The University of California Santa Barbara is an organization that revolves around students and faculty alike. Organizations, as a whole, can reflect two contrasting perspectives, Naturalist or Rationalist, that underlines and questions the ideas of structure and formality. A Naturalist organizations highlights informality because it is based on the flow of the members’ behavior and relationships among others. However, a Rationalist organization is formal because the organization’s fluidity is based on the members’ limits and structure. Thus, I am going to argue that overall the University of California Santa Barbara is a Rationalist organization, rather than Naturalist, because UCSB has created limits and structure for its students and faculty through providing an individualistic experience for all. But First, I will discuss Naturalists theories and how it does not convey UCSB as an organization because it is too informal, then I will lastly discuss Rationalism and how UCSB is able to reflect such theories of formal.
UCSB is not a Naturalist organization because it is too big and complex for Naturalist theories. Naturalist organizations is influenced by informal structure which is the behavior based on personal ties and relationships of the members (Sutton 1/20/11). For example, as seen in the Hawthorne experiments, six girls came together to work in a factory that was free from working with any supervisors and managers. As the girls became closer friends, their work within the factor increased and excelled regardless of outside factors that were beyond their control, i.e. wages, weather, sickness, etc. This experiment showed that the nature of the relationships between the girls was more important than the work itself (Homans...
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...cial life and school life; the combination of both is a distraction to the educational environment and takes away the organization’s efficiency towards learning. Formalization shows that UCSB members’ behavior should be predictable and separate from their personal lives.
UCSB is ultimately a Rationalist organization in lieu of a Naturalist organization. Naturalist organizations are apropos for smaller organizations that appear more familial, low-key and unrestrained. But because of its magnitude and size, UCSB is not a Naturalist organization. Majority of Rationalist beliefs are epitomized throughout UCSB and its students and faculty. UCSB’s structure is secure and its formalization is evident and lucid for its members to understand. As organization, UCSB must be formal in order to be successful because it is easier to direct and hold authority over its members.
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