ADMS 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Organizational Chart, Walmart

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1000
• Professor: Peter Tsasis

Document Summary

Organizations are social entities that are goal-directed, deliberately structured with an identifiable boundary. Economic forces: an economic slump can mean downsizing, cuts in training and staff development, end of traditional work practices etc, an economic boom can mean expansion, extra training, r & d etc. Competitive forces: business must think about who their competitors will be. Competition may be at a local, national or global level. Technological forces accessibility influences market entry and operating costs. Consider how technology has influenced the role of work and how work is done, e. g. teleworkers, flexible work practices. The increasingly diverse nature of the workforce: as a voice for the labour force, consider how unions have impact work and society. Global forces: global forces have an international dimension, organizations must now think globally, global forces have resulted in business outsourcing in order to gain a competitive advantage. In canada there is a move towards less government intervention.