Reflect on an organisation of which you are or have been a member, preferably not your family or the university or college at which you study, but perhaps one where you have worked. Now re-examine the three reasons given in the Replay section for studying organisations and try to answer the questions below.

In what ways did the organisation or the people in it affect your behaviour? How did you feel about this?

In what ways did you affect the behaviour of the organisation or that part of it in which you were located? How did you feel about this?

If you aspire to manage an organisation or a part thereof, how could the conclusions you have drawn by answering questions 1 and 2 be useful to you in the future?