GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Vancity, Pest Analysis, Starbucks

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Deborah De Lange

Document Summary

The path to academic success and career development is to be open to changing and improving yourself. Smart people create their own futures take responsibility for your own success. The player and everyone in the arena top right of the johari window. Unknown known to no one: no one knows, yet to have been released, will reveal themselves in the future. Blind spot known to others: you don"t necessarily know this about yourself, bottom right of the johari window, Respect, empowerment, participation, involvement, teamwork must emulate this in your time here at ryerson. Develop your talent(s) knowing what they are is key! Organizations can change only if the members within the organization are willing/are changing. Workforce diversity gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, able- bodied-ness. Prejudice, discrimination, glass-ceiling leads to under-utilized human capital and other negative effects on the workplace, society, the world. Company wants to build their competitive advantage. Worldwide interdependence of resource flows, markets, and business economy.