10 Forces that Impact Businesses By James D. Underwood from Competitive Intelligence For Dummies Competitive intelligence (CI) enables an organization to continually evolve in response to ever-changing conditions. These conditions‚ or forces‚ can be classified into ten distinct categories. The first two forces described in this article — market and technological forces — drive the velocity of change. In other words‚ changes in these areas require your organization to adapt very quickly to take advantage
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Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction: - For an organization to survive and grow‚ they must have strong build strategy. Strategy is defined as a tool to assist organizations to achieve its long-term goals Hubbard‚ Rice & Beamish (2010). These goals are the prime reason for an organization to exist and strategies are developed to achieve these goals. Fig. 1.1- ESC model for strategy development Hubbard‚ Pocknee and Taylor’s (1996)
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Internal communication is the epoxy that holds an organization alongside one another. Devoid of it‚ you’re just a collection of disconnected individuals each working individually at her own job. With it‚ you’re a unit with power far beyond the sum of your parts. So Internal Communication‚ in an enterprise perspective‚ is the dialogic course of action between employees and employer‚ and employees and employees. The research shows that a excellent internal communication can generate many positive
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The External Environment affects the internal operations of all businesses. What’s happening in the world of politics‚ economics‚ socially and technologically impacts how a business has to act in order to survive. External elements that affect the inner working of a business are known as PEST factors. ‘PEST’ is an acronym for Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological. Politics may affect the ability of a business to achieve its aims and objectives and changes in laws may mean a company has
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Planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling—the four management functions—are seen in a variety of business environments. Different factors can have an impact on these four management functions. The factors are: globalization; technology; innovation; diversity; and ethics. These factors as they apply to Wal-Mart‚ one of the leading retail stores in the world‚ will be examined in this paper. During the past decade‚ retail markets have undergone many changes in their processes‚ services‚ and formats
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How to Calculate External Financing By an eHow Contributor Calculating the amount of financing required is one of the greatest challenges that corporate managers face. Capital markets are extremely complex‚ and it can be difficult to determine how much‚ if any‚ external financing to raise. The amount of external financing your company needs will depend upon the operating budget for your business as well as the company’s current capital resources. Determining how much external financing to raise
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UNDERSTANDING INTERNAL CONTROLS A Reference Guide for Managing University Business Practices Understanding Internal Controls Table of Contents INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................1 OBJECTIVES ......................................................................................................................................................................1
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2 The external environment: Opportunities‚ threats‚ industry competition and competitor analysis Knowledge objectives 1 Explain the importance of analysing and understanding the firm’s external environment 2 Define and describe the general environment and the industry environment 3 Discuss the four activities of the external environmental analysis process 4 Name and describe the general environment’s six segments Knowledge objectives 5 Identify the five competitive forces and
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EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS There are 7 external environmental factors. They are political‚ economic‚ sociocultural‚ technology‚ customers‚ competitors and suppliers. Each of these factors have a great impact to an organization. They offer both opportunities and treats to organization. POLITICAL factors refer to the relationship between a business and a government. Every organization must spend a great time and money to meet with governmental regulation. ECONOMIC factors refer to the conditions
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External environment External Factors (environment) - It is the external forces that are beyond the control of the individual business A number of external factors can affect business (STEEPLE analysis) - economy - These are factors outside the business - political/government policy that may affect its - social decisions. - External factors that - technological may present opportunities - ecological or threats to - legal a business - ethics Economy – business need to observe the economic
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