dependence sectors intelligence team task environment threet interlock interlocking directorate uncertainty I How would the task environment of a new Internet- 6. Do you think planning becomes more important or based company compare to that of a large government less important in a world where everything is changing agency? Discuss. fast and crises are a regular part of organizational life? 2. Which typically has the greatest impact on Why ? organizational uncertainty-environmental complexity 7. Compare an organic organization to a mechanistic or environmental dynamism? Why? organization. How does the environment influence 3. Name some factors causing environmental complex- organic and mechanistic designs? ity for a local organization of your choice, such as a 8. Why do organizations become involved in interorgani- restaurant or sporting goods store. How might this zational relationships? Do these relationships affect an environmental complexity lead to organizational com- organization's dependency? Explain. plexity? Explain, 9. Assume you have been asked to calculate the ratio 4. Discuss the importance of the international sector for of staff employees to production employees in two an organization today compared to domestic sectors. organizations-one in a simple, stable environment What are some ways in which the international sector and one in a complex, shifting environment, How affects organizations in your city or community? would you expect these ratios to differ? Why? 5. Describe differentiation and integration. In what type 10. Is changing the organization's domain a feasible strat- of environmental uncertainty do you think differentia- egy for coping with a changing environment? Explain, tion and integration would be greatest? Least? using either Amazon or Walmart as an example