BU398 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Interlocking Directorate, Reynolds Group Holdings, Competitive Intelligence
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Organizational environment all the elements that exist outside the boundary of the organization that have the potential to affect all or part of the organization. The environment of an organization can be understood by analyzing its domain within external sectors. Domain an organization"s chosen field of action. Domain defines the organization"s niche and defines those external sectors with which the organization will interact to accomplish its goals. Ten sectors can be analyzed for each organization: Includes sectors with which the organization interacts directly and that have a direct impact on the organization"s ability to achieve its goals. The task environment typically includes the industry, raw materials, and market sectors, and perhaps the human resources and international sectors. Industry sector walmart has become the us largest food retailer. Raw materials sectors steelmakers owned the beverage can market until the mid-1960s when reynold"s aluminum company launched a huge recycling program.
