Georgia Institute of Technology World Wide Technology External Environment Analysis

  please analyze the organization’s external environment.

What is the industry like?

How strong is competition?

1. What are the roles of suppliers and customers?
2. How easy or difficult is it for a new organization to enter this industry?
3. What substitute products or services exist that affect the organization?
4. What is the role of government (at all levels) in this industry?
5. How are changing societal issues affecting this organization and its industry?
6. What is the impact of technology?
7. How do economic shifts impact this organization?
8. What is the impact of globalization?
9. What growth strategies has the organization executed?
10. How effective have they been?
11. In Part 2 you should analyze the strategies the organization has followed.
12. What has made them a high-growth organization?