologists Index).

             Show how "social process" can explain some poor decisions: .

             The social process of competition can cause individuals to negatively focus on personal advancement by distinguishing themselves, rather than actively working to constructively complete a project. The social process of conflict can create an openly hostile workplace where personalities, rather than policies, become the focus of the workplace, causing employees to subvert good ideas and employees because of a personality clash. In contrast, the conciliatory process of accommodation can cause the unfortunate phenomenon of so-called groupthink, or a refusal to innovate because of the perceived need to conform to the dominant opinions and culture of the organization. Also, accommodation does not always penetrate the minds of individuals. It can merely be a social artifice, or a willingness to stifle interesting ideas for fear of censure. Accommodation is thus unlike assimilation, but assimilation is not always a positive force for good decision-making, because individuals can become so assimilated to conventional organizational assumptions and processes that they do not respond to changes in the world and make poor decisions.