The external environment is the "external context within which an organisation exists and operates."1 One of the ways in which the external environment can be analysed is by assessing the impact of politics‚ the economy‚ social factors and technological factors (P.E.S.T. analysis). The organisations are affected either generally or immediately by the external environment. The immediate factors‚ also referred to as the operational environment‚ include aspects such as suppliers‚ financial institutions
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The Business Environment: The Interrelationship Between Business and the External Environment A study of the Fast Food Industry 1. Adapt or Die 1.1 The consumer is king! An old adage I know‚ but it is truer today than it ever has been. Consumers are demanding more and businesses are having to respond or get left behind. The winds of change are certainly blowing through the empire of fast food
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Contemporary Hospitality Industry | The Contemporary Hospitality Industry (Task 2.1) | | | | Lam Leung Man David | 1/14/2013 | | Contents Abstract 2 Acknowledgment 3 In relation to the current skills gaps‚ assess the staffing requirements of operational level of the Food and Beverage departments of different hospitality industries (2.1) 4 Skills Gap 4 An example of a JOB DESCRIPTION 4 Analysing the job description 5 Are there skills gap in the Mauritian hospitality? 5
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Analysis of the External Environment of Business In today’s highly competitive market‚ businesses must be aware of the environment in which they operate and the external factors that influence them. These factors can affect the main internal factors of the business and its objectives or marketing strategies. The external environment is rarely stable and many of the external forces can change quickly and dramatically and are usually beyond a firm’s control. Although some external factors can pose
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IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON HOSPITALITY AND/OR TOURISM INDUSTRY Globalization refers to the increments in the relationships of the people‚ industries‚ culture and various activities of economy. The term Globalization refers to the economics and all the global distribution of the production of goods and service which ultimately reduces the barriers of international trade like export fees‚ import quotas and various other tariffs‚ Cowen (2003). The Globalization has contributed to the growth of economy
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P. 1 2. Company Background P. 1 3. Macro-environment i. Political-Legal Environment P. 1 - 2 ii. Economic Environment P. 2 iii. Social Environment P. 2 iv. Ecological Environment P. 2 4. Difficulty i. Political-Legal Factor P. 2 - 3 ii. Economic Factor P. 3 iii. Social Environment P. 3 iv. Ecological Environment P. 3 5. Suggestion P. 3 - 4 6. Conclusion
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Hospitality management Hospitality management‚ in hotel and restaurant management‚ is a very interesting and challenging program‚ which has become a popular career choice for most of the young generation in this century. This is a diploma program‚ which provides students the opportunity to become an excellent manager in the hospitality industry. The program is divided into four semesters. The first two semesters focus on basic managerial skills and the hospitality industry. In these semesters‚
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Exploring the hospitality industry CHAPTER 1 Characteristics of the hospitality industry - Hospitality businesses are open 365 days a year‚ 24 hours a day - Constant strive for outstanding guest satisfaction - leads to guest loyalty - leads to more profit - Services are mostly intangible - the product is for the guest’s use - not possession - only - Inseparability: - characteristic of services that makes them inseparable (1) from their means of production‚ and (2) from the customer’s experience of
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OBS 320: Chapter 4‚ Exploring the External Environment: Macro and Industry Dynamics Leave out: The Value Curve (P. 152-156); and When industry Divide and Collide (P.163-164) 1. Explain the importance of the external context for strategy and firm performance (P. 130-132) A. The External Context of Strategy (Figure 4.1) B. The External Context of Strategy (Explained) It is crucial that the external environment is thoroughly understood in order to formulate an effective
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Section 1 Internal environment and external environment Internal environment • Manager: On one hand‚ in order to understand a management situation of a company‚ the organization structure is the key issues which should be involved. Xin hua bookstore is being a traditional organization has the traditional structure that functional organization structure. This type of organization always has many layers including senior management‚ middle management and base management level in the pyramid
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