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it is important to keep up with the relevant shifts in the environment because it allows the organization to grow in the direction in which the industry as whole is moving toward. For an individual on a personal level, it allows for ease in understanding new technology. Even if I am not an active participant in having the newest piece of equipment out there, I am still affected by changes in technology. The mechanisms that I have used to keep me up to date include reading articles or reviews of new technology.

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Keeping up with relevant shifts in the environment is necessary to maintaining a strategic position in the market place. New technologies come before us all the time. Depending upon how this technology may impact your business it is important to stay abreast so that you can be on top of market changes. Some technologies may come into place to make a system better, another technology may come into place and eliminate the need for a service. Being on top of emerging products can determine the success or failure of an organization.

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Its important to keep up with environmental shifts because your customers are always looking for best new product. If you or your company lose sight of the customer or resist change in the end your company will loose market share to another company willing to stay current with the consumers wants. If you look at the way we pay for things a few years ago people didn't carry as much cash but had a wallet full of plastic cards. But today people dont even carry cards everything in on their phone. (I'm still skeptical about touch pay)  When i go to Starbucks I just whip out my phone and pay for it with my app.

On thing I do to stay current is have a daily new report created of different subjects I am interested in and emailed to me by google. I find this to be the best way instead if being bogged down by tv commercials on the news or reading through a whole front page of a web site.

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Change is everything. Regardless of my actions, the change will happen and therefore it is important to be able to flex with market shifts and demands in order to remain competitive. Additionally, flexibility grows effectiveness AND efficiency, not just one or the other. My organization, being a public insitiution and military in nature, is very slow to shift to change; but my individual team is highly prepared. We have weekly trainings discussing new developments in the Navy and global enviroments, increases in technology regarding healthcare and dentistry, and improvements of IT that we are experimenting with. Additionally, my team knows that they can bring any new information to me and each other, as long as it builds the cooperativeness between us all and doesnt break down any relationships. Personally, I try and find experts via my LinkedIn and follow them to keep up with new developments while I also read a lot of news.

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Staying updated with relevant shifts helps a company adapt their business to trends in order to maintain their operation successfully. A firm’s business is based on environmental factors such as wants/needs of its consumers. In order for a firm to maintain its position in its market, they need to make sure they are keeping up with their competitors. IS is consistently updating with various changes in order to fix bugs or errors. Systems are constantly being updated due the environment.  If a company doesn’t conform or updated their systems, they will never be able to get ahead nor survive in their industry.

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Keeping up with relevant shifts in the environment is important for organizations so that they can continue to be relevant in addressing their consumer needs, keep/gain competitive advantage against their competition, and compliant with changing laws within both the domestic and international markets (depending on their organizational market focus). I challenge by self by both gaining knowledge through reading to understand different points of views and emerging information, as well as being surrounded by people who are much smarter than me. For organizations it's the same, stay informed and set more challenging strategic goals so that they can succeed.

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It is important to keep up with relevant shifts in the environment because it will make adaptation easier, there will be continuous improvements, better for the organizations growth and most likely better for the consumers.
I find that podcasts and youtube videos that are of my interest keep me relevant to shifts in my environment. I don't watch TV or listen to the radio anymore. I try to keep my environment to what I feel is important to me.

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Keeping up with relevant shifts in the environment is very important. Consumers get tired of seeing the same thing all the time and want advancement in their products. Also, with advancements in technology it is easier for new competition to enter most industries. I am always looking for a new way of getting things done and changing the process. This helps me stay ahead of the game and be more efficient.

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It is important to stay relevant as it relates to the environment and its shifts. For example, as a business, leadership wants to try to stay ahead of the game and be one step above the competitors. At my place of work I am on a team that assists in training the staff and physicians on new technologies and workflows. Some of the technologies include allowing members to check in for appts 24 hours in advance then scanning a QR code upon arrival. Others include the clinicians using tablets so they can be mobile and work from anywhere, gives flexibility and lends to more collaboration.

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It is important to keep up with relevant shifts in the environment because the technology and the world around us is constantly changing. For example, people have access to information systems that allow them to order groceries online through insta-cart and amazon, which then they are delivered to their place of residence. Due the shift in the environment through the changes in customer preferences on how to get groceries, other companies such as Wal-mart integrated a similar system where customers order groceries online and their groceries are brought to their car once they go pick them up. This is just one industry where keeping up with environmental shifts allows companies to stay competitive. Personally, the mechanisms that I set up to keep up with these shifts is staying aware of the changes through news feeds, newspaper/magazines, and watching television.

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A company business structure derives directly from outside environmental factors such as customer needs/wants, market trends, competition, political ramifications such as laws and regulations, technological innovations, and lastly, social and economic situations.  Information Systems should be created and updated to regularly follow any relevant shifts in the outside and internal environments to work the economic, political, social and economic flows.  Otherwise, not conforming IS business practices to work with the flow of internal/external environmental shifts hinders an organization’s ability to make changes comfortable and in a timely manner.

The key factor in keeping up with environmental changes involves awareness.  Those organizations that build their business around the concept of generating good decision-making to stay afloat and ahead in their industry, hire the right people, use analytics to study business trends, consider the importance of using IS along with IT and take the time to clearly think before acting and lastly, to learn from their prior mistakes and other companies successes and failures.

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It is important to keep up with environmental shifts because it will definitely have a positive or negative influence on the business i.e. cost of resources. In my current company we are always creating new ways to make our clients happier. Take our launchpads for example. This technology allows us to rent vehicles without stepping in the office. We can even rent them at the customers house

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it is important to keep up with relevant shifts in environment to be successful and relevant. There are countless examples of businesses that were in tune with environmental shifts that led to their downfall. constantly evaluating and evolving with new technologies will help in keeping up with the shifts in environment.

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A big component for a business to be successful is to be relevant. The ability for a business to be agile is directly related to their ability to remain in business. I've created various Google alerts, industry-dependent, when there are news. Reading journals like HBR, Time, Business sections in newspapers are also things I do from time to time.

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It is important because our environments are constantly evolving and we need to be able to adapt and make the proper changes to stay current and competitive. Some mechanisms that can help to keep up are to provide training and education on various topics.

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Information Systems and Technology are constantly changing as new ideas are developed and implemented. If companies do not keep up with all of this they will inevitably be outpaced and beaten by their competitors. I am always on the lookout for new technology that will give my place of work the competitive edge. I try to be an innovator and not a follower in order to keep business booming.