PESTLE ANALYSIS What is PESTLE analysis? PESTLE stands for - Political, Economic, Sociological, Technological, Legal, Environmental. The term PESTLE has been used regularly in the last 10 years and its true history is difficult to establish. Various other similar acronyms have been used including ETPS, STEP, PEST, and STEEPLE. The term PESTLE is particularly popular on HR and introductory marketing courses in the UK. PESTLE analysis is in effect an audit of an organisation's environmental influences with the purpose of using this information to guide strategic decision-making. The assumption is that if the organisation is able to audit its current environment and assess potential changes, it will be better placed than its competitors to …show more content…
The PESTLE process Before starting a PESTLE analysis it is important to think through the process that is going to be followed. Steps include: • decide how the information is to be collected and by whom (a team approach is much more powerful than one person’s view) • identify appropriate sources of information • gather the information - it is useful to use a template as the basis for exploring the factors and recording the information. An example of such a practical and ready-to-use template created to accompany this factsheet can be found on the RapidBI website. o Go to the template • analyse the findings • identify the most important issues • identify strategic options • write a discussion document • disseminate and discuss the findings • decide which trends should be monitored on an ongoing basis and what actions need to be taken. PESTLE analysis tips Some useful tips for carrying out a PESTLE analysis include: • DO get other people involved to gain multiple perspectives. • DO exploit any expertise and resources that are already available within the organisation. • DO use PESTLE analysis in conjunction with other techniques, such as SWOT analysis (standing for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats - see our factsheet for more information), Porter's five forces (see Useful links and Further reading below), competitor analysis or scenario planning etc. o Go to our SWOT
Centre Parcs are one of the UKs leading family, self-catering holiday destinations. This report aims to analyse the company using one of the key tools available to guide strategic decision making – A PESTLE Analysis. A good way for companies to establish where they are leading or failing in the competitive market is to perform a PESTLE Analysis’ on themselves. It allows companies to asses a whole list of different factor’s that
Evaluating information on events occurring outside the organization and identifying trends is environmental scanning. Trends are determined through the forces of social, economic, technological, competitive and regulatory sources. In some of my research on this subject, I found reference to the term PESTLE analysis which involves six different environments for assessment: political, economic, social, technological, legal and environment.
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Ford is the second-biggest U.S based automaker (after General Motors) and the fifth-biggest in the world (behind Toyota, VW, Hyundai-Kia and General Motors) in view of 2015 vehicle production.
Whenever it comes to shopping places in UK, what can be the name that suddenly flashes in your mind ? Is it Morrisons, Sainsbury’s or Asda ? .. Yes you’re right we’re missing something over here and that is “Tesco”.
Pestel analysis consists of environmental factors that lead to the understanding weaknesses and strengths of the organization in an attempt to influence the organization’s success. The macro-environmental factors are political, economic, social, technological, environment and legal.
Macro environment comprises external forces that organisation cannot directly control, instead organisation need to manage their macro environment in a way that benefits them ("The Macro Environment & Pest Analysis", 2016). The PESTLE analysis is the most widely recognized approach for considering the external business environment (Gupta, 2013). PESTLE analysis stands for Political, Economic, Social, and Technological, Legal and environmental analysis and describe a framework of macro environmental factors utilized as a part of the environmental scanning component of strategic management. Generally, all the PESTLE factors might not important for all types of industry its depends up industry nature or size. This PESTLE analysis is based on Accor Hotels in Australia which is a famous and globally recognise hospitality brand.
Macro environment is crucial to the development of a company. All the external factors can have huge positive or negative influences on Travis Perkins plc, therefore a better understanding of the environment of the company is of supreme significance (Peng & Nunes, 2007). Among all the analysis tools, PEST analysis is one of the most effective tools to analyze the external environment of a company (Riley, 2012). This part will demonstrate PESTLE analysis of Travis Perkins plc below. The result of PESTLE analysis can be demonstrated in the following table 1.
The PESTLE analysis tool is one of many used to help managers identify their market positioning and provide managers insight on potential threats and opportunities that the business could face giving the business a potential advantage and competitive advantage over competitors.
The PESTLE analysis can be used to assess the strategic relevance of the six principal components of the macro-environmental: political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal forces. It can be used as a tool by companies to better understand of the macro- environment they are operating in.
Due to a variety of uncertainties ranging from the instability of Mexico’s economy, to a limited knowledge of the possible company to do business with, Charles River Laboratories have to assure to their stakeholders that a joint venture with ALPES is beneficial to the growth of the company.
PESTEL analysis helps to infer whether a particular factor is helping the organization to achieve its goals or is affecting in its road to success.
With this in mind, the PESTEL model was developed to give researchers and practitioners a framework in which to consider the broader business environment. PESTEL stands for Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal. Furthermore, a PESTEL analysis is a technique that evaluates the potential impact of political, economic, social, technological, environmental, legal factors on an organization. This set of factors represents a broad set of industry and environmental considerations that any organization should make when designing strategic goals
External analysis of general environment will be done using PESTEL which refers to how the political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal environment affects an organization. Below will be a diagram of PESTEL, followed by a brief explanation of each factor and their examples.
PESTEL analysis is to identify and analyze the strategy and business environment, it is stand for Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental factors. This model is to assessing the current environment and potential changes. If