Basic concepts of management Olugbemiga T. Williams AIU University The basic legal environment of business is governed by state, country and international laws. This includes laws on what can or cannot be formed or sold, consumer and employee protection laws, tax and other financial laws, as well as many rules and protocols with respects to business ethics, when and how to seek legal assistance in case of differences. The production or sale of a certain goods is illegal or at least strictly
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for bankruptcy protection and reach out to U.S government for financial assistance (Taylor III, 2009). In this essay, a look will be taken at the nature of GM’s organizational structure such as its organizational design and how GM’s operation is conceptualized, as well as its existence as an organization. How GM and the environment affect each other will be discussed too. GM was born out as a conglomerate of firms (Bordenave & Lung 2003). From a multinational organization with a headquarter
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Chapter 2 – The External Environment TRUE or FALSE QUESTIONS The external environment facing business stays relatively constant over time. False Firms can directly control the elements of the seven segments of the general environment. True To successfully deal with today’s external environment and to achieve strategic competitiveness, firms must be aware and fully understand the different segments of that environment. True The industry environment directly influences the
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Organizational Ethics Harold Vaz ETH/316 March 24th 2016 Cyril Kellett Organizational Ethics The concept of business ethics nowadays is based largely on societies expectations that companies and corporations meet certain standards of honesty, community involvement and charitable giving, as well as fair treatment of employees. External social pressures can now have a major effect on a company’s decision making regarding ethical matters. It used to be that a company’s "ethical decision"
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problems or issues. Behavioral factors include patterns of behavior that constitute lifestyles. In considering environmental factors, you should include the physical, social, political, and economic environments. Phases 1 and 2 identify the goals of the intervention. Phase 3: Educational and organizational diagnosis – determine what to do in order to change the behavioral and environmental factors in Phase 3, taking into account predisposing factors (knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, values, and confidence);
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African organisations move into the international business arena, behaviour developed in the apartheid era is not appropriate for competing with the global market. Leaders have to adapt their cultures and be able to respond to an “ever changing” environment. (RV Weeks 2002). In a study conducted by Maritz (2000, p. 18) on South African organisations compared to their international counterparts, it was found that South African leaders are reluctant to move away from a conventional transactional leadership
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There are many differences between traditional environments and team environments. In traditional environment the managers plan and determine the work to be done whereas in a team environment, the managers and employees work together as a team to determine what work needs to be accomplished. Jobs are narrowly defined and cross-training is discouraged and thought of as to be inefficient in a traditional environment. Team environments treat cross-training as the norm and the jobs are such that
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to achieve the goal of the company. 2. Some subsystems in organizations perform a boundary spanning role. That is, they link the organization with the environment and thus cross over the boundary between the organization and the environment. Primarily, boundary spanners tend to be those subsystems that are most interactive with the environment. Can you identify the boundary spanners in Schlitz case? Are they effective? The main subsystems here are Marketing Subsystem, Production Subsystem, and
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Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing Green marketing in B2B organisations: an empirical analysis from the natural‐resource‐based view of the firm Elena Fraj Eva Martínez Jorge Matute Article information: To cite this document: Elena Fraj Eva Martínez Jorge Matute, (2013),"Green marketing in B2B organisations: an empirical analysis from the natural#resource#based view of the firm", Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Vol. 28 Iss 5 pp. 396 - 410 Permanent link to this document: http://dx
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the globe recognize their responsibility to protect and sustain the environment. This article describes the benefits of and first steps toward a green computing strategy. Read “HP and the Environment” to learn what HP is doing to reduce its environmental footprint. Faced with the stark realities of global warming and rising energy costs, government agencies and private firms worldwide are examining ways to protect the environment. To address what is increasingly being perceived as a crisis, there
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