Lesson 1 BUSINESS AND ITS ENVIRONMENT NATURE OF BUSINESS Business may be understood as the organized efforts of enterprise to supply consumers with goods and services for a profit. Businesses vary in size‚ as measured by the number of employees or by sales volume. But‚ all businesses share the same purpose: to earn profits. The purpose of business goes beyond earning profit. There are: • It is an important institution in society. • Be it for the supply of goods and services • Creation of
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Business environment encompasses all those factors that affect a company’s operations‚ and includes customers‚ competitors‚ stakeholders‚ suppliers‚ industry trends‚ regulations‚ other government activities‚ social and economic factors and technological developments. Social or Societary environment of business means all factors which affects business socially . Every business works in a society ‚ so societies ’ different factors like family ‚ educational institutions and religion affects business
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Chapter 4 The External Environment The Environmental Domain Organization Environment is composed of all elements that exist outside the boundary of the organization that have the potential to affect all or part of the organization. Its domain is the chosen field of action. The environment comprises several sectors or subdivisions of the environment that contain similar elements (ie. industry‚ raw materials‚ human resources‚ market‚ technology‚ financial resources‚ economic conditions‚ government
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by the internal and external environmental factors. Identify these external factor and explain in detail primarily how the external factor have or would influence your organization in its strategic planning . Elaborate your answer with example. Organizational activities and future plans are constantly affected by the internal and external environmental factors. For success in the present world‚ one need to consider not only the internal environment of the company consisting of its resources
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Marketing Environment What leads people to buy Crest toothpaste instead of Aquafresh toothpaste or Crest toothpaste instead of Sensodyne toothpaste ? Is it the price‚ the taste‚ the advertisement or thehabit of always buying that product? The toothpaste industry is a widespread industry with many different brands. Each brand has many different products. So how do we as the consumers decide which brand we want to use? Three different brands for toothpaste are for example Crest‚ Sensodyne and
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SECTION C The business environment 273 03-BusinessforCSEC-SectionC-cpp.indd 273 09/02/2011 11:46 Chapter 8 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN AN ECONOMY omy In this chapter we discuss responsibilities of government‚ including environmental protection‚ zoning and conservation‚ and external (international) boundaries. We also look at laws to protect consumers‚ consumer organizations and standards. We consider the ways in which governments interact with business activity in the private and
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Managing Director started out as a driver! For this Marketing Management and Strategy assignment‚ we will focus on TNT Express in the Geographical region of the United Kingdom and make studies into TNT Express UK’s Macro and Micro Analysis‚ thus resulting in a SWOT Framework Analysis. Macro Analysis Political Although UK did not adopt the Euro‚ UK is one of the earlier members of the European Union. This democratic and free market mentality allows trading and cargo movement within the European Union
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Macro & Micro Marketing Planning & Strategies by Leigh Richards‚ Demand Media Marketing strategy must be considered at the micro and macro levels. Related Articles Five Marketing Strategies for the Small Business What Is Marketing Strategy Planning? Examples of Strategy in Marketing Planning Relationship Between Strategic Planning & Marketing Strategies Hospitality Marketing & Communication Marketing Strategy & Structure Effective marketing incorporates macro and micro-marketing strategies
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Business Environment Business environment consists of all the internal and external forces that influence the operating situation of a company. Business environment has a dynamic and complex nature and it impacts greatly the survival and growth of a company. External factor consists of political factors Political factors (Taxation Policy‚ Unemployment Policy etc.)‚ Economical factors (Inflation rate‚ Recession or Boom etc.)‚ Socio-cultural (language‚ values‚ religion‚ beliefs etc. )‚ Technological
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Environmental protection is a practice of protecting the environment‚ on individual‚ organizational or governmental levels‚ for the benefit of the natural environment and (or) humans. Due to the pressures of population and technology‚ the biophysical environment is being degraded‚ sometimes permanently. This has been recognized‚ and governments have begun placing restraints on activities that caused environmental degradation. Since the 1960s‚ activism by the environmental movement has created awareness
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