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Man 220 Chapter 4
Man 220 Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| General Environment | Economic dimension - where the business is located Legal-Political dimension - laws to be aware of to have business run Sociocultural dimension - gender roles, cultural norms Technological dimension - what exists and the tech advances located in different areas (wifi) Natural Environment dimension - looking at the environment and how our environment affects us |
| Task Environment | Those who we interact with Competitors - top three Customers - who you are selling to and what they do/dont like Suppliers - who will help you to be successful Business partners - both parties work together and have success Regulators - overseers and everyone is compliant |
| Internal Environment | Anything physical/intangible in company Owners/Board of Directors Employees and Unions Physical Work Environment Culture |
| How Organizations respond to environments | Task environment - social responsibility - we try to do helpful things strategic response - how can we take over failing business organization/design and flexibility - how we are set up direct influence - lobbying mergers, takeovers, acquisitions, alliances - how to take people over in a graceful way Information management - messaging is clear and has a purpose |
| Boundary Spanner | people whose job is to link the internal networks with external sources of information |
| Environmental Scanning | Scanning general environment and keeping up with major events |
| Information Systems | how you keep track of info throughout the company |
| Innovation | process of putting new ideas into practice |
| Product Innovation | new or improved goods or services ex. ipod-ipod nano-iphone |
| Process Innovation | better ways of doing things ex. IKEA not putting together own furniture - pick up orders |
| Business model innovations | better ways for firms to make money ex Netflix DVD's to streaming |
| Social business innovations | business models to address social problems |