1. INDUSTRY SITUATION ANALYSIS 1.1 Dominant Economic Characteristics of the Industry Environment • Market size: The Industrial Distribution industry was estimated to be $400 billion in 2001‚ but the industry has many sub-industries within it (16). To name a few‚ Home Improvement revenues were $73 billion in 2003‚ $5.1 billion for the Building Materials Wholesale industry‚ $61 billion for the Electronic Wholesale industry‚ $10.4 billion for the Industrial Equipment Wholesale industry‚ and $211
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Sometimes known as the STEP analysis‚ PESTEL stands for Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technical‚ Environment and Legislative. It is a great tool for any size organization who would like to have a simple to use tool for understanding the external forces influencing their market and performance. If you would like a good tool for external forces‚ I would recommend using this one. PESTEL is a strategic planning tool; it helps you see the landscape beyond your own market. This is important because
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Management and Planning Tools MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING TOOLS WHY ‚WHY AFFINITY DIAGRAM INTERRELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM PRIORITIZATION MATRICES NOMINAL GROUP TECHNIQUE FORCED FIELD ANALYSIS TREE DIAGRAM PROCESS DECISION PROGRAM CHART MATRIX DIAGRAM ACTIVITY NETWORK DIAGRAM Management & Planning tools While most leaders recognize the value of good planning‚ most lack the experience and methods to do it systematically. As a result‚ group planning efforts are often frustrating‚ generating plans
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PUBLIC RELATIONS IN THE NEEDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT * Public relations may include an organization or individual gaining exposure to their audiences using topics of public interest and news items that do not require direct payment. * Lee published a Declaration of Principles‚ which said that public relations work should be done in the open‚ should be accurate and cover topics of public interest * The aim of public relations by a company often is to persuade the public‚ investors‚ partners
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McKinsey Matrix (The GE multi factoral) With the help of McKinsey and Company‚ a leading consulting group‚ the General Electric Company (GE) developed a popular business portfolio analysis tool called the GE Multifactor Portfolio Matrix. This tool helps managers develop organizational strategy that is based primarily on market attractiveness and business strengths. Industry attractiveness might be determined by such factors as the rate of industry growth‚ the number of competitors in an industry
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Apple IFE Matrix Analysis It was pretty surprising to me to find that all the different groups came up with fairly similar ratings in their IFE matrix for Apple Inc. My group‚ management‚ had the second highest rating at a 2.78 and I felt that we were fairly critical of the different strengths and weaknesses for the company. The groups that pertained to a more financial aspect like finance and accounting seemed to have lower scores‚ which were not as far above the average for utilization of resources
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University of Phoenix Material Multicultural Matrix and Analysis Worksheet Instructions: Part I: Select and identify six groups in the left-hand column. Complete the matrix. Part II: Write a summary. Part III: Format references consistent with APA guidelines. Part I: Matrix What is the group’s history in the United States? What is the group’s population in the United States? What are some attitudes and customs people of this group may practice? What is something you admire about this
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The role of situation analysis Situation analysis is an essential first step in the process of marketing plan. Jain (2004) states situation analysis is an important way in terms of forecasting the shape of things‚ analyzing strategic alternatives and developing greater sensitivity to long-term implications. Situation analysis takes account of three key forces: the customer‚ the competition‚ and the corporation. (Jain‚ 2004‚ p25) Jain (2004) explained the role of situation analysis is to (1)
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have to deliver a communication plan that is going to be composed of several topics regarding the company Yakult and our new product. The first part is formed of an introduction about the company and the brief that we attended after this the situation analysis is presented and here we have the most important facts about the company ‚ the products ‚ its competitors and the market that Yakult is falling in. An important part in our repost is going to be the target audience‚ here we are going to show
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University of Phoenix Material Multicultural Matrix and Analysis Worksheet Instructions: Part I: Select and identify six groups in the left-hand column. Complete the matrix. Part II: Write a summary. Part III: Format references consistent with APA guidelines. Part I: Matrix | What is the group’s history in the United States? | What is the group’s population in the United States? | What are some attitudes and customs people of this group may practice? | What is something you admire about
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