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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTIn this chapter we will studyWhat is business?Meaning and definition of businessScope of businessCharacteristics of businessBusiness during the 21st CenturyBusiness goalsWHAT IS ENVIRONMENT.
WHAT IS BUSINESS
ORGANISED and systematic efforts of enterprises to supply consumers with goods and services.
SCOPE OF BUSINESS
Business includes all activities connected withProduction, trade,banking,insurance, finance, agency, advertising, packaging and numerous other related activities.
CHARACTERISTICS OF BUSINESSChangeVastnessDiversificationGlobalisationScienceInformationCompetitionGovt interference
change Change in technology-as incandescent
lamps put off kerosene lamps. Dot pens have allowed ink pens to dry up, handwinding time pieces are pushed aside by quartz watches.moped has given way to scooty
VASTNESS
Machines are gradually replacing manual labour in the manufacturing processSuper bazars, discount houses, tradefaire have sprung up to meet the challenges of mass production. In fortune 500 we have some of the big companies of India
Diversification Concentric- adding new but related
products and servicesex hindustan lever Horizontal- new unrelated products or
services for present customers sony’s purchase of columbia pictures
Conglomerate diversification refers to adding new and unrelated products or services
RECENT TAKEOVERSHindustan lever---tomcoGeneral electric-godrez refrigeratorsProctor &gamble-godrez soapsCoca cola-parle soft drinksPepsi-duke soft drinksBrooke bond- kissanWhirlpool- kelvinatorHonda- kinetic honda
GLOBALIZATION
Going international is yet another quality of modern business political barriers are no barriers to business production facilities are being set up in different countries and products are being sold world wide
SCIENCE
Discovery and invention add up to the resourcesAtomic power, launching of satellites station at antarctica
INFORMATION
Information theory of rationale economistsFailure of sedan cars by Mercedese in India
GOVT INTERFERENCE
By protecting the nascent industries through subsidies , imposition of different import duties and through many other things
BUSINESS DURING THE 21ST CENTURY
Large organizationsAdvance manufacturing processKnowledge base industryWorld is flat
Business goals Vision-birla3m-to be the most innovative
enterprise and the preferred supplier goals that are broadly set
Mission-belief in organization and in direction in which it has to move
Infrastructuring India- vizag steel Serving society through industry-
nagarjuna group
strategy
Strategy is about: the big picture
long-term directionthe scope and focus of business activitiesresponding to changes in our environment.
STRATEGY
‘Strategy is about how we as a corporation get to where we want to be from where we are now.’
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OBJECTIVES
ProfitQuality products and servicesChallengingJoy of creationService to societyMarket leadershipEmployee satisfaction and developmentgrowth
COMPETITION
BUSINESS GOALS
Vision- broad set, most general, birla3m- to be the most innovative enterprise and the preferred supplier
MISSION
Belief about the organization and to the direction in which it has to moveInfrastructuring india-vizag steelServing society through industry-nagarjuna group
OBJECTIVESProfitPowerQuality products and servicesChallengingJoy of creationService to societyMarket leadershipEmployee satisfaction and developmentgrowth