edf40wrjww2CF_PaperMaster:Desc
Organizational Behavior Forces
Ann-Marie Marcucci
University of Phoenix
MGT 331
Organizational Behavior
Barry Dillard
July 25, 2006
Workshop 2
Organizational Behavior Forces
Organizational Behavior Forces
Organizations have both internal and external forces that impact the behaviors exhibited by the company, group, or division as a whole. These forces can have both a positive and negative impact on the organizations behaviors, as they usually precipitate some types of organization wide change or reaction. Changes in the economy, globalization, restructuring, customer demand, company missions, fiscal policies, technology, and increases in customer demand are some of these forces. Shermerhorn, Hunt and Osborn state that, "Organizations must be able to change continuously and positively while searching for new ideas and opportunities" (Organizational Behavior, 2004).
One thing that Flight express is starting to do to the extent that fiscal policies goes is cutting back on the amount of shipping they do to their other locations. Because of the high cost of fuel, shipping prices have increased dramatically over the past few months. One-way Flight Express can cut costs in that area is to limit the amount of "frivolous" mail they send to other locations. By being aware of the necessity of what one is sending can help save time and money for the company.
Other policy Flight Express has put into effect is to fuel up at a FBO (Fixed Based Operations) that has low price AV (aviation Fuel). They cannot always do this because when the tank is low, the pilot must fuel up. However, for ...