Understanding Organisations: Understanding the internal and external organisational environments This section covers: Organisational theory Organisation structure Centralisation and decentralization Levels of the organization Mintzberg’s nine design parameters Formal organisational relationships Definition of an organisation: Systems of activities and behaviours to enable humans and their machines to accomplish goals and objectives a joint function of human characteristics and the nature
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complementary capabilities‚ resources and businesses. Furthermore‚ the major competitors of UPC are Ziggo‚ KPN‚ Telfort‚ TELE2‚ Online‚ and Vodafone. UPC Ziggo What are the different strategic groups? Dimensions to Consider for Structural Analysis (Strategic Groups) within Industries 1. Specialization - Width of product line 2. Brand identification - Advertising 3. Product Quality 4. Cost position According to these dimensions we can group the companies in the telecommunication industry
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Environmental Analysis The information technology (IT) industry has always been highly driven by innovations in technology. It is dynamic and highly competitive‚ with frequent changes in both technologies and business models. Each industry shift is an opportunity to conceive new products‚ new technologies‚ or new ideas that can further transform the industry and businesses. The following PESTEL analysis will try to gain an understanding of Microsoft’s business potential‚ future market situation
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Internal Environment Analysis Company Profile * History Founded by Frederick W. Smith‚ FedEx Express was established in 1973 and it has grown rapidly. Smith had the idea of creating a company that would deliver mail all over the United States over night. His idea was to fly mail from one location to another at night because the traffic is better and packages could be sorted‚ distributed and out of its original location faster. Delivering to over 220 countries and territories‚ FedEx today
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Cosmetic surgery in 50 years times Cosmetic surgery has made a tremendous progress in the last decades due to its high demand‚ achieving a lot of important breakthroughs such as laser and minimally invasive surgery. Undoubtedly‚ it has become increasingly popular. From my point of view‚ there will be significant technological changes in 50 years times. The procedures will be less aggressive with better outcomes. I think it will be more affordable and accepted by the great majority of the society
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Internal and External Factors Affecting the Four Functions of Management Dina Pastor‚ Anelys Thompson‚ Christine Brown MGT230 April 7‚ 2014 Dick Amabile Internal and External Factors Affecting the Four Functions of Management In relation to the four functions of management‚ there are several internal and external factors that affect an organization’s success. Using DaVita‚ Inc. as an example‚ we can look at each internal factor that would affect the function of management and the external
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Macro Environmental Factors 1. Demographics In the beer industry‚ 40% of the US population consumes beer regularly (at least once a week). Amongst that‚ 30% of drinkers are frequent beer shoppers. However‚ the beer drinker profile is skewed towards younger males between the ages of 21-30 years old with only a moderate education and modest household incomes. It has also been determined‚ that consumers drink less beer as they age because of health and wellness concerns. For Heineken‚ in the
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Internal Analysis Tangible resources Apple’s tangible resources are extensive and widely documented despite the company’s high level of security in matters of design. The value of analysing the tangible assets of the organisation lies in the determination of the potential for the creation of competitive advantage (Grant 2007). In terms of financial resources‚ the case quotes Apple’s market capitalisation is approximately US $550 billion‚ with sales annually over $100 billion. This makes Apple the
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Strategic Management Analysis of Child and Family Services of Timmins and District Word Count: 2‚494 November 8‚ 2009 Tracy Hillier Table of Contents Introduction............................................................................................3 External Situation...................................................................................3 Internal Situation....................................................................................5 Five Forces Analysis............
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1.“Value chain analysis (VCA) is a process where a firm identifies its primary and support activities that add value to its final product and then analyze these activities to reduce costs or increase differentiation.” 2.“Value chain represents the internal activities a firm engages in when transforming inputs into outputs.” The Internal Analysis of strengths and weaknesses focuses on internal factors that give an organization certain advantages and disadvantages in meeting the needs of its target
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