Description
You will perform an environmental scan for your target company, the one you selected in weeek 1.
Choose an organization according to the following (this should be the same organization as you selected in week 1 - if you need to change your organization you will need to contact your instructor):
- Current employer
- Most recent or former employer
- Place of business that you have patronized or have been familiar with over a long period of time.
- Avoid choosing an organization that is so large that historical data would be difficult to apply. Firms in the Russell 2000® index may fit well, whereas firms in the Dow 30 Industrial index probably do not.
- The organization can be a start-up that you or a significant other may create in the future. For a start-up, focus on an entrepreneurial idea that is of substantive interest, so this project leaves you with a product you may leverage in the future.
Write a 1,050-word minimum environmental analysis in which you include the following:
- Determine how to create value and sustain competitive advantage using the environmental scanning strategy.
- Evaluate the company's external environment.
- Assess & evaluate the company's general environment.
- Evaluate the organization's industry operating environment.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
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Note: You will be continuing to build a strategy plan for your selected organization from the previous week. A final strategy plan for this organization will be submitted in the final week of this course. We are going to be looking for your original ideas, thoughts, suggestions and comments in the plan (not past or present plans being employed). The similarity match should not exceed 10%.
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Running head: ENVIRONMENT SCAN
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Environmental Scan
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Introduction
According to Esty, and Winston, (2009), environmental analysis is often referred to as a
strategic tool. Environmental analysis is the process of identifying internal and external elements
of an organization which affects the business performance. The analysis involves assessing how
factors may present the threats or opportunities to the organization which may impact the
performance either positively or negatively. Later the evaluations are presented and translated for
the decision-making process (Esty, and Winston, 2009). Environmental analysis contributes
significantly to the business performance as it helps in aligning of the business strategies with an
environment. A market keeps on changing, and new things keep on developing over the time.
Similarly, as new thing keeps on approaching the organizational competitiveness may
change all over sudden. The business performance is subject to the environment. Situational
factors which keep on mushrooming impacts the business. Therefore, the organization must keep
on analyzing the trade environment as well as a market. The organization can use various
strategic analysis tools, but the most common types used is PESTLE analysis (Esty, and Winston,
2009).
Determining how to create value and sustain competitive advantage using the
environmental scanning strategy
According to Esty, and Winston, (2009), competitive advantage is the ability of an
organization to do things better than the rival firms to realize its success. The environment has an
impact on the business operations while the business can do little to control the environment.
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