Understanding the External Marketing Environment INTRODUCTION “All businesses operate within an environment‚ which directly or indirectly affects the way in which they function‚ just as we as consumers live within a cultural and social environment which to a greater or lesser degree determines the way in which we behave as individuals.” said Elaine O’Brien‚ University of Strathclyde. Unlike the controllable marketing mix variables‚ the environmental forces are not controllable by marketers
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Analyzing the General Environment Select three categories to analyze‚ from the list of the major forces that comprise the macro/general environment. Macro environment are external factors that have a direct impact on the organizations strategy and decision making. Those factors are uncontrollable. For example‚ some of those factors are: change in interest rates‚ change in cultural tastes‚ government regulations‚ social condition‚ technological changes‚ and natural forces. Those factors are usually
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Topic One: The Marketing Environment 1. What is meant by the term marketing environment? The marketing environment consists of the actors and forces that affect a company’s capability to operate effectively in providing products and services to its customers. It is useful to classify these forces into the micro-environment (customers‚ competitors‚ distributors and suppliers) and the macro-environment (political and legal‚ economic‚ social/cultural‚ technological‚ environmental‚ legal forces). These
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earth is the only planet in the universe which has an environment suitable for life. Water‚ land‚ and air are needed for survival. Earth provided these essential and human used them. One of the biggest problems that the enviroment is serious pollution. Pollution can be divided into three types : water pollution‚ land pollution‚ and air pollution. Paragraph 3: Another type of pollution is which has a remarkable influence on over environment is air pollution. Every year‚ there are a lot of smoke
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Climate Change Beliefs and Cultural Values Controversy surrounding the public understanding of climate change is influenced by the deficit in cognition of scientific information. As a result the knowledge deficit‚ people turn to cultural differences for alternative explanations. In a straight forward explanation‚ the difference in opinions is a result of both ignorance and culture. This view aligns with Kahan et al.’s cultural cognition thesis‚ according to which the political disagreement about
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Marketing Environment Analysis An underlying assumption of the introduction to marketing course is that students learn best and retain more when they actively apply and work with the concepts presented in the course materials rather than simply read about them. Therefore‚ the purpose of this assignment is to apply concepts and knowledge learned in class to real situations to enhance your understanding. A marketing environment analysis is an examination of the major external forces and trends that
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Both the governmental and Non Governmental Organizations have been propagating afforestation programmes. Due to the industrial revolution many countries have seen the rapid decline in forests. Cutting of trees is not only a threat to the environment but also to the quality of life and to the economy also. Reasons for the decline in forests : Explosion of human and livestock population Increased demand of timer‚ and fuel wood Expansion of the agricultural land Construction of the infrastructure
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Discuss how the six macro-environments (demographic‚ economic‚ natural‚ technological‚ political‚ and social/cultural) forces may affect the marketing of a drink or food company. Companies and their suppliers‚ marketing intermediaries‚ customers‚ competitors‚ and publics all operate in a macro-environment of forces and trends that shape opportunities and pose threats. Within the rapidly changing global picture‚ the firm must monitor six major forces: demographic‚ economic‚ natural‚ technological
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Macro Systems paper BSHS/325 February 1‚ 2014 Laura Cobb Macro Systems paper Social work is a very complex and rewarding field to get into if someone really wants to make a difference in the world. There are three types of practices that are involved in social work they are known as Macro‚ Micro‚ and Mezzo. Social workers will experience many different challenges such as societal‚ and domestic problems. It is very important for a social worker to be able to find a way to empower their clients‚ allowing
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The conflict perspective views society less as a cohesive system and more as an arena of conflict and power struggles. Compare and contrast the main tenets of the functionalist and conflict perspectives. “The conflict perspective views society less as a cohesive system and more as an arena of conflict and power struggles”. This perspective was founded by sociologist Karl Marx (1818-1883) and serves to introduce the concept that “inequality and specifically inequality under capitalism” exists
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