Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Hospitality Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijhosman Total quality management‚ market orientation and hotel performance: The moderating effects of external environmental factors Cheng-Hua Wang a ‚ Kuan-Yu Chen b ‚ Shiu-Chun Chen a‚∗ a b Graduate School of Business and Operations Management‚ Chang Jung Christian University‚ Taiwan‚ ROC Department of Recreation Sport and Health Promotion‚ National Pingtung
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Q:Organizational activities and future plans are constantly affected by the internal and external environmental factors. Identify these external factor and explain in detail primarily how the external factor have or would influence your organization in its strategic planning . Elaborate your answer with example. Organizational activities and future plans are constantly affected by the internal and external environmental factors. For success in the present world‚ one need to consider not only the internal
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The external environmental factors affecting the organized retail industry in india are as follows: • Demographical Environment – The important environmental factor that need proper and continuous monitoring called Demographical Environment. Demography is the study of population and its characteristics. Even India has over millions of retail outlet‚ it still has a long way to go with the international standard of retail industry • Cultural Environment – they influence the consumer’s beliefs‚
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discipline involving vision and mission development‚ external assessment‚ internal assessment‚ long-term objective setting‚ strategy identification and selection‚ strategy implementation‚ and performance evaluation. Well-meaning strategic management practitioners consider five (5) key external forces in doing the external assessment exercise‚ and these are political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological (PEST)‚ and competitive factors. The scope of external assessment embraces the analysis of opportunities
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Environmental factors affecting obesity 1. introduction 2. method equipment 3. budget 4. time frame Calorie Consumption In America‚ a changing environment has broadened food options and eating habits. Grocery stores stock their shelves with a greater selection of products. Pre-packaged foods‚ fast food restaurants‚ and soft drinks are also more accessible. While such foods are fast and convenient they also tend to be high in fat‚ sugar‚ and calories. Choosing many foods from these areas may
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Environmental Factors Angela Mackey MKT 421 January 4‚ 2011 Harry Caldwell Environmental Factors Marketing in the world today is affected by so many factors in the environment. The factors include political and legal issues‚ which are the most important. Some other environmental factors that have a major effect on the marketing world are social‚ cultural economics‚ technological‚ and competitive. These factors surround the basis of the decisions made within marketing. Most organizations
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Introduction Yeasts are a Leading cause of spoilage of yogurt‚ doogh and fermented milks in which the low pH provides a selective environment for their growth (Fleet‚ 1990; Rohm‚ Eliskasses‚ & Bräuer‚ 1992; Hansen and Jakobsen‚ 2004). Yogurts and doogh having initial counts of >100 CFU/g tend to spoil quickly. Yeasty and fermented off-flavors and Swelling of the doogh and yoghurt package are often detected when yeasts grow to 105–106 CFU/g (Fleet‚ 1990). Green and Ibe (1986)‚ Viljoen et al (2003)
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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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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS External environmental factors include sociocultural‚ Legal‚ Economic‚ Political‚ and Technology. The micro environment on the other hand comprises the industry and market. SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS. Religion‚ education‚ ethnicity‚ education and language‚ age group‚ family‚ cross cultural differences. In 1978‚ the Chinese government introduced a birth control policy of one child per family. (Newsweek 2014) This in the long run will reduce both sales and labor availability
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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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