Questions for thought and discussion that allow you to make the connection between your learning content and your experiences in the working world.
Work Application 2.1
Give examples of how the external environment has affected an organization where you work or have worked.
The External Environment
LO 2.1 Discuss the strategic planning process by classifying the major components of the external environment.
Work Application 2.2
Identify the vision and mission of an organization where you work or have worked.
The Mission
LO 2.2 Discuss how visions, missions, and objectives help to define the organization’s strategy.
Work Application 2.3
Write an objective for an organization where you work or have worked that is specific, that is measurable, and that has a target date.
Setting Objectives
LO 2.2 Discuss how visions, missions, and objectives help to define the organization’s strategy.
Work Application 2.4
Identify the strategy of an organization where you work or have worked, and explain how the organization uses the strategy against its competitors to gain customers.
Focus of Niche
LO 2.3 Explain the three major generic strategies.
Work Application 2.5
Briefly describe the complexity, formalization, and centralization of the organizational structure where you work or have worked.
Basics of Organizational Structure
LO 2.4 Summarize the importance of the major components of organizational structure.
Work Application 2.6
Briefly describe some of the organizational culture artifacts where you work or have worked.
Artifacts of Organizational Culture
LO 2.5 Discuss how organizational culture affects the members of the organization.
Work Application 2.7
Give examples of how culture controls employee behavior where you work or have worked.
How Culture Controls Employee Behavior in Organizations
LO 2.5 Discuss how organizational culture affects the members of the organization.
Work Application 2.8
Give examples of how you have, or a particular organization has, used social media at work.
Social Media and Culture Management
LO 2.5 Discuss how organizational culture affects the members of the organization.
