XMGT/230 Factors That Affect Management Paper
Factors that Affect Management
Course/ XMGT 230
To get a good look at how external and internal factors affect management, we are going to look at the United States Army and how it is affected daily by global, technical, innovative, diverse and ethical issues. Today now more than ever the world has shrunk and it takes great leaders to command a company to achieve success in the world. By looking at the Army we can see all five examples of factors that affect leaders and managers trying to make a business or organization achieve its goals. Globalization and how it affects the Army leadership is that we now have many different contingency operations that are conducted in several countries around the world. With leadership spread out there is a larger need for instant forms of communications and not just any form of communication, but secure forms of communication as well. From the smallest squad in a remote operating base in the mountains of Afghanistan to the Commanding General of the entire area of operations, there comes a time when …show more content…
As a leader of over 30 personnel, you can find many different talents and skill levels among your personnel. The ability to tap into the diverse backgrounds of these people can lead to new fresh ideas to fulfill goals of the organization. As stated before with the different settings of units around the world, they may have a unique need for a certain type of equipment and for example in the Iraq, Afghanistan campaigns the military was in need of a vehicle that could resist land mines and roadside bombs and protect the lives of the soldiers inside of them, so after much consideration the MRAP or Mine Resistant Ambush Protective vehicle was transformed into an American military vehicle. The need led to the innovation of a vehicle that could divert the force of an explosion out away from the crew inside and limit the
Course/ XMGT 230
To get a good look at how external and internal factors affect management, we are going to look at the United States Army and how it is affected daily by global, technical, innovative, diverse and ethical issues. Today now more than ever the world has shrunk and it takes great leaders to command a company to achieve success in the world. By looking at the Army we can see all five examples of factors that affect leaders and managers trying to make a business or organization achieve its goals. Globalization and how it affects the Army leadership is that we now have many different contingency operations that are conducted in several countries around the world. With leadership spread out there is a larger need for instant forms of communications and not just any form of communication, but secure forms of communication as well. From the smallest squad in a remote operating base in the mountains of Afghanistan to the Commanding General of the entire area of operations, there comes a time when …show more content…
As a leader of over 30 personnel, you can find many different talents and skill levels among your personnel. The ability to tap into the diverse backgrounds of these people can lead to new fresh ideas to fulfill goals of the organization. As stated before with the different settings of units around the world, they may have a unique need for a certain type of equipment and for example in the Iraq, Afghanistan campaigns the military was in need of a vehicle that could resist land mines and roadside bombs and protect the lives of the soldiers inside of them, so after much consideration the MRAP or Mine Resistant Ambush Protective vehicle was transformed into an American military vehicle. The need led to the innovation of a vehicle that could divert the force of an explosion out away from the crew inside and limit the