Introduction to Business Policy and Environment

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INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS POLICY AND ENVIRONMENT

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Poonam Khurana (Course Facilitator)

• Involves production, distribution or exchange of goods or

rendering of services.

• To earn profit or to earn a living.

• Led to creation of utility.

WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY BUSINESS??

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Survival

GrowthSocial

ResponsibilityProfit

OBJECTIVES OF BUSINESS

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BUSINESS CHALLENGES

Meeting stakeholders expectations

Developing and retaining top talent

Creating a customer responsive organization

Diminishing time to market

Market agility

Pricing and quality

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BUSINESS POLICY

Plans or rule of action

General statements of principles

Which guide thinking, decision making and actions of

organizations.

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WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT???

The environment of any organization is:

the aggregate of

all conditions, events and influences

that surround and affect it.

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Complex

Dynamic

Multi-faceted

Far- reaching impact

CHARACTERISTICS OF BUSINESS

ENVIRONMENT:

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WHY STUDY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

• Development of broad strategies to ensure sustainability

• To foresee the impact of various factor changes at the national

and international levels on firm’s ability.

• Analysis of competitor’s strategies and formulation of effective

counter measures.

• To keep oneself dynamic

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TYPES OF ENVIRONMENT

• Internal Environment

• External Environment

– Micro environment

– Macro environment

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INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

Refers to all the factors that are within an organization which

impart strengths or cause weaknesses of strategic nature.

Controllable factors.

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These include:

Value system

Vision, Mission and Objectives

Management Structure and Nature

Internal power relationship

Human Resources

Company Image and Brand Equity

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EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

• Includes all factors outside the organization which provide opportunities or pose threats to the organization

• Uncontrollable factors

• Consists of Micro and Macro environment

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Micro Environment

“It consists of the factors in the company’s immediate

environment that affect the performance of the company”.

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Micro Environment Factors

Suppliers

Customers

Marketing Intermediaries

Competitors

Publics

Financiers

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Macro Environment

It comprises general trends and forces that may not

immediately affect the organization but sooner or later will

alter the way organization operates.

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Macro Environment Factors

Political Factors

Economic Factors

Social or Socio-cultural Factors

Technological Factors

Legal Factors

Environmental Factors

Demographic Factors

Natural Factors

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Political parties in power

Political Philosophy

Political Factors

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Economic Factors

– Economic stages that exists at a given time in a country

– Economic system that is adopted by a country: Capitalistic,

Socialistic or Mixed Economy

– Economic planning: Five Year Plans, Budgets, etc.

– Economic policies: Monetary, Industrial and Fiscal Policies

– Economic Indices: National Income, Per Capital Income,

Balance of Payments etc.

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Social Customs & Rituals and practices

Lifestyle patterns

Family structure

Role & position of men, women, children and aged

in family & society

Socio-Cultural Factors

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Sources of technology

Technological development

Impact of technology

Technological Factors

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Constitutional framework

Policies relating to pricing and foreign investment

Policies related to the public sector, SSIs, development of

backward areas.

Legal Factors

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Environmental Factors

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Growth of population

Age Composition

Life Expectancy

Gender Ratio

Fertility and Mortality rates

Inter-state migration

Demographic Factors

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Natural Factors

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