Introduction 3 2. External macro-environment 3 2.1 Social and cultural forces 3 2.1.1 Changing gender roles 3 2.1.2 Attitude towards health‚ nutrition and well-being 3 2.1.3 Cultural beliefs in a country 4 2.2 Technology 4 2.2.1 Advantages of technology 4 2.2.2 Disadvantages of technology 5 2.3 Demography 5 3. Conclusion 6 4. References Lists 7 1. Introduction This report is discussing about how three major forces of macro environment affecting an organisation’s
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Assignment 2: External and Internal Environments Business 499 Zavier Pyles Professor May January 30th‚ 2013 Vroom Vroom! This is the welcomed sound that automobile owners and manufacturers like to hear. It is the sound of completion‚ success‚ and satisfaction. But what happens when this sound is drowned out by weakened profits‚ customer dissatisfaction‚ and industry weakness? In comes the government bailout of the automobile industry. In recent years‚ 2008-2010‚ Ford‚ GM‚ and Chrysler
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The external Environment of business refers to the external forces which consist of legal-political‚ economic and culture‚ that play a part in influencing the direction that the firms take. The legal element of the environment is the framework of rules laid down by the government which business must operate. The labor laws protect the rights of the NBA players by providing for contracts of employment ‚ compulsory insurance ‚ recognition of National Basketball Association and industrial
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TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT – APPLE LOST PC MARKET BECAUSE OF IGNORING INDUSTRIAL CHANGES- The pc industry has evolved in the past decades. There are 3 phases. Before 1981- PROPRIETARY SYSTEMS. Every pc producer had to develop self-own hardware and software. It was proprietary. Most buyers were technical people. There were two main streams in the market: apple style machine and IBM style machine. During this period‚ apple was the leader. Its strong developing ability made it
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and work for two years in Foster. In the report‚ firstly‚ we defined the playing arena of Foster. Secondly‚ identify Foster’s missions‚ sales and revenues in the past. Thirdly‚ evaluate the external sales environment‚ including customer and competition analysis. Fourthly‚ forecasting the future external scenario. Fifth‚ analysing the existing sales operations‚ and evaluating it through gaps‚ key successful factors‚ and SWOT analysis. Finally‚ we gave Foster the recommendation on sales operation
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External Environment: Opportunities and Threats for JetBlue Airway Societal environment After September 2001‚ air travel decreased sharply and major airline companies had lost the money. This makes those airline companies to increase the debt by tapping their credit lines and/or issuing bonds. These actions were vital to help the carriers survive the dramatic decline in passenger levels and fares‚ and the sharp increase in losses‚ but left most of the major airlines burdened with huge debt
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Behavioral Sciences | Apple Inc. | Group 1 Project | TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 External Environment 3 Customers 3 Suppliers 4 Competitors 7 Regulatory Environment 8 New Entrants 8 Substitutes 10 Conclusion 10 INTRODUCTION Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company’s best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers‚ the iPod‚
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practice‚ Apple inc. case‚ module: mod001127‚ SID: 1230580 Management Theory into Management Practice Assignment Module: MOD001127 Year 2013 SID Number: 1230580 Module Leader: Roger Jeynes Apple Inc. Case Word Count: 2‚985 Table of content: 1. Introduction..............................................................................................................................4 2. External Environment………………………………………………………………………….…..4 2.1. Basic Characteristics of the Environment - market
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The two most important factors that made it difficult for Apple to compete in the PC industry were the lack of software availability for the Macintosh operating system and the lack of differentiation of Apple’s products. These two factors are key reasons why Apple’s share of the global PC market still languishes in the 3% range. Macintosh lagged in available applications early and is still paying the price for this today. In the 1990s‚ while the number of applications on PCs exploded‚ the Macintosh
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also have three Pharmacy Care Call Centers one in Alabama‚ Florida‚ and in Tuscan. Choose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Assess how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates. I believe that the two segments of the general environment that would rank highest in influence for Walgreens are the two segments‚ demographic and technological. If I were to be honest‚ I
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