Week 1: Discussion Question #2

*2). Explain how entropy and equifinality impact small groups.

The concept of entropy was described as being disorganized, stagnation, and chaotic and the concept equifinality was described as a living systems which will continue to take different courses and end up at the same location.
Both of these two concepts can affect the way that a small group interacts. First entropy can ruin a small group. If you are not all leading toward the same focus it can break apart the group and the group will become disorganized. If there is too much information being distributed throughout the group then it can be an overload and lead to chaos. Furthermore, there can be too much openness, not enough of use of feedback between a small group and this can also cause disorganization and chaos. An example on how this could happen could be in a situation of a sports team. If they are not communicating to each other during the game or possible communicating too much it could be setting them up for failure. They could not run some of the plays right because they did not communicate properly or they could completely lose the game because they gave up their plays to the other team by being too open.
Lastly, equifinality can be beneficial for a small group. Where many people in the group many be focusing on different things but, they are all working toward success. This is very helpful because as a “team” they can work together to achieve success. On a sports team everyone has a different position or role that they have to play but in the end everyone does their part to play their role to win the game and achieve success.