GMS 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Critical Thinking, Corporate Social Responsibility, Radio-Frequency Identification

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

Document Summary

Increasing demand for knowledge workers with the skills to fully use technology. In 1983 wal-mart began to use bar codes and in 2005 they started using radio frequency identification tags because it was more efficient since they don"t have to scan physically. Wal-mart can reduce costs and can benefit and grow as a company because of technology. Core workers, contract workers, and part- time workers. An open system interacts with the external environment in a continual process of transforming resource inputs into product outputs in the form of finished goods and/or services. Work activities turn resources into outputs transformation process. *how do companies measure productivity, by keeping track of output and input. Someone who directly supports and helps activate the work efforts and performance accomplishments of other. Help their people perform to the best of their abilities. Conceptual skills- the ability to think analytically and achieve integrative problem solving.