The External Environment - Cengage Learning

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The External EnvironmentThe Broad EnvironmentSocio-cultural ForcesGlobal Economic ForcesGlobal Technological ForcesGlobal Political/Legal ForcesThe Task EnvironmentCompetitive ForcesExternal Stakeholders and Environmental UncertaintyPartnering with External StakeholdersStrategic GroupsKey Points SummaryEnd Notes2CHAPTERJust like the steel and auto in-dustries during earlierdecades, the music industry isunder siege. In recent years,the technological, economic,legal, and competitive forceshave conspired to alter adecades-old business traditional music recordingand production companies inthe $40 billion music industryare being forced to evolvefrom selling products to simplyproviding a CDs each cost about$.50 to make, but retail for$ or more.

This chapter is about the influence of the external environment on organiza-tions. Although an organization cannot have much direct influence on its broad

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