SLO (4): Illustrate the key factors in organizational performance---external. internal environments, and outcome; HRM, leadership styles in relation to employee and group motivation, satisfaction, and performance.
Name: Annes Newton
Lecturer: Dr. Lemmy Akoma
Course: PA 527: Human Resource Management
February 24th, 2022
1. Identify factors in the external and internal environment of an organization that influence organizational outcomes:
Answer: Every organization has its own culture and just about everything that affects an
organization's ability to compete and respond successfully to changes in the external
environment such as its success or failure is an aspect of that culture. The internal factors,
however, depicts how the organization moves forward as a self-contained organizational entity
and in response to its external environment. Various factors both internal and external
environment of an organization influence its outcomes.
The external factor is on of the first to influence an organization design. It consists of everything outside of organizations that can affect their performance and outcomes. Elements of the
environment includes : Availability and need for raw materials, human resources, and financial
resources. key elements include customers and suppliers, competitors, cultural factors, and the
types of regulatory frameworks or governmental influences on the organization.
External factors that affect an organization may be political, economic, social, or technological.
The same internal factors that lead to an organization's success inevitably characterize that
organization's relationship to the external environment in these broad areas. An organization with
a clear sense of mission can explain itself better to the world and can align itself with the positive
elements in each area. Leaders who can learn and communicate what they've learned within their
organizations also can learn from the organization's external environment and communicate
successfully which results in an ongoing exchange of ideas which in turn benefits the
organization and its environment. The greater the number of external forces, the greater the
complexity of the external environment.
In addition, A company's stability and profitability are interdependent on its ability to quickly
identify and respond to changes in the external environment. Change is inevitable and having the
flexibility to deal with unexpected market mutations can mean the difference between survival
and extinction for an organization. Take for example the COVID 19 pandemic an external factor
which we were not prepared for. provides a good case study into how significantly external
factors can impact organizations. While some were harder hit than others, nearly every business
was forced to evaluate the changing landscape and adopt coping strategies of some kind. The
effects of the pandemic made g it necessary for organizations to continuously reexamine the
environment to not only mitigate risk but also identify opportunities going forward.
One of the most popular methods used to perform an environmental scan is the PESTEI
analysis. This model is an external factor evaluation matrix that focuses on six spheres of data:
- (P)political: The extent to which a government may influence the economy and thereby impact
organizations within a certain industry.
- (E)economic: How economic conditions shift supply an