business environments Flashcards
1
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external environment - macro factors
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ever changing, no control over
eg. politics, legal, social, economical, technological
2
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internal environment- internal factors
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some control
eg. employees
3
Q
external environment - operating factors
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customers, supplies, competitors, interest groups
4
Q
importance of business planning
A
provides a clear direction, the environment is unpredictable and ever changing. important to understand the impacts of conditions as they can negatively or positively effect a business.