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Business Environment
DOMESTIC MACRO
ECNMC ENVRNMNT
GRWTH
ECNMC EXTERNAL &DIST
SYSTM GOVT
CUST
INTERNAL
OMR
ENVRNMNT
RIVAL
ECMNC ECO
INPUT
STBLTY FINANCIE POLICY
PRVIDER
RS
SOCIAL
DEMGRPHC
CULTRL
NON ECNMC MACRO
ENVRNMNT
INTRNTNL ENVRNMT
Change in environment presents opportunity to some
& threat to others
Examples:
General agreement on trade & services (GATS)
implemented in India on Jan 1, 2005: opportunity
for research based pharmaceutical cos like Ranbaxy
but threat to smaller companies.
GLOBAL
CULTURAL BUSINESS
NATURAL
SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
Economic system
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
Made up of attitude, desires, expectations,
education, beliefs & customs of people
Changes gradually
To forecast a change is difficult
CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
Organisational culture is the customary or traditional
ways on thinking & doing things, which are shared to
a greater or lesser extent by all the members of the
organisation, which new members must learn & at
least partially accept in order to be accepted into
the service of the firm.
A firm wanting to market its product in various
regions with diversified cultures will have to
carefully study the existing consumption pattern
& scope for creating demand for new products
& will have to adjust their marketing
communication to cultural characteristics.
Environmental pollution
Marketing strategy
Developing new product
Satisfying customers
Measures for realisation of economies of scale &
scope
Technological environment
R&D
Foreign technical collaborations
Choice of technology
Capital labour ratio
Labour environment
Productivity
Employee motivation
Employees’ turnover rate
Working conditions
Compensation
Legal environment
Social responsibility
Welfare expenditure
And so on………….
Environmental changes:
Sociolog
ical + + + + + + + +
Educatio
nal + + + + + + + +
Political + + + + + + + +
Historica
l + + + + + + + +
PRESENT PRESENT
PRESENT
NON ENVRNMNT ECO NON- ECO
PRESENT ENVRNMT ENVRNMT
ENVRNMT (1) (2)
PAST ECONOMIC + +
(1)
NON + +
ECONOMIC
(2)
FUTURE ECONOMIC + +
(3)
NON + +
ECONOMIC
(4)
Wiliam & Lawrence……..
Environmental analysis
& diagnosis give strategists time to anticipate
opportunities & to plan to take optional responses
to these opportunities. Its also helps strategists to
develop an early warning system to prevent
threats & to develop strategies which can turn a
threat to the firm’s advantage
Scanning: general surveillance of environmental
factors & their interactions
SCANNING FORECASTING
ASSESSMENT
To provide economic logic & perspective for
managerial decision making