Management
Environment, Innovation and Sustainability
Ch. 4
The general environment of the organization including:
Sociocultural conditions
↳ Diversity issues relating to educational opportunity, access to technology, housing/job
options
↳ Norms, human rights, demographics, and social values
↳ Generational cohorts - people born within a few years of one another and who experience
somewhat similar life events during the formative years
, The External Environment
Technological Conditions
↳ Social media, features and “apps” on smart devices
↳ Bring both opportunities and problems
↳ Social networking and technological dependency
Natural environment conditions
↳ Nuclear plant failure, oil spill, hurricane
↳ “carbon neutral,” “green,” “sustainable”
↳ Protecting natural resources and preserving them for future generations
The specific task environment - actual organizations, groups, and persons with whom an
organization interacts and conducts business. Includes stakeholders as:
Multiple Stakeholders in the Environment of an Organization
Environment, Innovation and Sustainability
Ch. 4
The general environment of the organization including:
Sociocultural conditions
↳ Diversity issues relating to educational opportunity, access to technology, housing/job
options
↳ Norms, human rights, demographics, and social values
↳ Generational cohorts - people born within a few years of one another and who experience
somewhat similar life events during the formative years
, The External Environment
Technological Conditions
↳ Social media, features and “apps” on smart devices
↳ Bring both opportunities and problems
↳ Social networking and technological dependency
Natural environment conditions
↳ Nuclear plant failure, oil spill, hurricane
↳ “carbon neutral,” “green,” “sustainable”
↳ Protecting natural resources and preserving them for future generations
The specific task environment - actual organizations, groups, and persons with whom an
organization interacts and conducts business. Includes stakeholders as:
Multiple Stakeholders in the Environment of an Organization
