Sport Organizations and their environment

When studying organizations, environment is important to understand when trying to distinguish how an organization operates influence the structure and other processes. When trying to be successful an organization must take into consideration many environmental factors such as: the economy, politics, legal issues, and technology etc. These are just a few of many factors that every organization has to face every day. A way to grade an organization's effectiveness can be how they deal with these factors. They must be aware of changes within their environment and must take the necessary steps in order to adapt. They must also be able to take the necessary steps not only to be effective, but to also to stay competitive in their respective industry. Planning and organization are two key components when dealing with these unexpected environmental factors. In the book it talks about how Horst Dassler was better than anyone in sports at adapting to environmental factors. Dassler was known for creating links with many key figures in amateur sports which allowed him to stay informed of the changes that could possibly influence Adidas. Social networking gave Dassler an advantage in capitalizing on opportunities in the environment, which resulted in Adidas becoming the number one sporting good company in the world at one time. According to researchers organizations must deal with two different kinds of environments, a general and a task environment. The general environment includes sectors that can influence the industry in general ways that can impact the organization. There are a number of sectors that general environment can be divided into, some of which I listed above. The task environment in a sport organization is conducted of aspects of its general environment that can influence its abilities to achieve goals. Often included in a task environment for a sport organization are groups like customers-members-fans, staff, suppliers, competitors, and regulatory agencies. A task environment for an organization will change based on the domain that organization chooses to operate under. A domain is relating to the territory that a sport organization stakes out for itself, according to the services and products they offer and the market which they operate under. This allows for differentiation in domains between sport organizations, which means a different task environment. Overall I think it is very important for organizations to manage their environment. There are so many aspects that are associated with environment that can affect a sport organization both positively and negatively if those aspects aren't handled well. An organization can be considered effective if they take the appropriate steps to adapt to changes within their environment.