Within the marketing management sector of a business the importance of strategic planning is paramount. There are two main situational analysis techniques that are used within the industry to do this‚ SWOT and PEEST. Mintzberg and Waters (1985) wrote about the importance of an error free strategy formulation allowing for the most efficient path to be taken when achieving the chosen objective. With the use of a multitude of academic sources and my own notes I shall reveal the importance of this in
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D1 Pest analysis of Tesco A pest analysis is Political Economical Social Technology Social There have been many changes over last 40 years .Customer possess mobile and car‚ Tesco has responded to this change by developing extra stores with larger parks. Customers want one stop shopping. Tesco has responded to this by making sure that their stock has nearly got everything a customer might need. Over last 40 years travellers have been abroad to try and taste different foods
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that is time to tackle the international markets in particular to the UK and US music markets. 2.0 Analysis The music industry will be analysed through both a macro and micro environmental aspect. The macro environment will be analysed using a PEST analysis‚ therefore determining all external factors of the music industry. Examining legal factors concerning illegal downloaders which are affecting record label sales‚ and to establish any government action taken to tackle this problem. Economic
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Life Style With diet becoming a major part of people’s life styles in 2010‚ McDonald’s has had to introduce new items to the menu‚ to continue to offer something for all age groups‚ and everyone. McDonalds recognises customers are not all the same. • A parent with two children visits McDonald’s to give the parent a treat. • The children want to visit as it’s a fun place to eat. • A business customer visits McDonald’s during the working day‚ as the service is quick‚ the food
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Country Risk Analysis The Netherlands Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 1.1 Background 3 1.2 General Facts 3 2. Political Risk Factors 4 2.1 Political Structure Analysis 4 2.2 Key Internal Political Risks 5 2.3 Key External Political Risks 6 3. Economic Risk Factors 7 3.1 The Real Sector 7 3.2 The Public Sector 8 3.3 The Monetary Sector 8 3.4 The External Sector 9 3.5 The Labour Market 10 3.6 Economic Risk Assessment 11 4. Social
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Background E-commerce is transactions conducted via electronic means such as the internet‚ email and SMS. It is considered to be one of the most important aspects of the internet to appear. As a result‚ people are able to exchange goods and services immediately regardless of their geographic location and time. More and more businesses conduct transactions on line‚ with some trading purely on-line thus reducing overheads and administrative costs. There are two types of e-commerce‚ direct and indirect
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Introduction The aim of this report is to understand the consumer’s behaviour and consumer’s perception on IKEA home office furniture and market strategies in terms of brand awareness‚ design‚ price and service. As the consultants of IKEA Company we found from the secondary research that the number of self employed people at home increasing steadily and most of them work at home (Mintel report 2006). The market trend is that people working at home‚ with technological advances and more businesses
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Introduction The Primary aim of HRM is to create a competitive advantages for an enterprise by ensuring that their employees are talented‚ competent and motivated‚ this can be achieved by greater training and investment in employees. To ensure advantage the enterprise must have comprehensive and well followed recruitment policies to ensure that they meet legal obligations as well as organizational needs and social requirements. This can be done via an analysis of the business’s Micro and Macro-environment
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Political The Political factors relates to the factors which the government also affects such as government instability or rules and regulations which the business must follow. Nokia have recently moved one of its manufacturing facilities to India‚ and because of this it is important that Nokia follow the rules and regulations that are set in India‚ so that they can operate as efficiently as possible. The types of things they will have to be aware of is the minimum wage‚ the maximum hours a week
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The politics of Saudi Arabia takes place in the context of an absolute monarchy founded upon the tenets of Islam. The King of Saudi Arabia is both head of state and the head of government‚ but decisions are‚ to a large extent‚ made on the basis of consultation among the senior princes of the royal family and the religious establishment. The Qur’an is declared to be the constitution of the country‚ which is governed on the basis of Islamic law (Shari’a). Government is dominated by the vast royal
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