ADMS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Canadian Tire, Visible Minority, North American Free Trade Agreement
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Chapter 1 the organization: an open system made up of social entities, goals and interactions with the environment. Organizations are dependent on the changes in the environment and can be viewed as social systems. External forces must be considered all around the world for a successful organization. Inputs (physical & human resources, technology) > process (manufacturing into goods/services) > outputs (goods generated) > feedback etc. Closed systems are self sufficient entities with no environmental interaction. Specific or task environment: external stakeholders have direct influence on the organization"s ability to gain resources to create outputs. General environment: the sphere surrounding the organization"s specific environment which influences its ability to obtain resources to create outputs. Factors include: labour (employment rates, skills of workers, state of environment, impact of unions, immigration, using visible minorities: economic (booms > expansion, extra training, more r & d, recessions. > downsizing, cuts in training, end of traditional work ways.