Sociologistshavelongrecognizedthatorganizationsoflessthan200individualscanoperatethroughthefreeflowofinformationamongthemembers.Oncetheirsizegoesbeyondthisfiguretheorganizationsaregettinglessflexible.Soitseemsnecessarytopreventtotaldisorderresultingfromfailuresofcommunication.
Onesolutiontothisproblemwouldofcoursebetostructurelargeorganizationsintosmallerunitsofasizethatcanactasagroup.Byallowingthesegroupstobuildrelianceoneachotherlargerorganizationscanbebuiltup.Howevermerelyhavinggroupsofsay150willneverofitselfbeacompletesolutiontotheproblemsoftheorganization.Somethingelseisneeded:thepeopleinvolvedmustbeabletobuilddirectpersonalrelationships.Toallowfreeflowofinformationtheyhavetobeabletocommunicatewitheachotherinacasualway.Maintainingtooformalastructureofrelationshipsinevitablypreventsthewayasystemworks.
TheimportanceofthiswasdrawntomyattentiontwoyearsagobythecaseofaTVstation.Whetherbychanceorbydesignitsohappenedthattherewerealmostexactly150peopleinthestation.Thewholeprocessworkedverysmoothlyasanorganizationformanyyearsuntiltheyweremovedintopurpose-builtaccommodation.Thenfornoapparentreasontheworkseemedtobemoredifficulttodonottosaylesssatisfying.
Itwassometimebeforetheyworkoutwhattheproblemwas.Itturnoutthatwhenthearchitectsweredesigningthenewbuildingtheydecidedthatthecoffeeroomwhereeveryoneatetheirsandwichesatlunchtimeswasanunnecessaryluxuryandsodidawaywithit.Andwiththattheyaccidentallydestroyedtheclosesocialnetworksthatstrengthenedthewholeorganization.Whathadapparentlybeenhappeningwasthataspeoplegatheredinformallyovertheirsandwichesinthecoffeeroomusefulinformationwascasuallybeingexchanged.
68.Whatsizeofanorganizationmayleadtocommunicationfailures?
A.Anorganizationoflessthan200individuals.
B.Anorganizationofmorethan200individuals.
C.Anorganizationoflessthan150individuals.
D.Anorganizationofmorethan150individuals.
69.Wecansolvethecommunicationproblemwithinalargeorganizationby