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Vocabulary / key term - By Ian McGonigal

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Organizational enviroment   All elements existing outside the organization's boundries that have the potential to affect the organization.  
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General enviroment   The layer of the external enviroment that affects the organization indirectly.  
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Task enviroment   The layer of the external enviroment that directly influences the organization's operations and performance.  
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Internal enviroment   The enviroment that includes the elements within the organization's boundries.  
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International dimension   The portion of the external enviroment that represents events originating in foreign countries as well as opportunities for U.S. companies in other countries.  
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Technological dimension   The demension of the general enviroment that includes scientific and technological advancements in the industry and society at large.  
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Sociocultural dimension   The dimension of the general enviroment representing the demographic characteristics, norms, customs, and values of the population within which the organization operates.  
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Economic dimension   The dimension of the general enviroment representing the overall economic health of the country or region in which the organization operates.  
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Legal-political dimension   The dimension of the general enviroment that includes federal, state, and local government regulations and political activities designed to influence company behavior.  
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Pressure group   An interest group that works within the legal-political framework to influence companies to behave in socially responsible ways.  
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Customers   People and organizations in the enviroment who accuire goods or services from the organization  
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Competitors   Other organizations in the same industry or business that provide goods or services to the same set of customers.  
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Suppliers   People and organizations who provide the raw materials the organization uses to produce output.  
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Labor market   The people availible for hire by the organization.  
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Culture   The set of ky values, beliefs, understandings, and norms that members of an organization share.  
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Sysmbol   An object, act, or event that conveys meaning to others.  
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Story   A narrative based on true events that is represented frequently and shared among organizational employees.  
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Hero   A figure who exemplifies the deeds, character, and attributes of a strong corporate culture.  
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Slogan   A phrase or sentence that succinctly expresses a key corporate value.  
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Ceremony   A planned activity that makes up a special event and is conducted for the benefit of an audience.  
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Adaptibility culture   A culture characterized by value that support the company's ability to interpret and translate signals from the enviroment into new behavior reponses.  
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Achievement culture   A results-oriented culture that values competitiveness, personal initiative, and achievement.  
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Involvement culture   A culture that places high value on meeting the needs of employees and values cooperation and equality.  
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Consistency culture   A culture that values and rewards a methodical, rational, orderly way of doing things.  
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Cultural leader   A manager who uses signals and symbols to influence cooporate culture.  
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General enviroment   Technological, sociocultural, economic, legal-political, and international  
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Task enviroment   Customer, competitors, suppliers, and labor markets  
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Internal enviroment   Employees, culture, managment.  
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Types of cultures   Adaptability, achievement, involvement, consistency culture.  
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