GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: The Nice, Consumer Protection, Sustainable Development

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Murray Davidson

Document Summary

Chapter 1: challenges of working in the new economy: diversity, globalization, competitive advantage, environmental uncertainty, effect organizations. Gas, flood in texas, weather: code of moral principles that set standards of conduct of what is good and right. Integrity and ethical leadership at all levels: sustainable development, consumer protection, human rights. Organizations are open systems: composed of interrelated parts that function together to achieve a common purpose. Interact with their environments: transform resource inputs into product outputs (goods and services, making products and selling it, tangible as you can touch or can be services. Managers: provide leadership, vision and inspiration, provides teamwork and motivation. Line managers: are responsible for work activities that directly affect organization"s outputs. Staff managers: use technical expertise to advise and support the efforts of line workers. Functional managers: are responsible for a single area of activity. Interpersonal figurehead, leader and liaison: provide information, gain feedback.