The document discusses assessing a business environment by scanning both the internal and external factors. It explains that conducting an environmental scan is important as it allows a business to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in order to optimally use resources, survive and grow, develop long-term strategies, and make effective decisions. Some techniques mentioned for assessing the business environment include PEST/PESTLE, SWOT, Porter's 5 Forces model, value chain analysis, and life cycle assessment.

1. Assessing the Business
Environment
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2. Introduction
Assessing the business
environment involves scanning
the environment
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3. Environmental Scan
External Environment
Vs
Internal Environment
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4. Importance of Environmental Scan
• Identification of strength
• Identification of weakness
• Identification of opportunities
• Identification of threat
• Optimum use of resources
• Survival and growth
• To plan/Develop long-term business strategy
• Effective decision-making
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5. Techniques of Assessing
Business Environment
• PEST/PESTEL
• SWOT
• Porter’s 5 Forces model
• Value Chain Analysis
• Life Cycle Assessment
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6. PEST / PESTLEC
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7. SWOT ANALYSIS
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8. PORTER’S 5 FORCES
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9. VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS
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10. LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
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Journey of Life……
Thoughts
Words
Actions
Habits
Character
Destiny

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