Environmental Scan: AAMCO Transmissions, Inc. Thomas Scotti MGT / 498 January 27, 2014 Dr. Chris Mendoza Environmental Scan: AAMCO Transmissions, Inc. Aamco Transmissions, Inc. (ATI) is a national company that has a majority of its store open and operating through a franchise network of individual owners and operators. Currently the franchise chain has approximately 750 open and operating stores, with about 5% (37) of those being company run stores. Aamco Transmissions, Inc. offers a wide
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Environmental Scan Paper Kenneth Anderson MGT / 498 November 10, 2014 Rodney Greene Abstract In business, it is important to gauge internal business with external business. This process will provide an advantage for shaping the future of business. For that reason, the procedure of creating strategies will help by conducting environmental scans. Environmental Scan Designing and building on core values is a required strategy when an organization wants to keep a competitive edge over the
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Environmental Scan Paper MGT/498 January 25, 2016 Environmental Scan Paper A critical part of the strategic planning process is to perform a scan of the internal and external environment. Environmental factors internal to the firm usually can be classified as strengths or weaknesses, and those external to the firm can be classified as opportunities or threats (QuickMBA, 2010). The analysis of the strategic environment is also known as a SWOT analysis. The SWOT analysis will be used for both
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Learning Team Weekly Reflection Jennifer Naccarato, Nancy Perez, Anthony Aguirre, Edward Felix MGT/498 May 5, 2015 Dr. Tim Fish Learning Team Weekly Reflection The team discussed the topics covered in the reading material and concluded that it is difficult to forecast and foresee what is significant enough to understand what is applicable information to work with for the success of each of the companies. Seeing as we have each worked in an individual department within the organization, we
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Environmental Scan Paper Tyrone Brown MGT/498 April 8 2013 John Gaze Environmental Scan Paper In today’s paper I intend to take an in depth look into two organizations and conduct an environmental scan on both companies. An internal and external scan on the companies will be used in determining what type of competitive advantages each company has in their perspective market. I also intend to look at the different types of strategies each companies use to meet their goals. I also intend to
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Environmental Scan MGT/498 January 23, 2013 Fernando Bernal Abstract Environmental scanning is an opportunity for a corporation to take a step back and evaluate the internal and external factors of the corporation. The evaluation process includes a SWOT analysis but at an environmental level. Target and EBay have taken environmental scanning to a different level which will be discussed and their stakeholders play a big role in it. Environmental Scan Environmental scanning
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Strategic Management Process Mgt/498 November 10, 2015 UOP Strategic Management Process In this summary I will describe the primary components of the strategic management process, and indicate why a strategic management process is needed for a company. The primary components consist of environmental scanning, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and strategy evaluation. Lastly, I will talk about my previous job as a Marine and describe the strategic management process that was
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Environmental Scan Paper Xxx xxxxx MGT 498 September 18, 2013 Professor xxxxxx xxxxx Environmental Scan Paper The vigilant monitoring and firm’s evaluations of internal and external environments to detect signs of early threats and opportunities that influence planning is Environmental scanning (Deresky, 2010). In order to help an organization understanding internal and external factors of the environment that they are requiring for their long-term goals, strategic planning is of the utmost
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Environmental Scan Paper MGT/498 June 18, 2015 Environmental Scan Paper The purpose of an environmental scan is to examine the internal and external environment of a company, in an effort to identify needs, plan improvement tasks and monitor the changes. This process is essential when the company is planning to conduct a reorganization in an effort to improve productivity and reduce costs. If the environmental scan is conducted properly, it will help to align the organization with the desired
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Environmental Scan Paper Aude Marie Nugent MGT/498 September 15, 2013 John Vincent Environmental Scan Paper What is environmental scanning? According to (Wheelen & Hunger, 2010, pg. 98), “Environmental scanning is the monitoring, evaluation, and dissemination of information from the external and internal environments to key people within the corporation.” The external and internal elements that form an organization assist in determining the rate of an organization’s success and failure
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