Jones+ch03+Org+in+a+Changing+Global+Env.

Ch 3 Organizing / Managing in Changing Global Environment

Teaching Objectives: 1. To define the organizational environment and organizational domain. (3.1) 2. To distinguish between the specific and general environment. (3.1) 3. To discuss the sources of uncertainty in the environment: complexity, dynamism, and richness. (3.1) 5. To review resource dependence theory. (3.2) 6. To examine strategies for managing symbiotic resource interdependencies. (3.4) 7. To examine strategies for managing competitive interdependencies. (3.5) 8. To review transaction cost theory. (3.6) Presentation PPT_ch03_jones6e.ppt [|Chapter Summary_IM_03.doc]

Essential Readings: Management 10th edition, Stephen Robbins & Mary Coutler, [|Decision Making Robbins Coulter ch06.docx]