Monday, 30 September 2013

EVALUATING A COMPANY'S EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

Assalamualaikum ...........



In chapter 3 , I learn about "  Evaluating a Company's External Environment " topic . In summary, this topic is about thinking strategic about a firm in external environment .

Have two concept in this chapter which are macro-environment and PESTEL analysis . Macro - environment means encompasses the broad environmental context in which a company's industry is  situated. While , PESTEL analysis focuses on the six principal components of strategic significance in the macro - environment .


  • Political factors and Economic factors in the firms general environments ( local , country , regional and worldwide ) . 
  • Sociocultural forces , Technological  factors and Environmental factors ( concerning the natural environment ) 
  • Legal / Regulatory conditions
These components has the potential to affect the firm's more immediate industry and competitive environment . 


Others subtopic is about Immediate Industry and Competitive Environment . Competitive pressure on companies within an industry come from five sources . These include : 

  1. competition from rival sellers
  2. competition from potential new entrants to the industry
  3. competition from producers of substitute products
  4. supplier bargaining power
  5. customer bargaining power 
In brief , using these five sources have three steps involve  . 

  •  steps 1 : identify different parties involved , along with the specific factors that bring about competitive pressure
  • steps 2 : evaluate how strong the pressures stemming from each of the five sources either strong , moderate or weak . 
  • steps 3 : determine whether the strength of the five forces , overall , is conducive to earning attractive profits in the industry . 




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