GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Green Politics, Vancity, Uptodate

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

Document Summary

Sociocultural environment (population demographics, education system & health/nutrition values. Legal-political environment (laws and regulations, business forms & political. Economic environment (economic growth, unemployment rate & disposable income) Natural environment (green values & recycling infrastructure) Technological environment (it system infrastructure & broadband internet access) Planning: set objectives and how to accomplish them. Organizing: assign tasks, allocate resources, coordinate activities. 5 criteria for useful information: timely re: deadlines, high quality re: used w/ confidence, complete re: current & up-to-date, relevant re: appropriate for the task, understandable re: clear. Your competencies: computer competency use computers to their best advantage. Information competency use information to their best advantage. Leading: frequent, better communication w/ stakeholders; objectives stay clear. Systematic: rational; step-by-step; analytical; break problem down into small components; plan before action; search for information. Intuitive: flexible; spontaneous; creative; quick and broad evaluation; many possible courses of action; deal w/ many aspects of a problem at once; facts are limited, no precedents.