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Environmental Scanning
Identifying Forces Driving Change
Student Learning Objectives
• Environmental scanning
• The business domain
• Setting up a structure for scanning
• Determining information needs
• Determining information mediums
• Timing information
• Identifying sources of information
• Choosing scanning activities
• Analyzing and synthesizing information
• Information sharing
• Information feedback and evaluation systems
Strategic Management Model
Domain Definition Long-term Objectives
Geographic Market Area Performance Measure
Segment Action Plan
Primary Competition Resources Needed
Target Market Evaluation Timetable
Responsibility
Accountability
Environmental Events Rational
Competitive Methods
Strengths and
Weakness Analysis
Remote P1 S1
Functional Analysis
Task
Financial Position
Industry P2 S2 Structural Analysis
Physical Assets Short-term Objectives
Firm Labor Force
P3 S3 Risk
Functional Competitiveness
Mission Statement
Nature of Business
Target Customer
Products/Services
Standard Desired Evaluation
Means to Accomplish Above
Scanning the Business Environment
Identifying the Forces Driving Change
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Identifying Events in the Environment
Industry Structure
Innovator/Entrepreneur
creates a new prod
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFaUgSCQ-OA
Assessing Timing of Information
Executive
Level
Functional External
Level Level
Operations
Level
A Continuous Process of Scanning is
Necessary
• A good scanning system will never be able to
remove all the uncertainty from a decision.