Scanning the Environment: PESTEL Analysis

Assignment Description

Primary Response: Within the Scanning the Environment: PESTEL Analysis Discussion Board area, write 300–500 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions with your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

For this Discussion Board, please complete the following:

An external analysis of a company is another indicator for making strategic decisions. External factors are the general environment of an industry that strategic leaders most likely will not be able to influence. Six external factors for a PESTEL analysis influence all firms in a given industry. The PESTEL model groups these segments as political, economic, sociocultural, technological, ecological and legal.

Review the following article:

· Scanning the Environment: PESTEL Analysis

Explore the six PESTEL external factors: political, economic, sociocultural, technological, ecological, and legal.

Choose one industry (automotive, hospitality, manufacturing, high tech, etc.) and discuss the following with your peers:

· Examine one of the six PESTEL factors in relation to your chosen industry. Why do you believe this PESTEL factor is the most important to your chosen industry?

· Describe one advantage and disadvantage of the PESTEL analysis for strategic planning.

· If you were a manager in a global organization, how would you use the technological factor of innovation to gain a competitive advantage?

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