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Chapter 3
ENVIROMENT
BUISNESS
All individuals, forces , factors and institutions that are outside the control of a business
enterprise , but effect its performance considered as the , Business Environment.
The Complete awareness and understanding of Business Environment is known as
Environment Scanning.
External Forces: Business Environment includes all outside forces which directly
and indirectly effect the business organisation
Specific Forces: All forces which directly affect business on day to day basis
FOR EXAMPLE - Consumers, Suppliers, Investors etc.
General Forces: All forces which effect industries directly and business
organisations indirectly.
FOR EXAMPLE - Changes in Political, social, legal and technological
conditions.
Inter relatedness: Most of the external forces are inter related with each other ,
like change in general forces leads to changes in specific forces.
FOR EXAMPLE : changes in technology in mobiles from android to
windows, changes the demand of costumers for more preference inn
those companies who make windows phones
Dynamic : External forces keep changes due to taste & preference of costumer ,
technology . they are not static , are highly flexible .
It consist of factors like interest rates , value of rupee , exchange rate , gross
domestic product, income etc.
The economic factors directly influence the profitability and management practices
in a business enterprise.
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Balance OF trade.
Balance of Payment
Transport and communication system.
Money supply in economy
International debt.
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
Quality if life
Consumption habit
Population
Tradition, customs and habits of people
Education & literacy rates
Importance of women in workforce
Birth and death rates
Attitude of customers towards innovation, lifestyle etc.
Common Factors Of Indian Social Enviroment :-
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Some Important Acts In India For All Business Organisations : Companies Act, 1956
Industries ( Development And Regulation) Act, 1951
Trade Union Act, 1926
Consumer Protection Act, 1986
Workmen Compensation Act, 1923
TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIROMENT
LIBERALISATION
It refers to remove of unnecessary controls and restrictions in the form of licence ,
permits , quota and many more restrictions which were put on industries before
1991.
Main objectives
To restrict licensing requirement to only few core industries.
To remove all restrictions related to scale of operations , expansion &
contraction of business enterprise.
To remove restrictions on the movement of goods and services.
To provide freedom to fix prices
To simply procedure of exports and imports
To reduce taxes rates and remove unnecessary controls.
PRIVATISATION
It refers to provide greater role to private sector in nation building process rather
than public sector.
Following steps were taken to execute to this policy :
INCREASING COMPETITION
Liberalisation , invited many foreign companies and increase number of private
firms.
Indian companies have to face competition with internal market and with MNc
( multinational companies )
Companies with latest technologies and having large number of resources can only
survive in the competition.
MORE DEMANDING COSTUMERS
Because of introduction of foreign companies in the market, nnew varities in
products were came, which increases the demand of costumers.
Due to increasing competition, new technologyies were adapted by companies to
increase their market which also influence costumer demand.
Due to globalisation, consumer have wider knowledge and choice, which increase
their demand for quality prducts.
RAPIDLY CHANGING TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT
Fast changing technologies require company to adopt latest method of production
and produce better quality products with various processes.
Due to global competition, every company need to adopt to adopt the world class
technology, for survival and growth.
For this they have to increase their investment in Research and development
department.
NECESSITY TO CHANGE
Changes in market forces, forced the business enterprises to constantly modify
their police and practices for better and better output.
NEED FOR DEVELOPING HUMAN RESOURCES
New market conditions, require personnel with appropriate training, skill and
commitment. Therefore it is necessary for business enterprise to develop and train
human resources.
MARKET ORIENTATION
Business organisation has to shift from producer orientation to market orientation.
The producer needs to produce on the basis of market research, want & need of
costumer