The Environment And Culture Of An Organization Case Study

The Environment and Culture of organizations.

1. Consider the three environments of a firm. Which of the Environment has the most direct and immediate impact on the firm? Which of the environments has more diffuse and delayed impact? Explain

The task environment directly impacts an organization. It is useful because managers recognize environmental factors of a specific interest concerning with the organization better than to deal with more abstract dimension of the general environment which tends to be vague, imprecise and long-term. Customers, suppliers, competitors, strategic partners and regulators compose task environment. For example, customer can influence an organization's environment as in the case of McDonald that in some menus have

For example, people that do not work on Saturday do not change the organization but managers need to reorganize schedule in order to accomplish the necessaries of the organization and employees.

2. Describe the organization’s general environment, for each dimension, give at least one specific example, other than the example mentioned in your text.

The general environment is the set of dimensions and forces that create the overall context of an organization composed by

• The economic dimension can be a specific organization that influences an organization. To illustrate, the demand of sales in Christmas that enforce to high employees in a company that help to decrease the unemployment.

• The social cultural dimension is the morals and values of the society in which an organization functions. for example, eating healthy force fast food restaurant to include in their menu healthy food.

• The political dimension government regulation of business and the relationship between business and government such as education subsidies to student to attend

Describe the four approaches to organizational effectiveness give specific example of something that a company should measure in order to evaluate its effectiveness. Give a specific example of something that a company should measure in order to evaluate its effectiveness under each approach.

• The systems resources approach to organizational effectiveness focuses on the extent to which the organization can acquire the resources it needs. It focus in inputs as at gas station that can obtain gasoline when it scarcest.

• The internal processes approach deals with the internal mechanisms of the organization and focuses on minimizing strain, integrating individuals and the organization, and conducting smooth and efficient operations. It focus on It happens when company as Macy’s give their employees a commission for the sales that they complete each month.

• The goal approach focuses on the degree to which and organization reaches its goal. It focus on outputs When organizations opens a new location and acquire more customers.

• Strategy constituencies approach focuses on the groups that have a stake in the organization it major concern are feedback. For example, sears sold a tv they want to know customers’