* The External Analysis examines opportunities and threats that exist in the environment. It shows to management the opportunities to favorable conditions in the environment that could produce rewards for the organization if acted properly. * An organization provides a means of using individual strengths within a group to achieve more than can be accomplished by the aggregate efforts of group members working individually. An organization relates to external analysis because it needs it
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Chapter 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
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External communication Communication with people outside the company is called “external communication”. Supervisors communicate with sources outside the organization‚ such as vendors and customers. External communication comprehends all information developed by the company‚ which is related to its activity that is released in the press‚ for public knowledge. Such information is crucial in order to promote the company’s image. External Communication is used for: 1. Through ensuring the information
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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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Philip Andersen Questions Assume that one of Philip’s clients is a married man‚ aged 36 with two young children‚ who wishes to reallocate a significant portion of his retirement funds that are currently invested in certificates of deposit. Philip recommends a growth investment‚ and he identifies the three representative possibilities shown in Table A. Table A Three Investment Alternatives Alternative A Alternative B Alternative C Investment Growth fund from a large investment company
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Philip Morris the makers of Marlboro cigarettes‚ amongst other leading brands‚ have taken steps to alert its customers of the dangers of smoking. The company have faced a number of major legal actions in the United States the most recent being a $10 billion (£6 billion) damages settlement related to its marketing of ’light’ cigarettes. The company have taken out adverts in major newspapers to advise customers that ’light’ cigarettes offer no significant health benefits over any other type of cigarette
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Chapter 3 The External Assessment Chapter Outline The Nature of the External Audit Strategic Management: Concepts & Cases 10th Edition Fred David The Industrial Organization (I/O) View PowerPoint Slides by Anthony F. Chelte Western New England College Copyright 2005 Prentice Hall Social‚ Cultural‚ Demographic & Environmental Forces Ch 3 -1 Chapter Outline (cont’d) Copyright 2005 Prentice Hall Ch 3 -2 Chapter Outline (cont’d) Political‚ Governmental‚ and Legal Forces Porter’s Five-Forces
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A business has many external influences that can affect its overall mission and functions. Such influences may be political‚ global‚ economic‚ legal‚ media‚ medical‚ and nature in itself. These influences may include government departments‚ regulators‚ competitors‚ and trade bodies making it important to identify these at an early stage (Norwich Union‚ 2005). Because these external influences affect a business ’ mission critical process‚ it is evident there is an influence on the business continuity
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Like internal validity‚ there can also be threats to external validity‚ & this can be an explanation of how researchers may be wrong in making a generalisation. For instance‚ researchers may conclude that the results of their study (which was done in a specific place‚ with certain types of people‚ & at a specific time) could be generalised to another context. For instance it could have been at another place‚ with different people‚ at a later time‚ even if these factors are only slightly different
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B1 – Ethics‚ fraud and internal control at Bern Fly Company The main purpose that a good internal control must fulfil is to protect the firm’s assets from fraud and theft. As we can see from the description of Bern Fly Company’s case‚ the internal control within the company leaves much to be desired. As it can be read in the case the salespersons get commission promptly after each order taken by their customers without any control to check if that order is real or only a fictitious one. This
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