Stilssim External Analysis

External Analysis
The external environment consists of two parts, the general environment and the competitive environment. The general environment can have dramatic effects on an organizations strategy and the general environment consists of six parts. These parts are demographic, sociocultural, political/legal, technological, economic and global. Only three parts of the general environment will affect StilSim Personal Company. The parts that will affect StilSim are demographic, technology and economic. The competitive environment consists of factors that are relevant to an organizations strategy and the competitive environment consist of Porter’s Five Forces (Dess, McNamara, & Eisner, 2016, p. 52). Porter’s Five Forces are the threat of
The company has many opportunities to enhance the technology used within the organization. When a customer or client calls into StilSim they do not get a personalized voicemail when someone is not available. An opportunity for StilSim is to update the voicemail system to allow for personalized voicemail mailboxes and allow for teleconferencing. StilSim does not have companywide intranet page and the company website needs updated with job boards. Another opportunity is creating databases. The company does not have a client or a candidate database. StilSim’s back office systems are another opportunity. These systems need updated to become more
53). This is StilSim’s biggest threat. Don Wilson a former employee of StilSim left company to work for a competitor, Capital Staffing (Franklin University, 2013). Don then saw an opportunity for healthcare staffing and left Capital Staffing. He started his own staffing company, Wilson Personnel, that specializes in healthcare. Wilson Personnel client list continues to grow. There are many competitors that are in the industry at all three locations. Wilson Personal, Medical Staffing, Capital Staffing and Capital Personal are four competitors of StilSim in Capital City (Franklin University, 2013). Lakeside Medical Staffing, Capital Staffing and ACME recruiting are competitors of StilSim in Lakeland. Capital Staffing is the competitor of StilSim in Mountainview. An opportunity that StilSim has is to purchase Capital Staffing. Capital Staffing is a staffing company that is seeking buyers to purchase all assets including client lists and proprietary recruiting and placement system. Main office located in Capital City and has branches in Mountainview, Plainville and Lakeside. StilSim has the opportunity to make changes to how they do business. StilSim competitors have links to internet sites and StilSim does not. The company has an opportunity to upgrade the technology to include internet