Week 3 - Useful Concept

A concept I enjoyed reading, although short, was the paragraph on criticizing the pragmatic model. It follows too closely to the systems theory, which I learned in Comm144, Organization Communication which I took a couple of semesters ago. Systems Theory in a paraphrased definition states that every (person) is part of a machine and in order for that machine to operate correctly, each part of the machine needs to do its part. If there is a weak part or a part that is not fully operating correctly in the machine then the machine falls apart. This theory looks at people as things and basically have a linear look on what people can and cannot do. It is so old fashion and closed minded, it is mind-boggling to know there are people who still think that way when it comes to people.I enjoyed reading that small paragraph because everything that it had stated was exactly almost what I wrote in my second question and also mirrors my true feelings on the subject. The pragmatic model and systems theory belong to a communist country, which we are not. (No offense to those who feel communism is great, but the fact is, history proves communism fails…it is impossible to have doctors and comic book cashiers make the same wage, it just does not work.)