You cannot achieve success in any area of your life without a strategy. The same is true of marketing. Marketing is not a standalone activity, distinguished from all other aspects of the business. Rather, marketing is a joint effort that involves collaboration from creative, financial, sales, and technical departments. And without a sound marketing plan […]
Strategic planning is the managerial process of deciding on a clear goal (or set of goals) and the means by which to achieve it — in other words: deciding on a strategy. A good strategic plan allows companies to set their priorities, effectively use any available resources, and eventually achieve their desired goals with good […]
SWOC analysis is a strategic planning method used to research external and internal factors which affect company success and growth. Firms use SWOC analysis to determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges of their firm, products, and competition. SWOC analysis is relevant to SWOT analysis. SWOT examines strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities. But it focuses on […]
The marketing mix is a business tool which is especially useful when selling a product or service. Introduced in 1960, this marketing tool evaluates the attractiveness of an offer through various different factors — the “Ps”. This article will explain what the marketing mix is, and why it is relevant to you. What are The […]
The United Arab Emirates, often abbreviated to just the ‘UAE’, is an affluent Middle Eastern country located on the Arab Peninsula. According to the World Bank, the United Arab Emirates had one of the top 25 Gross Domestic Products per capita in 2014 [1]. This country earns most of its wealth through the export of […]
A description of PESTLE analysis for A level Business Studies students.
This screen-capture video lesson shows marketing learners how to do a PESTEL environmental analysis.
The PESTLE analysis is the analysis of the environment as a whole in which a business operates or tends to offer its trade. These are systematic factors that are beyond ones control and businesses need to chart out strategies keeping the results in view to peacefully coexist and keep on gaining revenues despite the concurrent […]
Scanning your business environment is absolutely critical for developing business and marketing strategy. A strategy which is successful at one time and place can’t be guaranteed to work in the same way for ever more. In fact – it may never work again because the world has changed! Successful businesses need to adapt and respond […]
Canada is the country of multiculturalism, gorgeous forestry landscapes, and a generous supply of oil. In this short SWOT analysis, information related to the country’s niche markets, exports, and the biggest cause of economic concern will be addressed by examining Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of Canada. Strengths Entrepreneurial support: The Canadian government supports entrepreneurship. […]
In this article, we’ll be carrying out a SWOT analysis on the United Kingdom, which we just finished a PEST analysis on last week. SWOT analyses look at the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of a business venture, company or even — as in this case — a country (or at least its economic opportunities)! […]
Building a successful business requires extensive forethought and planning. The latter, business planning, assists you in picking goals, defining strategies, and actualizing your vision. It may sound complicated to do so, but with the help of some key business analyses, especially the SWOT analysis, you can make the process much easier for yourself. SWOT: What […]
Managing a business well can be a difficult thing. For most people, it is often a compromise between how much time and effort they are willing to put in, and how much success they want. That’s why it’s important to use the best, most time-effective techniques to analyze, manage and plan for your business. One […]
Student Collaboration One of this week’s first topics is how SWOT analyses can be a great learning tool for students, thanks to their simplicity and inherent ability to be divided up and distributed. SWOT analyses are designed to determine how successful a company or even a single business venture might be in a given market, […]
How the heck do we make the decision of where to spend our next 4 years?We are high school students legally still children yet we are asked to make decisions that impact the rest of our lives. I suppose every decision could be hyped up to that but this is college. There are so many […]
The Crucible – Fear, Lies and Accustions During the time of the Salem witch trials, you were either motivated to believe the crazy made-up stories the girls told about the workings of the devil, or you were to naive to accept the fact that a child could ever do something so unholy as to lie […]
The year is 2015. Location is a public high school. In this public high school, there is such thing called a dress code. The dress code is enforced to protect the students and the teachers at the school as well as to support the idea of dressing for success. Administrators and teachers are suppose to […]
Dr. John Eliot once said, “Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack” when talking about overachievement. With a high class rank, involvement in several activities, and enrolled in all possible honors classes, one might say I would qualify as an overachiever.I grew up surrounded […]
I disagree with the students of America’s schools having to wear uniforms. I have worn uniforms all my life and it always bugged me because mainly, I do not see the point. Ya, I do agree that it makes look more sophisticated and more mature, but does looks really matter in the long run when […]
Can your intelligence really be shown on one piece of paper? Yes, find out on results day Can all my future hopes and dreams be shattered in one day? Yes, find out on results day Can I never become employed because I failed English and Math’s? Yes, find out on results day Is my life […]
Few people could argue against the improvements that technology has brought. We have instant contact with family and friends. We have global communication that benefits people and businesses. It would be difficult to find someone who has not been affected by such technology. But should we let it completely change our lifestyles? One place we […]
There are few feelings less droopy than the hangover that descends the morning after writing an essay until 1:00am. Not only have you stayed up late, your creativity is as dry as a desert at high noon. Every agonizing point you slowly drew out, hoping, praying, pleading with God that somehow you’ll squeeze 352 more […]
Is an action morally justifiable if it feels right? Sometimes it is. It all depends on the type of person acting, what that person has been taught by others, and many other factors. What if there’s no one around to see him/her and a person has to decide whether or not to steal? The person […]
Imagine that there are boys in girls in a physical education class. A group would form a team and they would compete upon different teams. Would it be easier for teams of the same gender, or mixed to compete on the same side?Many argue that competing with teams of the same gender helps accomplish work […]
Someone who thinks that education doesn’t matter or that going to college is a waste of time and money is someone who negates the value of life. Hearing these words causes me to think that the person who spoke these outrageous words was NOT thinking. Getting a good education these days is a must for […]
I believe in catching the common cold, the runny nose that just will not stop until your nose becomes raw. The headache that makes your head feel like a thousand pounds and the scratchy throat that transforms your voice akin to a grown mans. As a high school student our mind set is go go […]
The most important thing to me is education. Without education you can’t get any father in life. Education is very important to the future. School is so important to be successful. Everybody needs education to support there lively hood. My main reason I find school so important is because I want to be able to […]
I have gotten loads of different reactions from people when I tell them that I am homeschooled. Most of the time people don’t really know what to say about the fact for a minute or two. When they re-gather themselves they bombard me with questions like a river that finally broke its dam. So, do […]
In the big wide world? So at some point after all those years of education, exams, essays, work, you get to a point where everything you have worked for your whole life comes down to what you make of it. You have no guidance, no more input and you have to make a decision as […]
Even with GPAs higher than 4, entering into a college may be virtually impossible for some unfortunate students. Financial restraints hold many talented scholars from around the world back from receiving education. The question is, “Should college education be free or not?”. You may already know that many countries around the world already have made […]
