EDUC8884: ORGANISATION THEORY IN EDUCATION Assignment 1- UNDERSTANDING ORGANISATIONS (LITERATURE REVIEW) INTRODUCTION Organisations‚ which have been developed over decades‚ embrace dynamic and complex elements and structures. Working in organisations requires leaders‚ managers and staff members to pay attention to these features in order to understand the organizational life and the way it works. In this paper‚ a review of the literature related to understanding organisations will be presented
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| MMM262 | | UNDERSTANDINGORGANIZATIONSTRIMESTER 2 2012 | [assignment 1 – decision analysis]Ford Australia’s decision to cut 440 Jobs – July 2012 | AUTHOR: | | SHAUN VICTOR PICKERING | | Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 2 PART 1 - Modernist Analysis 3 1.1 Environment 4 1.2 Social Structure 6 1.3 Technology 8 1.4 Culture 9 PART 2 - Symbolic Interpretive Critique 11 2.1 Environment 11 2.2 Social Structure 12 2.3 Technology 13 2.4 Culture 14 PART 3 - Postmodern
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can affect its operation.The business environment consists of the actors and forces that affect an organization’s ability to develop and maintain business with its targeted customers. These are the Micro Environment‚ the Macro environment and the internal environment.The micro-environment of an organization can best be understood as comprising all those other organizations and individuals who directly or indirectly affect the activities of the organization. The following key groups can be identified
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Codrington Report To: the Managing Director of Oxford Business College Aims: My aim of this report is to demonstrate an understanding of how important it is to assess the best approach to managing communications information and knowledge needs; using an examination of a range of decision-making examples used within the Oxford Business College. There is a need for the approach to be logical and systematic because it helps to address the critical elements that result in good decision making
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1-pepsico External Environment Consumers today are not as much joyous to cola products as they were before. Age and ethnicity are two main characteristics that affect consumer preference for soft drinks and alternative beverages. With age‚ health concerns become more of a factor when choosing a beverage. To illustrate‚ some studies show that cola products or soft drink in general may cause kidney stones and other related diseases. In contrast to older consumers‚ younger consumers—particularly
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things such as the competative and external environment whilst finding key factors which are affecting the organisation. Meanwhile the company’s competitive strategies will be investigated. 2. PEST – External Environment I have been told to analyse the external environment and from this identify the key factors which are affecting Wetherspoons‚ the majority of research I did for this was over the internet‚ reviewing different sites with relevant information then adding my personal views on
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CPA Program Global Strategy and Leadership Module 2: Understanding the external environment cpaaustralia.com.au Edition 14a Published by Deakin University‚ Geelong‚ Victoria 3217 on behalf of CPA Australia Ltd‚ ABN 64 008 392 452 First published July 2010‚ reprinted January 2011‚ updated July 2011‚ January 2012 Reprinted with amendments July 2012‚ January 2013‚ revised edition July 2013‚ updated January 2014 © CPA Australia Ltd 2014. This is an electronic version of the printed
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External and Internal Environments The survival of a corporation requires two elements: the strategic management of both its external and internal environments. The absence of either environment results in limited profitability. Whether a corporation is dealing with the growing concerns of technological changes or Internet privacy‚ external and internal factors will have a significant impact on day-to-day operations. Savvy corporations understand that focusing on creating and implementing a sound
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Internal Customers: This means if one department‚ individual or process within an organization supplies another such within the same organization with goods‚ information or services then the latter is described as the internal customer of the former. For example‚ a dispatch department may be the internal customer of a packing department‚ which in turn may be the internal customer of the manufacturing process. External Customers: External customers are those persons who come from the outside to
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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 to maintain their success in globalization. Today‚ McDonalds uses modern technology to develop quicker services to their customers. They continue to monitor the technology they use to ensure its performance
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