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CH04 Managing: A Competency Based Approach, Hellriegel & Jackson
CH04 Managing: A Competency Based Approach, Hellriegel & Jackson
Susan E. Jackson
John W. Slocum, Jr.
MANAGING: A COMPETENCY
BASED APPROACH
11th Edition
Chapter 4—Assessing the
Environment
Prepared by
Argie Butler
Texas A&M University
Learning Goals
Technology
Demographics
Politics Competitors
Organization
Country
Cultural Economy
Values
Self-reliance Outsourcing
Managerial challenges
Multicultural awareness programs
Language offerings
Career challenges
Lifestyle issues
Illegal immigration
Chapter 4: PowerPoint 4.7
Culture: the dominant pattern of living, thinking,
and believing that is developed and transmitted
by people, consciously or unconsciously, to
subsequent generations
Gender Role
Orientation Culture
Individualism
90
Importance of Cultural Orientation
80
70
60 Japan
USA
50
Canada
40
France
30
20
10
0
Power Distance Uncertainty Individualism Gender Role Short-term/
Avoidance Orientation Long-term
Orientation
Chapter 4: PowerPoint 4.13 Cultural Value Dimension
Substitute
New
Suppliers goods and Customers Competitors
Entrants
services
Rivalry among
existing firms
in industry
Virtual organizations
Reduction in
Manufacturing time
Telecommunication
devices
Information superhighway
for global competition