Title: External Factors of Organizational Culture | Organizational Behavior / Human Relations
Headings: External Factors of Organizational Culture
External Factors of Organizational Culture
What you’ll learn to do: Describe the external factors associated with organizational culture
Learning Outcomes
Political Factors
Economic Factors
Industry Factors
Social Factors
Technology Factors
Practice Question
Managing External Factors
Practice Question

Content: Ensuring compliance with industry standards requires adjusting company objectives to realign the business. Social Factors
Public opinion and societal expectations are large external factors that force companies to reevaluate how they operate. If the public has a negative perception of your organization, it could have a detrimental impact on your company’s bottom line. Society has high expectations for organizations to be socially responsible. Social responsibility incorporates a wide variety of topics including community outreach, diversity promotion, sustainability, and high ethical standards. Each of these topics need to be incorporated into a company’s culture in order to be successful. With the scrutiny of the public and instant access to information through technology, companies are well monitored by society. Technology Factors
Technology is a huge part of today’s workforce. It is constantly updating and changing, making it challenging at times for companies and their employees to keep up. Technology is an important external factor of organizational behavior.