ANALYZING THE ORGANIZATION:

DESIGN MODULE #1-4 (ITT)

Value Creation
Goods and services produced/provided? Value created? Organizational
mission (as described by annual report)?
Hoovers
Mergent Online
ABI/INFORM
Organizational Ethics
Ethical stance
Interorganizational Strategies for Managing Resource Dependencies
Chart of the main interoganizational linkage mechanisms used to
manage resource interdependencies
Resource Dependence and Transaction Costs
Analysis of why ITT chose to manage its interdependencies in this way. Has
ITT selected the most appropriate linkage mechanisms? Why or why not?
Core competences
Source
Extent of uniqueness or differentiation
Difficulty of imitation