University of Phoenix – Marietta Campus
DuDonna Jones
Strategic Planning and Implementation 581
Facilitator Ben Olmos January 20, 2009

Accounting Principalsis a business unit of MPS Group, Inc (NYSE:MPS). MPS Group is a leading provider of staffing, consulting, and solutions in the disciplines of information technology, finance, accounting, law, engineering, and health care. MPS Group delivers its services to government entities and businesses in virtually all industries throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, MPS Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange. Accounting Principals external environmental factors include the legal system, workforce/labor market, economy, customers, competitors, technology, and society. Legally, Accounting Principals must follow the guidelines and ensure policies reflect the spirit as well as the letter of law. Accounting Principals mainly focus on placement of accounting and finance personnel. Every company has an accounting department that makes it easier for account managers to make a cold call into an organization. As the economy improves, firms expand which results in competing for qualified employees and staffing activities increases. When the economy is in a recession, the number of available candidates increases that results in less staffing activities. “The people who actually use a firm’s products and services are a vital part of the external environment. An organization must ensure that its’ employment practices do not antagonize the market it serves” (Donald L. Caruthy, Gail D. Handlogten, 1997, p. 11 -17). Accounting Principals customers continue to increase because of the expansion of a medical staffing division. Accounting Principals has the belief that people