International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol. 2 No. 13 [Special Issue - July 2011] THE EFFECT OF BUSINESS STRATEGY AND EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ON MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS: A STUDY OF MALAYSIAN HOTELS Sofiah Md Auzair Senior Lecturer School of Accounting Faculty of Economics and Management Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia‚ Malaysia E-mail: sofiah@.ukm.my‚ phone: 03-89213745 Abstract This study was undertaken to investigate the use of Management Control Systems (MCS) in Malaysian hotels
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EXTERNAL General Environment Analysis The general environment is composed of dimensions in the broader society that influence an industry and the firms within it. For Nike is extremely valuable to analyze general environment factors that affect that affect us because through that we be able to find solutions to those problems. General environment is described as all the conditions outside the organization and the industry that form a background context for the managerial decision making. This
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External analysis of Computer Industry Porters Five forces model * Threat of new entrants: The threats from new entrants to the personal computer industry is weak to moderate due to the presence of dominant players reduces the entry of new players to immediately enter the market and establish their own brand. In such a competitive market‚ these companies have invested heavily on their research and development‚ customer service‚ and marketing departments which increased the competition between
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the External World is presented by Barry Stroud as an attempt to understand the problem about our knowledge of the world around us. He begins his work by claiming that he believes that this particular problem has no solution; and that the only solution that he believes can provided‚ is one that involves us knowing nothing about the world around us. In this particular piece of work‚ Stroud uses his Dreaming Sceptical Argument in an attempt to show that we cannot have knowledge of the external world
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Mission 7 Reason for new mission 8 SWOT Analysis 9 External opportunities: 9 External Threats: 10 Financial and Operating Performance Analysis 11 Close Competitors 11 Ratio Analysis 11 Key Industry Ratios 14 Operating Profit margin 14 Net Profit margin 14 Current Ratio 14 Return on Assets 15 Debt/Equity Ratio 15 Inventory Turnover Ratio 15 Revenue Growth 16 Market Share 16 Internal Strengths 16 Internal Weakness 20 External Factor Evaluation Matrix 21 Competitive
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External Analysis of the telecommunication industry Economic • Market analysis by Insight Research predicts that telecommunications-industry revenue will reach $1.2 trillion by the end of next year‚ and grow by a compounded rate of 5.9 percent to $1.6 trillion by 2010. • Telecommunication remains an important part of the world economy and the telecommunication industry’s revenue has been placed at just under 3% of the gross world product. • Mobile phones have had a significant
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Final Case Analysis | Blue Nile Inc. in 2010: Will its strategy to remain number one in online diamond retailing work? | Business Policy – MGMT Fall 2012
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Merck and river blindness are a good example for Utilitarianism theory because the results brought happiness for both the company and the people. Utilitarianism is an ethical framework that focuses on the outcomes or results of actions. In fact‚ its name comes from the Greek word Telos‚ which means “end.” The two most influential developers of the utilitarian viewpoint were Englishmen Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) and John Stuart Mill (1806–1873). Under this framework‚ acting ethically means making
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The PESTLE Factors We start with the Political forces. First of all‚ political factors refer to the stability of the political environment and the attitudes of political parties or movements. This may manifest in government influence on tax policies‚ or government involvement in trading agreements. Political factors are inevitably entwined with Legal factors such as national employment laws‚ international trade regulations and restrictions‚ monopolies and mergers’ rules‚ and consumer protection
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