The Inner and Outer Operating Environment: Gilgamesh's World

What is the main distinction made between a sociology of ants and a sociology of human groups?

What role does Uta-napishti play in the Gilgamesh Epic?

What does the text suggest about the harvesting of forests?

Which method of understanding is contrasted with rational-causal explanation in the context of historic interpretation?

What theme is minimally suggested regarding forests in the Gilgamesh Epic?

Which element is NOT part of the internal operating environment of an organization?

What is included in the macro external operating environment?

Which of the following is a component of the micro external operating environment?

What aspect of the internal operating environment is directly responsible for decision-making?

Which element is NOT considered a non-economic factor in the macro external environment?

In the context of Gilgamesh’s worldview, which aspect would likely influence his relationship to the environment?

Which of the following represents elements that are outside an organization's control?

How would Gilgamesh likely frame his view on environmental challenges?

The study covers Gilgamesh's world and environmental agency.
Internal operating environments are factors within an organization's control.
Internal factors include: Labour, Materials, Machinery, Financial Capital, and Management
External environments are factors outside of an organization's control.
External factors are divided into Micro and Macro.

Micro environment factors are those directly impacting an organization.
Micro factors include: Suppliers, Clients, Market Intermediaries, Competitors, and the Public.

Macro environment factors are broad, sweeping factors affecting an organization.
Macro factors include Economic, Non-economic, Political, Cultural, Technological, Natural, Demographic, and International factors

Key elements of the external environment, including economic factors (trade policy, Clean Air Mechanism), demographic factors, migration, political factors, and technological factors.
Key environmental problems are climate change, energy supply, ozone depletion, and biodiversity loss.

The Lapis Lazuli Tablet contains primarily socio-political knowledge about kingship.
The epic touches on the balance in nature, with the destruction of Enkidu playing a pivotal role.
Enkidu's death, in the story, mirrors the destruction that results from harming nature.
Nature's equilibrium can only be restored by divine intervention.
Cutting down a forest means its loss for generations.