2. FEATURES OF BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT
• TOTAILY OF EXTERNAL FORCES.
• SPECIFIC AND GENERAL FORCES.
• INTER- RELATEDNESS.
• DYNAMIC NATURE.
• UNCERTAINITY.
• COMPLEXITY.
• RELATIVITY.
3. SIGNIFICANCE OF BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT
• ENABLING THE IDENTIFICATION OF OPPURTINITIES
AND GETTING THE FIRST MOVE ADVANTAGE.
• HELPING IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF THREATES AND
EARLY WARNING SIGNALS.
• COPING WITH THE RAPID CHANGES.
• IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE.
• TAPPING RESOURCES.
4. MEANING OF BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT
Business environment is the sum total of all
external and internal factors that influence
a business. For example - A health and safety
regulation is an external factor that
influences the
internal environment of business operations
5. ELEMENTS OF BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CONSISTS OF FIVE IMPORTANT DIMENSIONS INCLUDING :
ECONOMIC ENVIROMENT.
SOCIAL ENVIROMENT.
TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIROMENT.
POLITICAL ENVIROMENT.
LEGAL ENVIROMENT
6. ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT INCLUDES SUCH FACTORS AS INTEREST RATES,
INFLUCTUATION RATES, CHANGES IN DISPOSAL INCOME OF PEOPLE, STOCK,
MARKET INDEXES.
10. LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
• LEGAL ENVIRONMENT INCLUDES VARIOUS LEGILATIONS PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT, ADMINISTRATION ORDERS ISSUED BY
GOVERNMENT AUTORITIES.
11. LIBERALISATION
• IT MEANS LIBERALISING THE INDIAN
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY FROM ALL
UNNECESSARY CONTROLS AND
REACTIONS.
12. PRIVATISATION
• IT AIMED AT GIVING GREATER ROLE TO THE
PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE NATION BUILDING PROCESS
AND A REDUCED ROLE A THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
13. GLOBALISATION
• GLOBALISATION MEANS THE INTEGREATION OF THE
VARIOUS ECONOMIES OF THE WORLD LEADING
TOWARDS THE EMERGENCE OF A CONHENSIVE
GLOBAL ECONOMY.