Saturday, 30 September 2017

STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS: THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS

اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَا تُهُ

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED TODAY

THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

↣ The firm operates can sometimes provide business with conditions that can either help the organization improve its performance.

↣ Example: increase in fuel prices around the world resulted in changes in the strategies employed by firms in various industries.

↣ There is two type of EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT:
  • The general environments
  • The industry environments
THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT   

       💬 Known as the MACROENVIRONMENT, include all the environmental factors that have an impact on all organization and firms within the economy.

      💬 Represents factors that will influence directly or indirectly all firms regardless of industry :

                 💁 P - POLITICAL FACTORS
                 💁 E - ECONOMIC FACTORS
                 💁 S - SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS
                 💁 T - TECHNOLOGICAl FACTORS
                 💁 E - ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
                 💁 L - LEGAL FACTORS


EXAMPLE FOR THE PESTEL FACTORS

            1. POLITICAL FACTORS
                   ■  Employment laws
                   ■  Tax policies
                   ■ Consumer Protection

             2. ECONOMIC FACTORS
                   ◆ Taxation Levels
                   ◆ Inflation rates
                   ◆  Production levels

            3. SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS
                   🔴 Lifestyle change
                   🔴 Education levels of population
                   🔴 Fashion
             
            4. TECHNOLOGICAl FACTORS
                  🔲 Genetics
                  🔲 Research
                  🔲 Communications

            5. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
                  ► Glowing warming
                  ► Pollution of air
                  
             6. LEGAL FACTORS
                 ⬜ Minimum wages
                 ⬜ Price control act

FACTORS IN THE INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENT

                 🔵 The industry environment or the microenvironment refers to the factors that directly affect the firm and its competitive responses
                 🔵  Have the ability to affect the firm's profitability and shape the competition in an industry.
                 🔵  The FIVE FORCES MODEL BY MICHAEL PORTER comprises  of : 
                          - Threats posed by new entrants
                          - Bargaining power of suppliers and buyers
                          - Substitute products 
                          - Intensity of rivalry among competitors


            

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