AREC323 Study Guide - Final Guide: Organizational Culture, North American Free Trade Agreement, Job Satisfaction
29 Sep 2016
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Chapter 2: organizational culture and organizational environment ! The economy - shapes interest rates, access to information, wages, access to certain resources! Governmental policies - price ceiling/ oors, policies, export restrictions,! Competitors - no competition would decrease ef ciency and effectiveness. not just an external factor affecting input and output, ! Industry conditions - directly affecting physical production processes, ie. regulations of oil sands! The actions of previous managers - ! all the above have time and geographical components and economic areas, nafta, eu, ! What is organizational culture? a system of shared meaning and beliefs held by organizational members that determines , to a large degree, how employees act. The way we do things around here - values, symbols, rituals, myths, and practices ! comes down to norms and values ! time component - passed down generations of the company possibly !
