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Principles of Business 
Lecture 1: Introduction to the 
Business Environment 
Stage 2 Session 1
Overview 
• Recap – what is a business? 
• What environments does a business operate in? 
• The Internal Environment 
• The External Environment 
• The Competitive Environment 
2
Learning outcomes 
of this Seminar 
• To be able to define the environments in which a 
business operates 
• To be able to distinguish between the internal and 
external environments and how they impact on 
business decision making 
• To be able to explain the explain the difference 
between the micro and macro environment 
• To appreciate the concepts of organisational 
culture and politics 
3
What is a Business? 
4 
Large 
Medium 
Small 
Major 
corporates 
Public Utilities Government 
Agencies 
Franchise 
networks, 
chains of 
medium sized 
companies 
Private 
hospitals, 
educational 
establishments 
Not for profit 
businesses 
Small 
businesses 
Co-operatives, 
social 
partnerships 
Small 
associations 
and charities 
Economic goals, 
private benefit 
Mixed goals, 
mutual benefit 
Social goals, 
public benefit 
Adapted from Preston and Others (2012) What is a Business, Open University, Milton Keynes
The environments a Business Operates in 
MACRO EXTERNAL 
MICRO EXTERNAL 
INTERMEDIARIES 
INTERNAL 
Structure 
Culture 
Resources 
SUPPLIERS 
COMPETITORS CUSTOMERS 
POLITICAL 
ECONOMIC 
SOCIO-CULTURAL 
LEGAL 
TECHNOLOGICAL 
ENVIRONMENTAL
Internal Environment - Culture
What influences Organisational Culture? 
Artifacts 
Values 
Assumptions
Drennan (1992)’s twelve factors 
• The influence of a dominant leader 
• The history and tradition of the business 
• The type of technology used or the type of goods or services produced 
• The industry or sector the business is in and the nature of competition it faces 
• The customers of the business 
• Company expectations 
• Types of information and control systems 
• The external environment in which the business operates 
• The procedures and policies in place 
• The reward systems that exist 
• How the business is organised and resourced 
• The goals, values and beliefs 
David Drennan (1992) Transforming Company Culture: Getting Your Company from Where You are Now, to Where You Want to be; McGraw 
Hill
The internal political environment 
Office Politics … 
Or Office 
Relationships?
Personal Stakeholders 
Your 
manager 
You 
Your 
colleagues 
Your 
subordinates 
Project 
Sponsor 
Internal 
Suppliers 
Senior 
Managers 
Budget 
holders 
Internal 
Customers
Organisational Stakeholders 
Bank 
Organisation 
Employees 
managers 
Directors 
Trade Unions 
Shareholders 
Suppliers 
Competitors 
Customers 
Financiers
Stakeholder Mapping 
Level of Interest 
Low High 
Low 
Level of 
Power 
High 
Category A 
Minimal effort 
Take action if they acquire a stake 
Category B 
Keep informed 
Ensure they do not form powerful coalitions 
Category C 
Keep Satisfied 
Ensure they do not feel marginalised 
Category D 
Key Player 
Ensure involvement is maintained 
Johnson G and Scholes K (1999) Exploring Corporate Strategy, Prentice Hall
The External Environment – The Micro Environment 
MICRO EXTERNAL 
SUPPLIERS 
INTERMEDIARIES 
COMPETITORS 
CUSTOMERS
SUPPLIERS 
Bargaining power of suppliers 
similar to that of buyers 
BUYER POWER 
POTENTIAL 
ENTRANTS 
THREAT OF 
SUBSTITUTES 
INDUSTRY 
RIVALRY 
Threat of 
substitute 
products 
or services 
Bargaining power 
Porter (1980) 
• Size/concentration of buyers vs 
makers 
• Buyers’ switching costs 
• Buyers’ information 
• Buyers’ ability to backwards 
integrate 
Price sensitivity 
• Cost of product relative to 
total cost 
• Product differentiation 
• Competition between 
buyers 
• Economies of scale 
• Absolute cost advantages 
• Capital requirements 
• Product differentiation 
• Access to distribution 
channels 
• Govt. & legal barriers 
• Retaliation by existing 
producers 
• Buyers’ propensity to 
substitute 
• Relative prices and 
performance of substitute 
products 
• Concentration 
• Diversity of competitors 
• Product differentiation 
• Prod’n capacity levels 
• Exit barriers 
• Cost conditions
The Macro External Environment 
• The Political Environment 
• The Economic Environment 
• The Sociological Environment 
• The Technological Environment 
• The Legal Environment 
• The Environmental Environment
In summary 
• Recap – what is a business? 
• What environments does a business operate in? 
