Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Business economics - General, University of Phoenix, language: English, abstract: Todays business world is anything ever before experienced in history. Organizations now operate in an environmental with one primarily stable characteristic change. Businesses today must now nimbly maneuver through an ever-changing obstacle course of challenges. It has become a world where those who can adapt well thrive, and those who cant fall by the wayside. To add to this tumultuous atmosphere, recent world events have affected businesses and their relationships with government and society.