External Analysis An external analysis is one of the most important tasks to complete when completing a strategic analysis for a given corporation. By looking at our Internal Analysis of General Electric (GE) we identified Strengths and Weaknesses and we were able to recognize the Distinctive and Core Competencies that exist within the General Electric organization. Our external analysis consists of two major analyses: The Competitive Analysis and the Industry Analysis. By taking a closer look
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Chapter 4 External Analysis on Petron Corporation Submitted by: Amurao‚ Andrea Diaz‚ Marco Mendez‚ Hannah Mosquisa‚ Jono Santos‚ Claire 4-BLM submitted to: Prof. Zernan De Ramos A. General Environment General Environment is also called External Forces‚ which can be divided to five broad categories: (1) Economic Forces; (2) Social‚ Cultural‚ Demographic‚ and Natural Forces; (3) Political‚ Governmental and Legal Forces; (4) Technological Forces; and (5) Competitive Forces. Changes in external forces
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1890-1938: The early years IBM was incorporated in the state of New York on June 15‚ 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company. But its origins can be traced back to 1890‚ during the height of the Industrial Revolution‚ when the United States was experiencing waves of immigration. The U.S. Census Bureau knew its traditional methods of counting would not be adequate for measuring the population‚ so it sponsored a contest to find a more efficient means of tabulating census data. The
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The culture values of Thomas Watson which made IBM corp. adopt were “THINK” and “Professionalism” in order to inspire and motivate staff‚ work hard and adhere to high ethical standards which were defining attributes for American professionalism. “Job security” was also a main value of IBM Corp. offering lifetime employment guarantees for its employees in order to show loyalty and motivate them in offering good services. These values not only made IBM one of the most stable and profitable company
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OBS 320: Chapter 4‚ Exploring the External Environment: Macro and Industry Dynamics Leave out: The Value Curve (P. 152-156); and When industry Divide and Collide (P.163-164) 1. Explain the importance of the external context for strategy and firm performance (P. 130-132) A. The External Context of Strategy (Figure 4.1) B. The External Context of Strategy (Explained) It is crucial that the external environment is thoroughly understood in order to formulate an effective
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established companies‚ like IBM‚ find it so difficult to build successful and sustainable new businesses? Evaluate IBM’s approach to leading mature‚ high growth‚ and emerging business opportunities. What are the organization design and leadership models required to manage each type of business? How should a company like IBM (or AT & T‚ for example) manage the innovation process? What challenges did Sam Palmisano face as he assumed control of IBM in March 2002? Can a company like IBM (or AT & T) be organized
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The Influence of the external political environment of Uganda on Development projects By Susan Ajambo( Student: Masters in Development Management; University of Agder Norway) Abstract Political factors outside the mangers direct control significantly influence development projects. This paper examines Uganda’s political context and the influence it can have on a project on rural electrification. Such a project can benefit from state support at governmental level in addition to support in identifying
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PACE UNIVERSITY- ACC-615 DR. FINN Financial Statement Analysis IBM and Microsoft Bill Jacoby 4/20/2010 Financial Statement analysis for two comparable companies; IBM and Microsoft ACC-615 Dr. Finn; William Jacoby Microsoft Corporation is the world’s largest software company. Microsoft has five operating segments; client‚ server and tools‚ online business services‚ Microsoft business division and entertainment and devices division. They develop personal computing software including the
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Restaurant Industry: Chipotle Mexican Grille‚ Inc. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chipotle Overview 3 Industry Overview 3 Key Macro External Forces 4 Five Competitive Forces 4 Major Factors Causing Fundamental Changes 4 External Analysis 4 Key (or Critical) Success Factors 4 APPENDIX – 1 4 APPENDIX – 2 4 External Factor Evaluation (EFE) Matrix 4 APPENDIX – 3 4 Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM) 4 APPENDIX – 4 4 APPENDIX – 5 4 Content Topics 4 Bibliography 18 Chipotle Overview
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IBM CASE STUDY - DECADE OF TRANSFORMATION The IBM’s rise to the top and its abrupt fall followed by its decade of transformation‚ boldly highlights the importance of a solid strategy IBM was the synonym for greatness and profitability during early 1990’s but the lack of company’s ability to foresee into the future & its internal issues cost the company bigtime.It registered its first loss during 1991 mainly due to its inability to adopt to the customer centric PC industry. Phase 1: Incremental Improvement
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