CH 8: Organizations and Environment

CH 8: How are organizations tied to the environment? What is the relationship between the school you attend and the city or town in which it is situated? What, if any, an ethical obligation does an organization like a college or universities have to the local community?

I believe organizations fall hand in hand with the environment they are formed, practiced and grow to be. Trenholm states, “ Organizations depend on their surroundings for resources and energy” (p. 215). An organization can do well when the economy is doing well and sometimes suffer when the economy is not doing well. For example, I come from a small town named Hollister, CA. When I was growing up this small town everyone knew everyone and what clubs everyone was involved. However, when it came to Friday nights or Saturday afternoons and our high school football team was playing mostly everyone in town would attend. The people would talk about the game the next day and you could read about in our newspaper. As you can see our schools play a big part within the community and the way the school is viewed will affect the way outsiders view out community/city.
Another example of how organizations can effect the local community can be seen right here at SJSU. I belong to a sorority that is from SJSU and the way we are viewed by the local community will affect out school and our future growth within our community. I believe that is why our sorority does so many different ways of community service to better the community we are a part of and help them understand us. Either way, organizations and the community must work together to better the growth for the area they live in for the future.

Hope you have a Great sunny weekend!

Thanks,
Blondie