The external environment’s effect on management and strategy A complexity theory approach Roger B. Mason Durban University of Technology‚ Kwa Zulu-Natal‚ South Africa‚ and Honorary Research Fellow‚ University of Wolverhampton‚ Wolverhampton‚ UK Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to investigate the influence of the external environment on the choice of strategic management activities‚ from a chaos and complexity perspective‚ since a business environment is a complex adaptive system. Design/methodology/approach
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The article addresses the popularly debated issue of reducing the use of plastic bags in all kinds of stores that give out free plastic bags as carriers‚ especially supermarkets in Singapore. No government legislation has been implemented in Singapore so far to make it compulsory for retailers to charge customers on plastic bags‚ which has already been done in a few Asian countries. However‚ environmental agencies have been urging Singapore government to do the same while the government is encouraging
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EFFECTS OF POLITICS ON BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND ITS RESULTS ON SOCIETY The political environment in a country affects business organizations and could introduce a risk factor that could cause them to suffer a loss. The political environment could change as a result of the actions and policies of governments at all levels‚ from the local level to the federal level. Businesses need to be prepared to deal with the fallouts of government politics. Impact on the Economy The political environment
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important challenge of humanity is many threats that involved our environment. Green house gases‚ fumes or many harmful chemical productions have destroyed our natural of the world.from my point of you‚ many operations could be done to prevent these destruction. Some of these advises are discussed. To begin with‚ one of the important issues in our world is increase of green house gasses. Green house gases have harmed our environment specially the ozone layer. Many operations have done for reducing
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THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENT ON PERSONALITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL Personality can be defined as a dynamic and organized characteristic that was acquired by a person on its environment. The environment of a person has a huge impact on his or her personality that can affect cognitions‚ emotions‚ interpersonal orientations motivations‚ and behaviors in different situation. Most of us are dependent on our environment; we find different ways on how we can cope up to our surroundings. In various situations
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SAY NO TO PLASTICS!! As quoted by Lord Byron‚ “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods‚ There is a rapture on the lonely shore‚ There is society‚ where none intrudes‚ By the deep sea‚ and music in its roar: I love not man the less‚ but Nature more.” The earth is the only known world to harbour life. There is nowhere else‚ at least in the near future‚ to which our species could migrate. For 200 years we have been conquering nature‚ now we are beating it to death. One of the
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The Varying Effects of Pollution on the Environment James Fields Indiana University Southeast Abstract This paper explores the varying effects of pollution on the environment and human interaction by explaining the history of human’s tendency to pollute and giving several examples that created many regulations that help in decreasing pollution. Many studies in this paper help to explain how pollution is directly related to human interaction such as the study by Keith Gaby that show a correlation
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Effects of Agriculture on the Environment Introduction: Agriculture has changed dramatically‚ especially since the end of World War II. Food and fibre productivity rose due to new technologies‚ mechanization‚ increased chemical use‚ specialization and government policies that favoured maximizing production. These changes allowed fewer farmers with reduced labour demands to produce the majority of the food and fibre. Humans‚ like all other species‚ exploit their surroundings for the resources they
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Plastic Pollution Introduction The world population is living‚ working‚ vacationing‚ increasingly conglomerating along the coasts‚ and standing on the front row of the greatest‚ most unprecedented‚ plastic waste tide ever faced. Washed out on our coasts in obvious and clearly visible form‚ the plastic pollution spectacle blatantly unveiling on our beaches is only the prelude of the greater story that unfolded further away in the the world’s oceans‚ yet mostly originating from where we stand: the
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The Effect of The Construction of The Reservoir to the Environment A very good morning to our lecturer‚ Mr. Koh‚ and all my fellow friend. Nowadays‚ the number of the construction of reservoir is keep increase which the total of the flooding area of the reservoir now is up to 400‚000 〖km〗^2. The reasons for the construction of the reservoir had been related to the needs of the consuming of water by the all the people in the world nowadays. The water is used for many reasons such as for drinking
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