Alpha Chi Organizational Exit

This paper seeks to analyze the failure to complete the planned organizational exit of graduating seniors after a successful completion of the socialization process in Alpha Chi Omega, or “Alpha Chi,” at SMU through my observations and personal experience. The Socialization Theory and, specifically, the Model of Planned Organizational Exit will be the basis for this analysis. The purpose of this paper is to identify why the graduating seniors of SMU Alpha Chi Omega fail to successfully complete the stages of planned organizational exit, despite successfully becoming socialized members, and the ways in which SMU Alpha Chi Omega can fix this problem for future pledge classes. Alpha Chi Omega
Seven female undergraduates founded Alpha Chi on October 15, 1885 at DePauw University, in Greencastle, Indiana. The sorority was established to form a women’s society within the school (“Our History”). Membership was originally limited only to female students in DePauw’s School of Music, but the membership requirement soon changed to include female liberal arts students as long as they were enrolled in a music course. While the enrollment in a music course is no longer a requirement for membership, members of Alpha Chi continues to appreciate its link to the fine arts. The sorority was originally founded …show more content…
The choice to join Alpha Chi is predicated in the shared value and standard for membership in the Fraternity. Invitation for membership is extended based on five membership standards: academic interest, character, financial responsibility, leadership ability and personal development (The Dedication, 2013). Today, there are “more than 200,000 members in more than 130 collegiate chapters and 200 alumnae chapters nationwide” (“Our History”). Alpha Chi’s Iota Sigma Chapter was founded at SMU in 1994 (“Panhellenic Member