The Macro Environment Analysis is traditionally the first step of a strategic analysis; it is sometimes referred to as an external analysis‚ a pest analysis or a pestle analysis. The purpose of the Macro Environment Analysis is to identify possible opportunities and threats to your industry as a whole that are outside the control of your industry. There are many factors in the macro-environment that will affect the decisions of the organisation. Tax changes‚ new laws‚ trade barriers‚ demographic
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CHAPTER TWO EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS At the end of this chapter‚ the student should be able to: 1. Understand the processes for an environmentally conscious organization. 2. Know the importance of SWOT analysis in analyzing both external and internal environment. 3. Understand the different segments of the external environment known as the general environment. 4. To find out how the strength of the company’s competitive forces are congruent with the industry’s through the five-forces
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Limited Brands – Victoria’s Secret Economic Environment of the Firm Prof. Coleman Introduction The apparel industry faces various supply chain challenges‚ many due to the fact that the major part of apparel manufacturing activity for the United States market has moved outside the country to low-labor-cost countries in the Far-East. Thus‚ due to long physical distances‚ apparel companies in the US are continuously challenged to quickly respond to changing trends‚ to reduce long lead-times
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The PESTLE Factors We start with the Political forces. First of all‚ political factors refer to the stability of the political environment and the attitudes of political parties or movements. This may manifest in government influence on tax policies‚ or government involvement in trading agreements. Political factors are inevitably entwined with Legal factors such as national employment laws‚ international trade regulations and restrictions‚ monopolies and mergers’ rules‚ and consumer protection
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Economic Growth- GDP Economic Growth… …An increase in an economy’s ability to produce goods and services Gross Domestic Product- represents the value of a country’s national income in one year. An increase in real GDP means that the standard of living within a country is increasing. It is therefore used as a way of measuring a country’s economic growth. The Business Cycle- there are discernable patterns in these levels over time‚ there will be periods of time when economic activity is rising
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Morality and Ethics (Exxon Case) As two members of our group are children of sea captains‚ the case of Exxon Valdez oil spill was extremely interesting for our team. It demonstrates that irresponsible behavior of people can lead to the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters of the past century. Multiple factors have been identified as contributing to the incident. In our group’s opinion‚ the most important are: the captain was drunk being on duty‚ the third mate failed to properly
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|Hsbc Bank (China) | |The Analysis of the General Environment of the HSBC in China (Mainland) | |Media Management | |
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location-specific green building practices that might be ideal in one climate or setting but not in another. Macro-Environment Analysis An enterprise successful outcome does not only rely on the effective managing methods of the organization. There are a lot of factors involved on how businesses behave on market. It is a matter considering all the possible aspects around the enterprise. The macro environment is composed of the external and uncontrollable factors that affect the performance‚ strategies and decision
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External Environment Analysis JetBlue Airways Corporation (JetBlue) is a company that has focused on low-cost airline transportation service. It is also one of the top major airlines dominating the Domestic Airlines industry. To develop a better strategic business plan the company’s external business market and the effect it has on the business continuity plan must be analysis as well as the general‚ industry‚ and competitor environments. Another issue affecting companies is the role business
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External Environment Analysis MGT/488 October 21‚ 2010 Patti Berlin External Environment Analysis Sam Walton began Wal-Mart in 1962 and opened the first store in Rogers‚ Arkansas (History‚ 2010‚ p. 1). Walton was not new to the retail industry and had traveled the United States to learn as much as possible about the industry. Walton knew that customer needs were important to success and he wanted to know as much as possible about the industry to meet those demands. Sam Walton experienced strong
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