MANA 341 Lecture Notes - Fall 2017 Lecture 8 - W. M. Keck Observatory, Human capital, HD DVD

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Management
• Course: MANA 341
• Professor: Stefanie Ruel

Document Summary

Mana 341 - organizational theory and design - lecture notes. Chapter 6 - the external environment + a new weapon for wall-mart: a war room + adaptability: the new. The environment categorized: task environment: sectors that have a direct impact on the organization"s ability to achieve its goals, general environment: sectors that have an indirect impact on the organization"s ability to achieve its goals. D, f, g, h & i: what is in the task environment, industry, raw materials, market, what is in the general environment, government, sociocultural, technology. > the international context a ects all domestic sectors: human resources, internal sectors, financial resources, economic conditions. Why is the environment important: organizations like stability and control. %1: orgs are in uenced by the environment through , need for information about the environment (competitors, customer preferences, regulations, suppliers, Nanciers : need for resources from the environment ( nances, raw materials, human capital, government support )