Organizational Environments
1. Why are inter-organizational relationships important to our understanding of the impact of organizational environment? A specific organization has to have a form of relationship with the surrounding environment for survival and better performance. The surrounding environment is divided into external and internal, and is defined as forces and institutions both inside and outside the organization that enable the organization achieve its pre-determined goals (Worthington & Brington, 2009). The external environment is divided into general and specific. General environment signifies broad external conditions such as global, economic, technological, political, and socio-cultural conditions, while specific refer to customers, suppliers, competitors, and ...
