ABE Level 5 Diploma Unit Title: The Business Environment Learning Outcome: 1. Understand the significance of the environment on business activity. Please note that the content of this Lecture Guide is listed in its recommended teaching order, rather than in numerical order. Indicative Content: 1.1.1 Explain the business organisation as a transformation process: • Business organisations undergo a transformation process from inputs into outputs, using physical inputs plus finance and skills to
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worldwide.The company has four main business functions or segments: Mobile Phones, Multimedia, Enterprise Solutions, and Networks.Nokia was the worlds largest vendor of mobile phones from 1998 to 2012. 2.0 SWOT analysis: 2.1 Strengths: 3.0 The analyzing of external environment(PESTEL analysis): PESTEL identifies the political, economic,social, technological, environmental, and legal factors that of which directly affect a company. 3.1 Political/legal forces: Along with the development and
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Introduction: 4 Scenario Analysis 5 Definition 5 Objectives 5 Benefits of Scenario Analysis 5 Scenario Construction and Analysis 6 1.0 Definition of Context 6 2.0 External Environmental Analysis 6 Political factors 6 Economic factors 7 Social factors 8 Technological factors 8 Environmental factors 9 Legal factors 9 MESO environment 9 MICRO environment 9 Threat of substitutes 10 3.0 Identification of key issues/ strategic agenda 11 4.0 Identification of key forces driving the
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` BANKING ACADEMY, HANOI BTEC HND IN BUSINESS (ACCOUNTING) ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET | NAME OF LEADER | | REGISTRATION NO. | | UNIT TITLE | Unit 4: Marketing Principles | ASSIGNMENT TITLE | LG Electronics in Vietnam | ASSIGNMENT NO | 1 of 2 (Group Assignment) | NAME OF ASSESSOR | Ms. Doti Chee | SUBMISSION DEADLINE | November 2013 | ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- I, __________________________
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within the field and also handling the threats from substitutions as well. The most appropriate framework to figure out the macro environmental influences and able to visibly the threats and opportunities from the external issue is PESTEL analysis by containing six aspects, which are political, economical, social, technological, environmental and legal as in entire analysis. The most significant influence in political aspect is controlling hydrocarbon reserves by government. The government controls
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wide range of understanding about the macro-environment helps a company to maximize its position amongst the influences of the global economy. Economic, political, legal, technological, socio-cultural, international demand, supply impacts, and demographic trends are all factors that influence the macro-environment. The macro-environment is always changing, so the success of the business rides on their ability to adapt to these changes and forecast the macro economy better than their competitors
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PEST - Analysis By Dagmar Recklies The PEST analysis has proven to be a flexible and easy to understand tool in the context of strategic planning. Like with all tools, the real value of the PEST analysis depends on the way it is used. Hence, the following article not only describes the content of this tool, it also provides advice for its practical application and interpretation. Content The PEST or PESTLE is a useful starting point for the analysis of an organizations external environment and the
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existing data to try to understand what is going on and why. We need to differentiate scientific research from everyday knowledge. Our everyday knowledge-gathering strategies can suffer from a number of weaknesses and cannot be called a complete study, analysis, or a scientific fact. It is important that sociologists observe the ethics of their discipline in carrying out research. They have an obligation to protect their research subjects from risk and harm and to protect these subjects’ rights and dignity
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global policies promoting market openness and free trade have affected the innovation process in Finland’s (mobile) telecom equipment industry. The study illustrates how regulatory, trade and investment policy choices have helped – alongside other key policies – provide the right framework conditions for innovation in this country of 5.2 million people. In addition, it examines how the private sector, and more particularly Nokia, has taken advantage of those conditions to enhance its innovation capacity
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opportunities in unrevealed markets. The analysis is also based upon the eight key concept model. In addition the PEST-analysis and the five forces model of Porter is also utilized to gain insight into the ‘macro-environment’ and ‘meso-environment’ 1. Analysis The eight key concepts analysis is applied to identify the key issues with regard to both Coca-Cola and Pepsi. The outcome of the analysis is utilized to establish the new strategy for both companies. The key issues for each concept are described
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