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Macro Perspective of Organizations. Organizations are open systemsaffected by, and in turn affect, their external environmentsExternal environmentall relevant forces outside a firm's boundariesrelevant - factors to which managers must pay attentiontwo elements comprise the external environment
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1. The External EnvironmentSTR 581July 26, 2011Professor Drummond
2. Macro Perspective of Organizations Organizations are open systems
affected by, and in turn affect, their external environments
External environment
all relevant forces outside a firms boundaries
relevant - factors to which managers must pay attention
two elements comprise the external environment
Industry/operating environment - immediate environment surrounding a firm
Remote environment - fundamental factors that generally affect all organizations