Question 1 The external environment of a firm plays a very important role in the operations of the organization. Why is it important for organization in the Pacific to learn and know about what is happening in their external environment? Use examples to explain a least 5 elements in the external environment. The business dictionary defines external environment as conditions‚ entities‚ events‚ and factors surrounding an organization that influence its activities and choices‚ and determine
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Golden Macbeth * Do you sympathize with Macbeth? Why or why not? Considering whether or not to feel sympathy for Macbeth can be based upon whether or not you think Macbeth has any control of his own destiny. If you think of Macbeth as a pawn in his own game‚ then you can feel sympathy. He is controlled by the witches‚ who promise him the crown‚ at exactly the right time when he has just been "promoted" to Thane of Cawdor. The witches give him something else to strive for. Macbeth is also
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External Analysis 1. PESTLE Factors Political and Legal· Government has high work efficiency‚ justice and transparency.· Company or individual have low tax rate easy to calculate.· Government supports the development of industry and commerce. | Economic·Hong Kong is the world’s 11th trading powers and 2nd stock market in Asia.·One of the most free trade port and open investment policy. It is the only one RMB offshore market.·Over-estimation of the number of visitors.·Loss $46 million in the
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business decision making?”‚ one of the component elements included in the right answer definitely is analysing the external environment of the organization. As Dess commented (2008‚ p.37)‚ “Strategies are not and should not be developed in a vacuum. They must be responsive to the external business environment”. Especially in hospitality – a service-based industry‚ the term “external environment” is extremely important cause the products are intangible‚ which are dedicated according to the markets’
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strategy making process via ESC model. Fig 1.1 shows the ESC (Environment‚ Strategy & Capabilities) model to describe the strategy making process for an organization. Strategies are made keeping a number of factors in consideration. Environment stands for Macro and industry based environment and factors that effect the operation of an organization. Environment is discussed more in detail in later part of this report. Business strategies are made considering the interest of stakeholders‚ company’s mission
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to push harder to seek power and control and pursue a determination without keeping their behaviors in check. In Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth‚ the Scottish General Macbeth‚ also known as the Thane of Cawdor‚ is a valiant and courageous soldier who desires to become the King of Scotland. Despite the motivations and efforts of others to influence his behavior‚ Macbeth schemes to improve his position of power. He begins winding a web of decisions that drive him to commit the most atrocious deeds. As
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In the Scarlet Letter‚ a novel full of sin and sorrow‚ one character stands out as being the most sinister. He is the one who has committed the worst sin in the eyes of both the characters and even Nathaniel Hawthorne himself. This character of course is the “fiend‚” Roger Chillingworth. According to the novel‚ Chillingworth committed the worse sin of all. Dimmesdale said‚ “That old man’s revenge has been blacker than my sin. He has violated‚ in cold blood‚ the sanctity of a human heart. Thou and
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witches who tempted Macbeth with the prophecies. Or maybe his overbearing wife who always questioned his manhood. It might be Macduff who put his head on a stick. Or simply‚ it could be his own grave that he dug. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ there are many people who could be blamed for the ultimate downfall of Macbeth. Pressley says‚ “The most striking feature of Shakespeare is his command of language.” In the end‚ the only person that can be blamed for Macbeth’s death is Macbeth. In Shakespeare’s
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Macbeth based on Out‚ Damn Slander Out Comparing Traves’s article with Macbeth‚ I realized that the characters in Shakespeare’s play are based on history and he specifically changed Macbeth’s personality in many ways. According to Out‚Damn Slander Out‚ Macbeth actually was not a tyrant and he did not die at the battle with Malcolm. Instead‚ he was a sensible leader of Scotland. Even the historian Ted Cowan describes him “He was the last great Celtic ruler in Scotland.” On the contrary‚
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Okonkwo’s Downfall The cultural collisions in Things Fall Apart are very protruding. The cultural collisions challenged Okonkwo’s incompetence to assimilate into the new culture which eventually led to his downfall. Okonkwo started off as a fearless respected leader until he was exiled because he killed a clansman. Okonkwo has come back and doesn’t like what he sees. The cultural collision affected Okonkwo to the point where he thought he needed to take action. Okonkwo’s sense of identity was
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