Business & Environment

Thursday, January 21, 2010
External Developments
  • govermental policies
  • technology changes rapidly
  • environmental concerns
  • changes in relationships with customers and suppliers
  • shifts in industrial zones
  • completition intensifies
  • customers take charge

And About Internal Changes
  • change becomes faster with ever increasing requirements
  • change becomes more complex
  • the degree of change in changing

External Development put a lot of strain on the Performance

Performance criteria ----- requirement -----> External Developments
| effectivity
| efficiency
| flexibility
| innovation
| quality
*according to external effect

Coping with:
- uncertainty
- variations
- ambiguity
- shorter response times
- improved quality and reliability levels


Coping successfully with External Developments depends on Organizational Characteristics

External Developments
|
--------------------------------------------
Requirements|                                                                   |Adaptability
Performance criteria --- Degree of success--- Organizational characteristics
vision and strategy -
structure and functions -
people and culture -
systems and method -

How adaptive and successful is your organization?
Is your speed in performance improvement on the leading edge or is your rate of improvement flat?

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