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LEARNING OUTCOMES
II. PRE-ASSESSMENTS
Part I. fill out the checklist. Write check ( / ) to determine which of the following
management traits best applies to your personal style.
MANAGEMENT ROLES
AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING
DEFINE “ROLE”
INTERPERSONAL
INFORMATIONAL
DECISIONAL
MANAGEMENT SKILLS
What are the critical skills that are related to managerial competence?
skill areas:
1. Conceptual skills - The mental ability to analyze and diagnose situations. The
skills that help managers understand how different parts of a business relate to
one another and to the business as a whole. Decision making, planning, and
2. Interpersonal skills - The ability to work with, understand, mentor, and motivate
Specific abilities that people use to perform their jobs. Operating a word processing
4. Political skills - The ability to enhance one’s position, build a power base,
Political
➢ Purposes:
strategy of a business.
➢ Areas to be considered:
2. Political pressures,
Economic
➢ Purposes:
➢ Areas to be considered:
Social
➢ Purposes:
➢ Areas to be considered:
1. Aging population trend, which may increase services for old people
insurance costs
Technological
➢ Purposes:
➢ Areas to be considered:
2. The development of IT
➢ Impacts:
All these technological changes will lead to some effects on the business, such as the
product of the business may be replaced by new products or its production methods may
PESTEL
[Remote Environmental Analysis]
• PESTEL stands for Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technological,
• Economic: Economic factors may also be limited to the home country, but as
global trade continues to grow, economic difficulties in one nation tend to have
broader impact. For instances the 2008 financial crisis was as a result of USA
considerations.
• Legal: It is vital to consider factors arising from changes to the law. Some legal
issues may originate from the national government but others, may operate across
a broader spectrum. One issue when considering the legal element of the PESTLE
analysis is to recognise laws that have an impact upon the organization even
though the originated from countries other than that in which the organization is
regulations, such as the Sarbanes -Oxley Act in the USA and the Basel II Accord.
KORBEL FOUNDATION COLLEGE, INC. .
issues'. There are increasing concerns about packaging and the increase of
pollution.
• In other word, it is used to analyze the possible internal advantages and problems
that a business has, and to determines the external factors of the business which
of a business’s current position so that it can help the business to develop or plan
Strengths
• Good brand image
• Well-known name
• Good reputation
Weaknesses
• Ineffective in production
• Falling profit
• Poor reputation
Opportunities
• Possible development of new products
• Possible government policies encouraging the growth of the business and its
certain products
Threats
• Changes in law or regulation which may prohibit or affect the production of a
business.
• New products developed by other companies which may replace the product of
the business
ASSESSMENT
PART 1. Identify each situation if it is a strenght, weaknesses, opportunities or threats.
SWOT
CONDITION (strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities, and threats)
6. New competitors.
an organization communicate with each other and with the company as a whole.
should be resolved.
8. _____________ Manager guides and motivates staff and acts as a positive influence in
the workplace.
10. _____________ used to analyze the possible internal advantages and problems
V. FEEDBACK
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