Business Theories for Organizational Behavior

Question 1

Porter’s Five Forces

Answer 1

1. Threat of new entrants,
2. Bargaining power of vendors/suppliers,
3. bargaining power of firm’s customers
4. threat of substitutes
5. Intensity of rivalry among competing firms

Question 2

Henry Mintzberg

Answer 2

How to manage on a global scale - leaders and managers are not polar opposites.

Question 3

Edgar Schein

Answer 3

3 LEVELS
1. Artificats
2.Values
3. Assumed Values

Question 4

Geert Hofstede

Answer 4

5 cultural dimensions
1 Power Distance
2 Uncertainty Avoidance
3 Individualism v collectivism
4. long term vs short term
5. indulgence vs restraint

Question 5

Edward T Hall

Answer 5

Low and High Context Cultures.