activities and resources to the environment in which it operates. This essay will analyse the micro and macro external environment in the part five years (2000 to 2006) of IBM Company by using PESTEL and five forces model to analyse in the first part. The second part will discuss about the advantages and disadvantages of the two possible alternative strategies for IBM. Part 1: Analysis of Micro and Macro External Environment 1.1 PESTEL Analysis The external factors can be divided into six broadly
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Force Field Analysis: Driving Forces Field Analysis: Driving Forces KURT LEWIN’S CHANGE THEORY By: Mandeep Chahal & Arvinder Khaira Mandeep Chahal Arvinder Khaira DRIVING FORCE Driving Forces are forces that push in a direction that causes change to occur. They cause a shift in the equilibrium towards change change. i.e. A married couple who has to get ready for a party‚ the husband is on the couch watching the football game. The wife encourages her Th husband to get ready because
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2012 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Discuss Porter’s five forces theory of market competition. How does strategic group analysis provide a refinement to the five forces model? Key words here are: -discuss -Porter’s five forces -strategic group analysis -refinement of it(improve it yaani k extra benefits of strategic group analysis compared to five forces) Strategic decisions have always been a vital part of business as ever since their conception but the word strategy is barely mentioned pre 1960s
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the key characteristic of the U.S. Air Force became its airlift capability. Saying that‚ the Air Force became essential element in joint military operation supporting one of the joint functions such as sustainment. Sustainment gives necessary ability to joint forces to maintain and prolong operations until mission accomplished. Moreover‚ the ability of the Air Force to provide by air material and personnel in the theater of military actions gives to Joint Force Command (JFC) flexibility and the ability
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Appendix - Porter five forces model: Competitive situation of printing industry Threat of new entrants |Factors (affecting the threat of new entrants) |Analysis |Threat Rating of New | | | |Entrants | |Economies of scale: |The printing product is usually required large
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to government officials and the use of their power and force. These areas can easily be misconstrued and misunderstood. Police officers are put in situations where they are sanctioned to use mental and physical force to catch criminals with the goal of solving a crime. (p481). When it comes to police force‚ some have a good understanding of its purpose and feel that it is needed. Others believe that with training and self-control‚ police force could be minimized. We live in a society that is unpredictable
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1. What is the difference between micro and macro economics? Give an example of a microeconomic phenomenon and an example of a macroeconomic one. Microeconomics is the study of how an individual‚ group or a company makes their decisions while macroeconomics is the study of how decisions are made on a whole‚ which involves growth‚ inflation‚ use of country resources and unemployment; focusing on broad issues. Microeconomics and macroeconomics goes hand in hand‚ they compliment each other. The decisions
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Samantha Becicka Macro Study Guide Chapter 3 1 We have scarce resources so in our choices of consumption we wish to maximize the satisfaction we receive from those choices. The economist terms this maximizing the __utility_________ 2 Since it is unlikely that we can grow our own food‚ sew our own clothes or build our house‚ it would be better if we would __specialize___ in what we do best and __exchange_ for those needs that others do better 3 The term _product market___ is a place where and
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interest rate played an important role of government monetary policy. It can affect a lot of macro economy factors‚ such as the level of consumption and investment‚ inflation‚ exports‚ imports and aggregate demand (Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interest_rate 3.12.2011). In this assignment‚ I will discuss if the UK monetary policy committee increased the interest rate‚ what and how it will be affected in macro economy with two different views argued by Keynesians and Monetarists. Firstly the
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Porter ’s five forces is a framework for the industry analysis and business strategy development developed by Michael E. Porter . It draws upon Industrial Organization (IO) economics to derive five forces that determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of a market. Three of Porter ’s five forces refer to competition from external sources. The remainders are internal threats. It is useful to use Porter ’s five forces in conjunction with SWOT analysis (Strengths‚ Weaknesses
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