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Organizational Environmental Uncertainities

Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:20 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi
From the genesis of management studies it has been recognized that organizations do not operate in a vacuum. In the seminal work, The Functions of the Executive, Chester Barnard (1938) theorized that an organization’s survival was dependent on its ability to sustain a balance with its external environment by readjusting its internal processes to match the various elements in the environment (Barnard, 1938, p. 6). In recognition of Barnard’s observation that firms must maintain equilibrium in an ever-changing environment, a considerable body of literature has developed that is devoted to conceptualizing and comprehending the external environment and its role in management theory.  read more »

Turning Knowledge Into Action

Dr. Fathi El-Nadi: Management and Human Resources consultant - Sat, 2007-10-27 15:15 By Dr. Fathi El-Nadi

Execute. Implement. Stop talking and do something. Actions speak louder than words. If you have a learning organization, it needs to be a doing organization too. No matter how you put it, the evidence is rolling in: The distinction between so called “old economy” and “new economy” companies are overblown. Regardless of industry, knowing what to do isn’t enough. Those companies and business units that dominate their competitors win by turning knowledge into action.  read more »

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