This document discusses environmental scanning, which is the process of gathering information about external factors that could impact an organization. It can be done through interviews, sharing ideas with others, reading, observations, and advertisements. Factors that help identify community needs include industrial information, local skills, development plans, technology, and reviewing past projects. Needs are determined by evaluating these factors. Environmental scanning helps create an inventory of available goods and services in a community.

2. How would you know the
needs of our community?
ENVIRONMENTAL
SCANNING

3. ENVIRONMENTAL
SCANNING
•Environmental scanning is a process of
gathering information about the events and
their relationship with the internal and
external environment of the organization.
•The primary aim of environmental scanning
is to find out the future prospects of
business organization.

4. Environmental Scanning can be
done through:
1. Interviews
2. Sharing Ideas With Others
3. Reading
4. Observations
5. Advertisement

5. Interviews

6. Sharing Ideas With Others

7. Reading

8. Observation

9. Advertisement

10. Factors that can identify the needs
in the community:
•Industrial Information
•Local Specialized Skills
•Evaluation Of Development Plans
•Technology
•Review Of Old Projects In The
Community

11. INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION
•Newspapers
•Technical
and business
journals

12. LOCAL SPECIALIZED SKILLS
•Traditional
skills of the
people in the
community

13. EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENT
PLANS
•Plans which are still possible
in the community.

14. TECHNOLOGY
•Modern gadgets
which can be
utilized to
identify business
opportunities.

15. REVIEW OF OLD PROJECTS IN
THE COMMUNITY
•Old projects may
become
attractive when
market or related
production
factors have
change.

18. 1. How are needs and
problems in the community
identified?
2. How is environmental
scanning done?

19. Group activity
List down the goods and services
that are available based on the
conducted environmental
scanning. Then, categorize them
as available and not available; as
well as those services which are
available or not.

20. Goods Available/Not Available in the
Community
Available Not Available
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

21. Services Available/Not Available in the
Community
Available Not Available
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

22. Quiz #1
TRUE/FALSE. Write the word True if the statement is correct and
False if the statement is wrong.
1. Death, retirement, withdrawal, or incapacity of a partner results in
the dissolution of the partnership.
2. Partnership is the simplest and most common form.
3. Sari-sari store is the most popular example of a sole proprietorship.
4. Corporation is initiated by individual called stockholders.
5. Unit of ownership in a corporation is called share of stock.
6. Management of the corporation is vested upon its incorporators.
7. In a cooperative, prices of products offered to consumers are lower.
8. Owner shoulders any liability incurred in business in a sole
proprietorship.
9. Partners are liable for the actions of each partner as a result of
mutual agency.
10. In the cooperative shares can be transferred to non-members.

23. Quiz #1
IDENTIFICATION. Identify what type of business ownership are the
following.
1. Owned and managed by only one person.
2. Initiated by individual called incorporators, numbering from a
minimum of 5 to a maximum of 15.
3. In case of death, the business may be passed on to another by virtue
of will.
4. Agree on what business responsibilities will be assigned to each.
5. Owned and managed by two or more people.
6. The life of the business is up to 50 years and up.
7. Owned by 25 or more individuals.
8. Is the simplest and most common form.
9. Unit of ownership is called share of stock.
10. Managed by the members themselves.