CVS STRUCTURE

Any change in the factors that make up the macro-environment can have a direct impact on the Comcast Corporation. These factors can affect the Porter Five Forces that shape their strategy and their competitive advantage over other firms.

1. In relation to your current business environment (or one that you are familiar with):

3. What does your strategic group map of this industry look like? How attractively is Netflix positioned on the map? Why?

3. What environmental forces have created challenges for Mattel as it continues expansion into global markets? Which markets have created opportunities?

The task instruction is: Analyze Company G’s competitive environment utilizing Porter’s Five Forces Model of competitive forces. While headings below may provide some guidance for how to organize the paper, please refer to the recommended text (index topic: “Porter’s 5 forces model”), the learning community, and recommended web sites. As you will see from the reading, Porter’s 5-forces is a way to examine threats to a company’s success – which was competition imposes.

Compare and contrast an existing organization’s three major functions (i.e., finance, marketing, and operations), and then justify the interdependence that operations have to finance and marketing. Provide examples to support your rationale.

1. Review the definition of management at the beginning of the chapter and briefly define each of the 4 functions. What are the challenges in carrying out these functions in today’s hyper-competitive marketplace?

Which of these forces and factors are the most important to the corporation and to the industries in which it competes at the present time? Which will be important in the future?

Discuss the six images of managing change and how each can effect an organization. These points will come from Chapter 2 of the textbook, p.27-33.

Identify and describe the most important components in the specific and general environment - be specific in your description of how these factors will impact the company’s performance. Use appendices for supporting data.

3.     What major problems might you encounter with your new sales force structure as it relates to both external factors (customers) and internal factors (employee reactions)?

The competitive environment of a business is the part of a company's external environment that consists of other firms trying to win customers in the same market. It is the segment of the industry that includes all immediate rivals. These are factors that are out of the company’s control, such as when state regulations change and they have to adjust to meet those requirements. To ensure Macy’s Inc. understands the environment they will conduct an external environmental analysis. This would include identifying any opportunities and threats to the firm (Hitt, Ireland, Hoskisson, 2013). One of the opportunities that Macy’s could

6. What are the 5 dimensions of the business environment? Discuss the key elements in each area as they relate to U.S.-based businesses.

a. What process elements do you believe are critical to ensure your organization understands the target market and its needs today and remains knowledgeable and informed about trends as your business grows and technology and market forces change the market? Are there specific tools (e.g. CRM, big data tools) that should be part of your firm’s toolkit? If so, explain what value they bring, how they fit into your process, and way they are worth the investment of time, money, and mind share during the critical startup phase.

1. The most significant challenge to business success you see in this rapidly changing global economy;