The Impact of the External Environment on Decision-Making
Background Information
The external environment may potentially have a significant impact on managerial decision-making.
In our internal environment, the organization’s core competencies (such as human resources) and capabilities (the strengths within the organization) can be managed internally.
However, the external environment (political, economic, sociocultural, technological, legal, and environmental), cannot necessarily be controlled but instead must be managed. This is where the impact of the external environment is critical for managerial decision-making.
Let us take a few examples for consideration:
The 2023 Earthquake in Turkey
BREXIT – The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union
The 2020 Pandemic
Supply chain disruptions, etc.
Can you imagine how all international companies were challenged with decision-making in these situations? This leads us to our assignment.
Instructions
For this assignment, consider an organization where you work (or an organization with which you are familiar). Prepare a memo addressed to an executive in the organization that includes the following:
Describe a specific situation that a manager/s faced within the selected organization. Which aspect of the external environment impacted the decision made and what was the decision?
Explain the steps that the manager/s took to resolve the issue.
Apply what you have learned from this example, and explain how you may have resolved the situation differently.
Your memo should be approximately one page in length. Review tips on writing a professional memo and sample memos in the CSU Global Writing Center: LibGuides: Writing Center Memos: Memos . Any citations should conform to APA guidelines provided in the CSU Global Writing Center.
Reference
Robbins, S. P., Coulter, M. A., & DeCenzo, D. A. (2020). Fundamentals of management (11th ed.). Pearson Education.
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“The Impact of the External Environment on Managerial Decision-Making: Lessons Learned from Real-World Situations”
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Completing Lab 14.1 and Uploading lab14.txt Completing Lab 14.1 and Uploading lab14.txt
2. Complete lab 14.1 at the end of chapter. Be sure to add a new virtual hard drive to your virtual machine before attempting this exercise. Partitioning an exist virtual hard drive will destroy your virtual machine.
3. Enter the following command:
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“Creating a Strong LinkedIn Profile: Evaluating Three Profiles”
In your readings this week, you learned about best practices and tips for creating a social profile. On LinkedIn, find three people to connect with (they don’t have to be classmates) and provide a brief review/evaluation of the following items for eachperson, labeling them simply as profile, A, B, and C.
Photo
Headline
Summary
Experience
Skills
Education
What was one thing that you liked or found particularly interesting about their profiles? What have you learned about creating your own profile from this exercise?
Note that you should not reveal personal information about these persons in your review. You may also change your browsing profile settings to private or semi-private if you desire before completing this assignment.
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“Understanding ER/Trauma Unit Designation and Verification: Requirements and Agencies Responsible”
Before beginning work on this discussion forum, please review the link “Doing Discussion Questions Right,” the expanded grading rubric for the forum, and any specific instructions for this topic.
Before the end of the week, begin commenting on at least two of your classmates’ responses. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress. Submit your responses in the Discussion Area.
Review your lectures. Then:
Compare the difference between ER/Trauma units Designation and Verification.
What agency is responsible for these functions?
List detailed requirements for Level 1, 2, and 3 Trauma units as outlined by the ACS (American College of Surgeons).
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“Optimizing the Tourism Sector: Applying Principles of Operations Management”
The submission of a written essay that evaluate how the principles of operations management can be applied to optimise the tourism sector, taking into consideration its specific challenges and potential for improvements (2,000 words).
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“Personal Reflection on Class, Diversity, and Social Justice: A Journey of Growth and Understanding”
Week 1 Class Participation Essay: Your Personal
Understanding of Class, Diversity and Social Justice
Details
Format requirements for Personal Understanding of
Diversity/ Social Justice Paper:
3-4
pages written in Microsoft Word’s 12-point Times New Roman font, 1
inch margins, double-spaced. Include a title page with name and date
(not to be included in the 3 page requirement)
The essay should be an honest self reflection on your experiences and
personal understanding of class, diversity, social justice and equity. The
assignment is for you to consider and write about any areas of personal
growth, misconceptions, personal ‘isms’, barriers to learning, ‘aha’
moments, and thoughts on leading through the lens of social justice,
diversity, inclusion, and/or equity. What (if any) impact did this reading
have on your life personally and professionally? How do you foresee taking
the impact moving forward? How (or were) your previous perceptions and attitudes
challenged? What paradigm shifts or new insights did you obtain about
yourself, your cohort as a collective or as individuals?
— what I wrote
I never had the opportunity to
be part of a class that provides a safe classroom environment where students
can be open and honest in discussing the topics of this class. One of the
things that I have also noticed is that the professors ask the students for the
pronouns they would like to be by.
The DIVERSITY: The Evolving
Language of Diversity reading fact sheet mentioned that “Language not only
expresses ideas and concepts but actually shapes thought.” We discussed in
class how the language we use in our daily lives could be intentionally or
unintentionally biased. People have used this type of language for generations
because it is sometimes unheeded or acquired by what is around us. At the same
time, language is evolving as a reflection of society’s evolution, often based
on stereotypes.
One of the controversies
mentioned in the reading concerns the use of the terms Latina(o), Hispanic, and
Chicano(a). How can those three terms limit what people from Latin America
would like to be called? How were those terms created by the government to
group people and not wholly represent them? How many people interested in being
grouped by the provided terminology need to be in agreement, agree, or feel
that their voices are heard and that they do not feel represented?
It also refers to how the words
that we use in daily life can influence the way that we think, act, and behave
as individuals.
For the reading: Center for
American Progress – The Top 10 Economic Facts of Diversity in the Workplace. We
discussed how our country has, over the years, become more diverse in the
workforce industry. How many underrepresented or minority groups have more
representation on visitability in everyday jobs and in the execution or
management positions, locally within the city, the state and nationally?
Diversity in the workforce: One
example is how the workforce has increased by 10 per cent over the past 40
years. As a result, the economy has busted. Diversity has also impacted the
country’s competitive economic market and how the economy will benefit from the
economy by changing how the business looks demographically.
In Leadership for Social
Justice: Preparing 21st Century School Leaders for a New Social Order, one of
the things we agreed on as a group is that to create change, we need to educate
ourselves and become the leaders that our nation needs. By obtaining
preparation, we can become leaders who can act courageously to create, advocate
for, and promote social justice for everyone equally how the need to obtain a
deeper understanding of social justice is necessary to create education and a
shift in the direction of how we would like our country to become. Our country
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Title: Exploring Augustine’s Teachings and Day’s Reflections on Christianity through “Confession”
1. What did Augustine teach you about Christianity? What questions do you still have about his life?
2. How does Day mimic Augustine in her brief intro to The Long Loneliness entitled “Confession” (9-12)?
Watch the videos
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https://vimeo.com/758551940
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“Navigating Decision-Making in My Organization: Strategies for Active Participation” In my organization, decisions are primarily made by the executive team, which includes the CEO, COO, and other high-level managers. They are responsible for setting the overall direction
Where and how are decisions made in your organization? How can you be invited to the table to be an active participant in decision making that influences your practice?
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Title: The Impact of Branding and Cultural Values on a Movement for Positive Change in the Media Performance Space
Directions
For this journal reflection, you will do the following:
Describe a movement for positive change that results from branding in the media. (This can include social media.)
Describe the performance space.
Are there conflicting voices or biases in the performance space?
Does the performance space allow people to “talk back”? If so, how?
As you may recall, “talking back” means responding to a dominant narrative with a counternarrative.
Explain how cultural values affect how the movement is perceived.
What cultural values do you see embraced or rejected in the performance space?
How do these cultural values align (or not align) with the movement for positive change?
How has the movement borrowed aspects of different cultures in respectful or harmful ways?