Review THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT) A host of external factors influence a firm’s choice of direction and action‚ ultimately its organizational structure and internal factors. These factors‚ which constitute the external environment‚ can be divided into three interrelated subcategories there are as follows: A. REMOTE ENVIROMENT The remote environment comprises factors that originate beyond and usually irrespective of any single firm’s operating situation: economic‚ social
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Standard Chartered is the world’s leading emerging markets bank headquartered in London. Standard Chartered employs 30‚000 people in over 500 locations in more than 50 countries in the Asia Pacific Region‚ South Asia‚ the Middle East‚ Africa‚ the United Kingdom and the Americas. It is one of the world’s most international banks‚ with a management team comprising 70 nationalities. Standard Chartered has been committed to Hong Kong and China for nearly 150 years. Standard Chartered Bank opened its
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Though an older article‚ “Apple Grows‚ But So Does Channel Conflict” ‚ demonstrates an excellent example of marketing and channel conflicts. As a result of the wide success of Apple’s comeback through the sales of iPods and iPhones‚ Apple aggressively increased the growth of their retail stores at a rate of about 33 percent a year (push strategy). At the same time‚ Apple previously had utilized a distribution (distribution channel) to many other companies (non-Apple stores). Prior to Apple’s
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The External Environment The external organizational environment includes all elements existing outside the boundary of the organization that have the potential to affect the organization. This environment includes competitors‚ resources‚ technology‚ and economic conditions that influence the organization. The organization external environments are having 2 layers: • General environment: The outer layer that is widely dispersed and affects organization indirectly. It includes
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between internal and external environment of business and in each case explain five components of the environment. The term business‚ in economic sense means human activities which are performed with the objectives of earning profits. Human activity for earning profit may be in the form of production‚ extraction or purchase of goods for sale. It is expected of business to provide goods and services to the society in an effective manner. Thus‚ in today’s competitive environment‚ survival of business
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strategy is differentiation across the industry. Apple prides itself on innovation more than any other company‚ and is known for their unique top of the line products. Using differentiation as their main source of competitive advantage‚ they have succeeded to the top of their industry‚ while retaining higher than industry average profit margins. This innovative attitude is the source of long-term success throughout the history of Apple. For example‚ Apple pioneered the PDA market with the Newton in
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allocation and other activities for dealing with the environment and helping the organization attain its goals. As can be seen‚ environment is what strategy has to deal with‚ thus‚ it is worth considering carefully. In this assignment‚ external environment factors and its relationship with organization’s strategy will be discussed in details that including two layers – the general environment and the task environment. (Managing the External Environment: Strategic Perspective ISBN 10: 0803986297 ISBN
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FedEx’s External and Internal Environments FedEx’s external environment both positively and negatively affects the organizations operations. Their external environment consists of government‚ weather‚ and the economy. FedEx does not have a very large external environment because their operations are not affect by many outside sources. The government affects FedEx’s operations by providing security regulations. A regulation that affects them is increased security regulations that were just recently
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The external environment in which businesses operate can have a significant effect on their success. To what extent do you think that the external environment in the UK is favourable for businesses at the moment? Justify your answer with reference to external factors and/or businesses that you know. (40 marks) You must include a plan. 3 ½ pages handwritten. Not petrol? Can argue against in evaluation – favourable for some industries but not others Make a point‚ explain and evaluate (3-4 main
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* Impact of external environment on Business* For success in the present world‚ one need to consider not only the internal environment of the company consisting of its resources and employees‚ but also needs to consider the external factors. These aspects cannot be stopped but one can adjust accordingly as per the changes in the economical‚ social or political pressures. These are the external factors which consist of: • Opponents or competitors • The changing economic structure • Impact of the
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