Q1: (a) INTERNAL FACTORS AFFECTING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: Companies must endure economic recessions‚ competing businesses stealing their market share and dips in their stock price. However‚ these external factors are not the only problems businesses face. Companies must deal with internal factors as well. Internal issues can create just as many problems as external ones. Sometimes‚ the two types of factors are linked. Employees : The caliber‚ attitude and work ethic of a company’s employees are
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company. Apple is a tremendous corporation that uses these strategic strategies to develop and promote its technology in the communication field. In this paper I will explain how the internal and external factors affect the four functions of management inside Apple. I will also interpret specific internal and external examples of Globalization‚ Technology‚ Innovation‚ Diversity and Ethics. Planning is the first and foremost function that is controlled by the manager. It is the base in which goals
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Information is retained from two sources: external and internal. External sources are our perceptual processes such as sight‚ hearing‚ or becoming aware of something through the senses‚ whereas internal sources are involved with processes such as reasoning‚ imagination‚ and thought. When it comes to analyzing the processes people use to determine whether information initially originated from an external or an internal source this is referred to as reality monitoring. Reality monitoring is accredited
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AUDIT Professor PhD Atanasiu Pop‚ „Babeş-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca‚ e-mail: apop@econ.ubblcuj.ro PhD Student Cristina Boţa-Avram‚ „Babeş-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca‚ e-mail: botaavram@gmail.com PhD Student Florin Boţa-Avram‚ „Babeş Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca‚ e-mail: botaavramflorin@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: Analyzing the evolution process of internal audit‚ from its beginnings and so far‚ we can easily notice that internal audit function was
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Executive Summary Southwest Airlines is the largest low cost airline carrier in the United States. Southwest is headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas. The airline was established in 1967. It carries the most domestic passengers of any US airline‚ as of June 5‚ 2011. Southwest uses only Boeing 737’s‚ except for a short time during the 1970’s and 1980’s when they used Boeing 727’s. As of August 2012‚ Southwest is the largest domestic passenger airline operator of the Boeing
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2013 Introduction The intent of this paper it to define critical concepts of strategic planning with Southwest Airlines (SWA) top management and how their organization pursued choices and different strategies to run the business by using superior performance employees that gave them a competitive advantage over their competitors. I will concentrate on the thirteen strategic staffing decisions that are critical for any organization to be successful. I will also emphasis the knowledge‚ skills‚ abilities
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EXTERNAL FACTORS: Environment The environment is the world in which the organization operates‚ and includes conditions that influence the organization such as economic‚ social-cultural‚ legal-political‚ technological‚ and natural environment conditions. Environments are often described as either stable or dynamic. ➢ Stable environment • customers’ desires are well understood • remains consistent for a relatively long time • Examples of organizations that face relatively
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Southwest Airlines in 2010: Culture‚ Values‚ and Operating Practices * Problem statement: Southwest Airlines has high growth and high profitability. However‚ its cost advantage is not as big as in prior years. * Scenario: Southwest Airlines based in Dallas was founded in 1967 by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. It is one of the major domestic airliners which provides carrier and transportation service. Southwest primarily provides short haul‚ high frequency‚ point- to point‚ low fare service
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compensation. Pay Equity: Internal and External Considerations KENT ROMANOFF Associate Hay Group‚ Inc. KEN BOEHM Labor Economist Pacific Telesis EDWARD BENSON Vice-President‚ Hay Group‚ Inc. EqUity (or fairness)‚ a central theme in compensation theory and practice‚ arises in many different contexts. Here‚ for example‚ are some major areas: • The legal and economic issue of equal pay for similar work (comparable worth). • Pay differences caused by external competition or market pressures
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External and Internal Factors on Apple Inc. October 27‚ 2008 External and Internal Factors on Apple Inc. As with any company‚ a solid foundation is essential for success. Companies need to have a system in place to help management plan ahead should there be a "bump" in the road. A good example of a company that is built on a solid foundation is Apple. Companies have developed and implemented their own management concepts to keep them one step ahead of the competition. There are basically four management
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