Chapter 1: Organizations and Organization Theory Current Challenges of Organizations • Globalization o Markets‚ technologies‚ and organizations are becoming increasingly interconnected • Ethics and social responsibility o The list of execs and major corporations involved in financial and ethical scandals continues to grow • Speed of responsiveness o Globalization and advancing technology has accelerated the pace at which organizations in all industries must roll out
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Reflect on the values of your organization or an organization you are familiar with. Are there any major differences between your personal values and the organization’s values? The organization that I work of is Volunteers of America. This organization mission is "to reach and uplift all people and bring them to the knowledge and active service of God" (VOAGBR‚ 2013). After reviweing my values in life‚ I find that they are very similiar to those that the organization that I work for.
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1. Number of consumers (naturally‚ more consumers means more D) 2. Income & normal goods (as Y increases‚ D for these goods increases) 3. Income & inferior goods (as Y increases‚ D for these goods decreases) 4. Preferences (obviously‚ if they prefer to buy it their D will increase) 5. Price of a substitute (if the price of a substitute good increases‚ D for the original good will increase) 6. Expectation of future prices and income. 7. Government policies. e.g. ban pornography
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1. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages to the female of external versus internal fertilization. In comparing‚ external fertilization occurs when the release of both sperms and eggs into an external environment‚ the sperm will then fertilize the egg outside of the organism for example in spawning. Internal fertilization‚ on the other hand‚ occurs when the egg is within the female‚ and a male mounts the female and releases sperms into her. The advantages of internal fertilization
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EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS There are 7 external environmental factors. They are political‚ economic‚ sociocultural‚ technology‚ customers‚ competitors and suppliers. Each of these factors have a great impact to an organization. They offer both opportunities and treats to organization. POLITICAL factors refer to the relationship between a business and a government. Every organization must spend a great time and money to meet with governmental regulation. ECONOMIC factors refer to the conditions
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Effective Organizations (Organization Development) ________________________________________ Reducing the number of management levels can improve the speed and accuracy of communication. Organizations that have many levels of management process information slowly. Plus the information gets filtered along the way‚ often for political reasons which can conflict with the overall good of the organization. Processing information quickly and accurately‚ then acting upon what is learned‚ is critical
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The controlling function for McDonalds globalization is one of the many reasons why McDonalds has such great success. As of today‚ McDonalds is huge on globalization and they have locations in many countries. McDonalds executes the controlling function by investing and supporting initiatives to adapt their products to different locales to insure their global brand. McDonalds creates with many different ideas in order to fit all sorts of their customer’s needs and wants. They make adjustments constantly
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External and Internal Factors External and Internal Factors Management is a universal concept because its principles and techniques are used all over the world‚ irrespective of their level of development. The basic objective of the management is the progress of people and not the direction of things. The conservative explanation of management is obtaining work done through its people‚ but the factual management refers to the development of people through work. The management should make the difficulties
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Internal and External Factors Laura Smalt XMGT/230 May 12‚ 2013 Dr. B Internal and External Factors The organization I chose to write about is Subway restaurants. I have worked in management in two different locations‚ and have had a firsthand look at what goes into the four functions of management and how they interlock with each other. If I were to consider the planning aspect of this organization it is amazing the amount of work‚ projecting‚ forecasting‚ and implementation that it entails
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Internal and External Information Needs fulfilled by 1. Microsoft Word (2007) 2. Microsoft Power Point (2007) 3. Microsoft Excel (2007) 4. Microsoft Access(2007) Microsoft Office Word 2007 is a program developed by Microsoft Office system which can be used to create a new document such as a memo‚ letter or a report. It can modify documents that you or someone created. Its functions also include typing text‚ editing existing texts‚ formatting texts to add emphasis‚ clarify ideas
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