GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Worker, Human Capital

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Deborah De Lange

Document Summary

What is self-awareness: a path to academic success and career development in order to change and improve yourself, smart people create their own future and are in charge of the career success. You, your organization and your workplace: fast paced, changed and improve, respect, empowerment, participation, involvement, teamwork, value others. Prejudice, discrimination, glass-ceiling leads to under-utilized human capital and other negative effects on the workplace, society, the world. Globalization: worldwide interdependence of resource flows, markets, and business economy. General environment of organizations: socio-cultural norms, customs, social values. Legal-political philosophy/objectives of political party, running the government, regulations, laws: economic health of the economy, natural environment nature and conditions of environment, technological development and availability of technology. Planning set objectives and how to accomplish them. Organizing assign tasks, allocate resources, coordinate work activities. Leading build enthusiasm, inspire to achieve goals. Informational - exchange and process information: monitor, disseminate, spokesperson. Interpersonal - interact with people: figurehead, leader, liaison.