Business Environment Assignment 4 Contents Question 1a 4 Question 1b 6 Question 1c 8 Question 2a 9 Question 2b 12 Question 2c 13 Question 3a 13 Question 3b 15 Question 3c 16 Question 4a 18 Question 4b 19 Question 4c 21 Notes 24 Reference list 24 Introduction The Musgrave group is Ireland’s largest grocery wholesale/distributor and retailer. The Organisation is family owned‚ founded in 1876 and is the second largest private employer in Ireland (38‚000). The business is split into two
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Opportunities and constraints in the business environment Opportunities in the business environment are those factors that provide possibilities for a business to expand so as to make more sales and profits. Constraints are those factors that limit the ability to grow‚ and reduce sales and profit potential. A useful way of assessing opportunities and constraints is to carry out what is known as a SWOT analysis. Strengths and weaknesses are internal to an organisation. Typically they relate to the
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General Mills faces extreme challenges in the external environment. Being a food company‚ and a very large one at that‚ they are regulated by several organizations and government agencies such as the FDA. They also claim most of their products to be very nutritious; therefore they must back their statements up. General Mills is a very important piece of the overall economy‚ being so large‚ so we are all external stakeholders. This is why they try to be socially responsible achieving #2 and #3 in
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that positions itself as a service. The company‚ called LOOKSLR‚ suggests customers to buy and sell clothes. Let’s run through the interview below. — Hello‚ Kairzhan. Tell us please‚ how did you come up with the idea of personal sales service? What has inspired you? — One day I noticed that my wife is trying to sell the blouse she bought via internet. She was chatting with her friend‚ offering her to buy this blouse. In her offer she described the clothing in details: size‚ colour‚ material
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1.1 Organisations can be classified in terms of their business purpose‚ ‘for profit’ or ‘not for profit’ organisations. Organisations that seek to make a profit are mainly private sector businesses which provide goods/services and must make a profit to survive. They can break even or even make a loss for a very short time or they will cease to exist. The main structure of profit seeking organisations includes: 1. SOLE TRADER. Business owned by a single person‚ bearing full responsibility of
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Report: An Analysis of Ryanair’s business environment Introduction: Ryanair is Europe’s leading low cost airline. It currently operates over 1600 flights per day to 180 destinations in 29 countries. It has achieved this through developing and marketing itself as Europe’s only ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC). This has seen its profits rise by 13% for the fiscal year ending 2013 to over €569million and its passenger traffic grow by 5% to over 79.3 million people‚ this being in spite of an increase
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Internal and External Factors of Apple‚ Inc. MGT/230 October 8‚ 2012 Donna Clayburn Internal and External Factors of Apple‚ Inc. Innovation at Apple Inc. is apparent in every department and every product they release. Kaipa states Steve Job was a brilliant leader‚ and magical speaker‚ he could entrance‚ enthrall‚ and simply bring others around to his way of thinking. Many people buy Apple products because of what Kaipa refers
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international business because aside from its local companies going international‚ many international companies from different countries have already started to dominate the Chinese market. As a result‚ it was perceived that the Chinese economy will continue to grow at a relative pace and would be stable enough to be derailed easily by sudden crises. But even though the Chinese economy is now getting popular in the international market‚ the country is not taking its domestic business environment for granted
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1 Understand the task of taking minutes at meetings 1.1 Describe the purpose of meetings 1.2 Describe legal and organisational requirements that may apply to minute taking 1.3 Explain the purpose of minutes as an accurate record of discussions and decisions The purpose of holding a meeting is to discuss topics that are relevant to the running of the business and to keep all working together towards the same goals. During the meeting it is important to record what actions have been decided
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Oman Air Introduction SWOT analysis is a beneficial tool that takes into account not only for our own business but also our competitor’s events and current industry trends as well. It is a framework for any organization in strategic planning for the factors that affects business be it internal or external. This understanding of business factors will help managers effectively to any changes in the factors and facilitate decision making. Factors can be based on economy and non-economic. By economic
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