• The Internal Environment 
• The External Environment 
• The Competitive Environment
Next session 
• In the next two seminars we will be doing case studies 
• The first will look at and provide you with an opportunity to undertake a 
stakeholder analysis using the Johnson and Scholes model 
• The second will look at and provide you with a chance to look at Porter’s five 
forces model 
• In the second lecture we will be looking in more detail at the macro external 
environment and at some tools that are available to carry out environmental 
mapping
End of Lecture 
Note: This recording is for your 
personal use only and not for further 
distribution or wider review. 
© Pearson College 2013

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Pob stage 2_session_1_lecture_1 without notes

  • 1. Principles of Business Lecture 1: Introduction to the Business Environment Stage 2 Session 1
  • 2. Overview • Recap – what is a business? • What environments does a business operate in? • The Internal Environment • The External Environment • The Competitive Environment 2
  • 3. Learning outcomes of this Seminar • To be able to define the environments in which a business operates • To be able to distinguish between the internal and external environments and how they impact on business decision making • To be able to explain the explain the difference between the micro and macro environment • To appreciate the concepts of organisational culture and politics 3
  • 4. What is a Business? 4 Large Medium Small Major corporates Public Utilities Government Agencies Franchise networks, chains of medium sized companies Private hospitals, educational establishments Not for profit businesses Small businesses Co-operatives, social partnerships Small associations and charities Economic goals, private benefit Mixed goals, mutual benefit Social goals, public benefit Adapted from Preston and Others (2012) What is a Business, Open University, Milton Keynes
  • 5. The environments a Business Operates in MACRO EXTERNAL MICRO EXTERNAL INTERMEDIARIES INTERNAL Structure Culture Resources SUPPLIERS COMPETITORS CUSTOMERS POLITICAL ECONOMIC SOCIO-CULTURAL LEGAL TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL
  • 7. What influences Organisational Culture? Artifacts Values Assumptions
  • 8. Drennan (1992)’s twelve factors • The influence of a dominant leader • The history and tradition of the business • The type of technology used or the type of goods or services produced • The industry or sector the business is in and the nature of competition it faces • The customers of the business • Company expectations • Types of information and control systems • The external environment in which the business operates • The procedures and policies in place • The reward systems that exist • How the business is organised and resourced • The goals, values and beliefs David Drennan (1992) Transforming Company Culture: Getting Your Company from Where You are Now, to Where You Want to be; McGraw Hill
  • 9. The internal political environment Office Politics … Or Office Relationships?
  • 10. Personal Stakeholders Your manager You Your colleagues Your subordinates Project Sponsor Internal Suppliers Senior Managers Budget holders Internal Customers
  • 11. Organisational Stakeholders Bank Organisation Employees managers Directors Trade Unions Shareholders Suppliers Competitors Customers Financiers
  • 12. Stakeholder Mapping Level of Interest Low High Low Level of Power High Category A Minimal effort Take action if they acquire a stake Category B Keep informed Ensure they do not form powerful coalitions Category C Keep Satisfied Ensure they do not feel marginalised Category D Key Player Ensure involvement is maintained Johnson G and Scholes K (1999) Exploring Corporate Strategy, Prentice Hall
  • 13. The External Environment – The Micro Environment MICRO EXTERNAL SUPPLIERS INTERMEDIARIES COMPETITORS CUSTOMERS
  • 14. SUPPLIERS Bargaining power of suppliers similar to that of buyers BUYER POWER POTENTIAL ENTRANTS THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES INDUSTRY RIVALRY Threat of substitute products or services Bargaining power Porter (1980) • Size/concentration of buyers vs makers • Buyers’ switching costs • Buyers’ information • Buyers’ ability to backwards integrate Price sensitivity • Cost of product relative to total cost • Product differentiation • Competition between buyers • Economies of scale • Absolute cost advantages • Capital requirements • Product differentiation • Access to distribution channels • Govt. & legal barriers • Retaliation by existing producers • Buyers’ propensity to substitute • Relative prices and performance of substitute products • Concentration • Diversity of competitors • Product differentiation • Prod’n capacity levels • Exit barriers • Cost conditions
  • 15. The Macro External Environment • The Political Environment • The Economic Environment • The Sociological Environment • The Technological Environment • The Legal Environment • The Environmental Environment
  • 16. In summary • Recap – what is a business? • What environments does a business operate in? • The Internal Environment • The External Environment • The Competitive Environment
  • 17. Next session • In the next two seminars we will be doing case studies • The first will look at and provide you with an opportunity to undertake a stakeholder analysis using the Johnson and Scholes model • The second will look at and provide you with a chance to look at Porter’s five forces model • In the second lecture we will be looking in more detail at the macro external environment and at some tools that are available to carry out environmental mapping
  • 18. End of Lecture Note: This recording is for your personal use only and not for further distribution or wider review. © Pearson College 2013