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The External Assessment: Chapter Three
The External Assessment: Chapter Three
Chapter Three
Chapter Objectives
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Describe how to conduct an external strategicmanagement audit. Discuss 10 major external forces that affect organizations: economic, social, cultural, demographic, environmental, political, governmental, legal, technological, and competitive. Describe key sources of external information, including the Internet. Discuss important forecasting tools used in strategic management. Discuss the importance of monitoring external trends and events.
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External Audit
External audit
focuses on identifying and evaluating trends and events beyond the control of a single firm reveals key opportunities and threats confronting an organization so that managers can formulate strategies to take advantage of the opportunities and avoid or reduce the impact of threats memberi tumpuan kepada mengenal pasti dan menilai trend dan peristiwa di luar kawalan firma satu mendedahkan peluang dan ancaman utama yang dihadapi oleh sesebuah organisasi supaya pengurus boleh merangka strategi untuk mengambil kesempatan daripada peluang dan mengelak atau mengurangkan kesan ancaman
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economic forces social, cultural, demographic, and natural environment forces political, governmental, and legal forces technological forces competitive forces
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Economic Forces
U.S. Facts
Aging population Less white Widening gap between rich & poor 2025 = 18.5% population > 65 years 2075 = no ethnic or racial majority
Facts
World population 7 billion World population = 8 billion by 2028 World population = 9 billion by 2054 U.S. population > 310 million
The increasing global interdependence among economies, markets, governments, and organizations makes it imperative that firms consider the possible impact of political variables on the formulation and implementation of competitive strategies. Saling pergantungan global yang semakin meningkat di kalangan ekonomi, pasaran, kerajaan, dan organisasi menjadikan ia penting bagi firma mengambil kira kesan yang mungkin pembolehubah politik pada penggubalan dan pelaksanaan strategi yang kompetitif.
Technological Forces
The Internet has changed the very nature of opportunities and threats by: altering the life cycles of products, increasing the speed of distribution, creating new products and services, erasing limitations of traditional geographic markets, changing the historical trade-off between production standardization and flexibility. Internet telah mengubah sifat peluang dan ancaman oleh: mengubah kitaran hidup produk, meningkatkan kelajuan pengagihan, mewujudkan produk dan perkhidmatan baru, memadam batasan pasaran tradisional geografi, mengubah sejarah trade-off antara standardisasi pengeluaran dan 3-22 fleksibiliti.
Technological Forces
The Internet is altering economies of scale,
changing entry barriers, and redefining the relationship between industries and various suppliers, creditors, customers, and competitors Internet mengubah skala ekonomi, menukar halangan kemasukan, dan takrifan semula hubungan antara industri dan pelbagai pembekal, pemiutang, pelanggan, dan pesaing
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Technological Forces
Many firms now have a Chief Information Officer (CIO) and a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) who work together to ensure that information needed to formulate, implement, and evaluate strategies is available where and when it is needed Banyak syarikat kini mempunyai Ketua Pegawai Maklumat (CIO) dan Ketua Pegawai Teknologi (CTO) yang bekerja bersama-sama untuk memastikan bahawa maklumat yang diperlukan untuk merangka, melaksana, dan menilai strategi boleh didapati di mana dan bila ia diperlukan
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Technological Forces
Technological advancements can: Create new markets, Result in a proliferation of new and improved products, Change the relative competitive cost positions in an industry, Render existing products and services obsolete. Kemajuan teknologi boleh: Mewujudkan pasaran baru, Mengakibatkan bercambahnya produk yang baru dan lebih baik, Mengubah kedudukan kos relatif yang berdaya saing dalam industri, Menyebabkan produk dan perkhidmatan sedia ada yang usang.
Competitive Forces
An important part of an external audit is
identifying rival firms and determining their strengths, weaknesses, capabilities, opportunities, threats, objectives, and strategies Satu bahagian penting audit luar adalah mengenal pasti firma saingan dan menentukan kekuatan, kelemahan, kemampuan, peluang, ancaman, objektif, dan strategi
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Competitive Forces
Characteristics of the most competitive companies: 1.Market share matters 2.Understand and remember precisely what business you are in 3.Whether its broke or not, fix itmake it better 4.Innovate or evaporate 5.Acquisition is essential to growth 6.People make a difference 7.There is no substitute for quality 8.Ciri-ciri syarikat yang paling berdaya saing: Perkara-perkara bahagian pasaran Memahami dan ingat dengan tepat apa yang perniagaan anda berada dalam Sama ada ia patah atau tidak, menetapkan ia-menjadikan ia lebih baik Inovasi atau tersejat Pengambilalihan adalah penting kepada pertumbuhan Orang membuat perbezaan Tiada pengganti kepada kualiti 3-27
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Competitive intelligence (CI) a systematic and ethical process for gathering and analyzing information about the competitions activities and general business trends to further a businesss own goals Risikan kompetitif (IS) proses yang sistematik dan beretika untuk mengumpulkan dan menganalisis maklumat tentang aktiviti-aktiviti pertandingan dan trend perniagaan am untuk melanjutkan matlamat perniagaan sendiri
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to provide a general understanding of an industry and its competitors to identify areas in which competitors are vulnerable and to assess the impact strategic actions would have on competitors
Resource
similarity
the extent to which the type and amount of a firms internal resources are comparable to a rival
Barriers to Entry
Need to gain economies of scale quickly Need to gain technology and specialized know
how Lack of experience Strong customer loyalty Strong brand preferences Large capital requirements Lack of adequate distribution channels
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Barriers to Entry
Government regulatory policies Tariffs Lack of access to raw materials Possession of patents Undesirable locations Counterattack by entrenched firms Potential saturation of the market
Making Assumptions
Assumptions
Best present estimates of the impact of major external factors, over which the manager has little if any control, but which may exert a significant impact on performance or the ability to achieve desired results.