相关管理学原理英文版课件Chapter 2 The Management Environment.pptVIP

Remember: We HAVE extension this week! Part 1 of the business plan is due NEXT WEEK! Homework: Work on business plan Preview Chapter 4 世界是平的? /80show/6235/6235-0-0.html;Chapter 2;Modern civilization evolved over three “waves”: Agriculture (until 1890s) Industrialization (1890-1960s) Information (1970s-present) Each wave came with a new way of doing things;The business world has fewer political boundaries, so managers must adapt to cultures, systems, and techniques that are different from their own;Multinational corporation (MNC) – company that maintains significant operations in two or more countries at the same time but are based in one home country Transnational corporation (TNC) – company that maintains operations in more than one country at the same time and decentralizes decision making about operations to the local country;Nine dimensions on which national cultures are different: Assertiveness Future orientation Gender differentiation Uncertainty avoidance Power distance Individualism/collectivism In-group collectivism Performance orientation Humane orientation ;Technology = any equipment, tools or operating methods that are designed to make work more efficient Integrate technology into a process for changing inputs into outputs Serve customers better, enhance production, provide better information, etc.;E-commerce (sales side of electronic business): any computer transaction that occurs when data are processed and transmitted over the internet Online shopping E-business: all activities included in a successful internet-based enterprise E-organization: applying e-business concepts to all organizations;In the past, all work was performed at the work site so it was easy for the manager to supervise and communicate with the workers Today, telecommuting makes it possible for employees to be located anywhere in the world Telecommuting = a system of working at home on a computer that is linked to the office;Arguments for and against social responsibility by business